<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0nHm9p_0wEg4Dmn00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0nHm9p_0wEg4Dmn00" width="1600" height="1143" ></figure><p>District 4 (Wheaton) Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) Commander David Smith shared that specialized team recently officers recovered illegal firearms and pressed fentanyl during two traffic stops on Bel Pre Road and the ICC, leading to the arrest of two individuals. Additionally, a police cruiser was struck during one of the stops, resulting in minor damage but no injuries.</p><p>Smith wrote, “Sharing some work from last week done by a 4D specialized team that continues to remove illegal weapons from the street. Back on October 1st, we recovered a gun (photo with the tan colored lower) and the lower half of another after a traffic stop and bail out on Bel Pre Road. The subjects made good their escape but not for long. </p><p>This past Wednesday, we found the subjects again in the same area. After a traffic stop on the ICC, a brand new gun was recovered + pressed fentanyl. In the second stop , one gun is a real privately manufactured firearm, and the other is not a firearm. 2 arrested. </p><p>On a side note, while on that traffic stop, one of our marked police cruisers was struck. Thankfully only minor damage and no injuries, but as a reminder , please move over a lane for our stopped emergency vehicles and all vehicles on the shoulder of the roadway.”</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sharing some work from last week done by a 4D specialized team that continues to remove illegal weapons from the street. Back on October 1st, we recovered a gun (photo with the tan colored lower) and the lower half of another after a traffic stop and bail out on Bel Pre Road. The… <a href="https://t.co/6HWhuhSM2S">pic.twitter.com/6HWhuhSM2S</a></p><p>— 4DCommander (@4DCommander) <a href="https://twitter.com/4DCommander/status/1848021290747064610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2024</a></p><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote></div></body>

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Officers Recover Illegal Firearms and Fentanyl After Traffic Stops

District 4 (Wheaton) Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) Commander David Smith shared that specialized team recently officers recovered illegal firearms and pressed fentanyl during two traffic stops on Bel Pre Road and the ICC, leading to the arrest of two individuals. Additionally, a police cruiser was struck during one of the stops, resulting in minor damage but no injuries.