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Guns Seized on Area Interstates

(Lake County, IN) - Indiana State Police seized four firearms in two different traffic stops Thursday morning.

 

In Lake County around 5:00 a.m. Thursday, officers clocked a BMW doing 110 mph.  After pulling it over, they found a fully automatic handgun hidden under the hood, along with various alleged narcotics.

 

Later in the morning, police pulled over a vehicle on I-94 between Chesterton and Valparaiso.  A search turned up an AR rifle and two handguns.

 

In all, one woman from Chesterton and two men were arrested. The two men, both from out of state, were previous violent felons.

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