LOWELL — Gang Unit officers conducting high visibility patrol in the South Lowell neighborhood arrested a juvenile male on multiple firearms charges.
The arrest occurred during a patrol operation targeting the area.
The juvenile faces charges including carrying a firearm while loaded, carrying a firearm without a license, illegal possession of a large capacity feeding device and possession of a machine gun.
Police said the firearm was equipped with what is commonly referred to as a “switch.”
The device can be attached to the rear of the slide of a handgun, changing the semi-automatic handgun into a selective fire machine pistol capable of fully automatic fire.
The Lowell Police Department’s Gang Unit made the arrest during their high visibility patrol operations in the neighborhood.
