NEW BEDFORD — Detectives arrested a local man after discovering a loaded firearm during a traffic stop Friday.
Members of the Organized Crime Intelligence Bureau were monitoring the north end sector when they stopped a vehicle on Belleville Avenue.
The driver, identified as Cristhian Joel Gonzalez, 21, of 1020 Rockdale Avenue, was taken into custody after detectives found a 9mm Taurus firearm loaded with seven rounds of ammunition in the vehicle’s dashboard.
Gonzalez faces charges of carrying a loaded firearm without a license and possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card.
