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Cops Find Weapons Cache During Queens Traffic Stop

By Wil Cruz | April 12, 2012 3:16pm
Narcotics detectives found three automatic weapons during a routine traffic stop in Jamaica, Queens, on April 11, 2012.
Narcotics detectives found three automatic weapons during a routine traffic stop in Jamaica, Queens, on April 11, 2012.
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QUEENS — Narcotics cops who made a routine stop Wednesday in South Jamaica didn't find drugs in the vehicle — but did find a fully loaded assault rifle and two handguns, police said.

Detectives tried to pull over a blue Dodge Avenger with three male occupants Wednesday about 5 p.m. near 116th Road, police said, when the vehicle bolted.

The suspects took off north on 149th Street before smashing into a parked minivan at 116-41 149th Street, police said. That's when the men hopped out of the car and made a run for it.

Cops nabbed one of them, James Graham, 27, of Brooklyn, on Sutphin Boulevard.

The other two suspects remained at large Thursday, the NYPD said.

When cops searched the Dodge, they found a fully loaded AR-15 rifle and two .380-caliber guns, which were also loaded, police said.

Graham was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, loaded firearm; first-degree reckless endangerment; and first-degree unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle.