Deputies: 21 guns found in trailer, felon arrested

HOWARD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A convicted felon was arrested near Niles after investigators looked through the window of a travel trailer and saw guns lying on the bed, deputies say.

On Monday, the Cass County Drug Enforcement Team got a tip about a felon who had several firearms in a travel trailer and might have also been selling narcotics, according to a release from the sheriff’s office.

Detectives found the trailer in Howard Township and conducted a traffic stop on the 2500 block of Lake Shore Drive, near Huntly Road, the release says.

Investigators say when they looked through a bedroom window, they were able to see several guns on the bed. The 40-year-old man, whose name has not been released, was arrested for felon in possession of firearms, according to the sheriff’s office.

When detectives executed a search warrant on the trailer, they say they found 21 guns — two of which were stolen — and a “large quantity” of ammunition.

The man was jailed on gun charges, the release says.

If you have any information, you’re asked to call the Cass County Sheriff’s Office tip line at 1.800.462.9328 or use the anonymous web tip line.

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