Driver arrested in Fresno for DUI, gun found in vehicle

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A operator was arrested successful Fresno aft allegedly driving nether the power and having a firearm successful the vehicle, the Fresno Police Department said.

Police accidental officers responded to Olive Avenue and Blackstone Avenue and erstwhile they arrived, they observed a conveyance successful the parking batch arsenic the operator of the conveyance was attempting to park.

According to police, officers saw 2 radical successful the conveyance and contacted them. Officers past noticed a handgun successful betwixt the 2 seats and they were detained.

Police accidental the operator had been drinking and officers conducted a DUI investigation. The operator besides had a suspended driver's licence and a anterior felony conviction.

The operator was arrested connected suspicion of driving nether the influence, driving with a suspended driver’s license, and being a prohibited idiosyncratic successful possession of a firearm, according to police.

Police accidental the operator was recovered to beryllium successful possession of a loaded mag with 12 rounds of ammunition.