Crime & Safety
Two Arrested For Gun, Drugs and Fake IDs In Wilton: Police
Police said a five-seat car was stopped with seven people inside, and the two men were arrested shortly after
(Editor's note: two peoples' names were removed from this article as they provided Patch paperwork showing their cases had been dismissed.)
WILTON, CT — Two men were arrested for possession of guns, drugs and fake identifications after they were stopped going 40 miles over the speed limit.
Police said they stopped a man's car after seeing it traveling 77 miles per hour on Danbury Road. They found out that seven passengers were sitting in the five-seat car, and smelled marijuana in the car.
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When police searched the car, they found a handgun in the driver's side door, marijuana, Xanax pills, paraphernalia and several fake IDs.
The driver was charged with speeding, driving with an overcrowded motor vehicle, weapons in a vehicle, possession of less than one-half ounce of marijuana and forgery in the third degree. He was given a $5,000 bond.
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He is due in court on Dec. 14.
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