CHICAGO — A West Side man is facing multiple felony charges after guns, heroin, credit card counterfeiting devices and altered credit cards were discovered at his home, police said.
Officers arrested Andre West, 34, after discovering a handgun in his car during a traffic stop in the 2400 block of West Van Buren Street, they said.
During a police search of West's home in the 2500 block of West Flournoy Street around 8 p.m. Wednesday, five more weapons, more than 20 grams of heroin, credit card counterfeiting devices and numerous altered credit cards were found, police said.
West was charged with possession of counterfeit credit cards, possession of document-making instruments, identity theft, possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and manufacturing or delivering heroin, police said.
West is expected in bond court Thursday.
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