The Camden County trio allegedly had a .45-caliber handgun with them.
GLOUCESTER TWP. -- After stopping a car that didn't have its headlights on, township police reportedly found a .45-caliber handgun loaded with hollow-point bullets.
Police stopped the Dodge Charger at around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday while it was traveling without headlights westbound on Church Street in the township's Blackwood section.
According to Gloucester Township police, officers could smell raw marijuana inside the vehicle and the driver reportedly appeared to be under the influence. After the three men inside the Charger were removed from the vehicle, police allegedly found a .45-caliber Springfield Armory 1911 handgun loaded with "several" hollow-point bullets.
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The driver, identified by police as 29-year-old Camden man Jeffery Cardona, was charged with DWI, unlawful possession of a handgun, possession of a handgun for an unlawful purpose, possession of prohibited ammunition -- the aforementioned hollow-point rounds -- and for being under the influence. Cardona was sent to the Camden County Jail in default of $100,000 bail.
Passenger Elijah Wilcox, 28, of Pine Hill, was charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance, unlawful possession of a handgun, possession of a handgun for an unlawful purpose, possession of prohibited ammunition and certain persons not to have a weapon. He was sent to the Camden County Jail in default of $150,000 bail.
The second passenger, Bashir Carmickel, 27, of Camden, was charged with unlawful possession of a handgun, possession of a handgun for an unlawful purpose, possession of prohibited ammunition and certain persons not to have a weapon, and was remanded to Camden County Jail in default of $150,000.00 bail.
Police say the trio were arrested without incident.
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