June 30, 2023 – Imperial County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on June 28, 2023, at approximately 3:00 P.M. (1500 hours) Imperial County Sheriff’s Office Deputies assigned to South County Patrol noticed two unknown subjects, which later revealed to be convicted felons, driving in the outskirts of Imperial.
Deputies noticed the subjects acting suspicious and later entered the AM/PM located at 205 E 15th St. in Imperial. Deputies noticed one of the subjects entered with a bag and then left without it.
Deputies later conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and with the use of a Drug Detection Canine they located a xanax pill and a ballistic body armor in the vehicle. Deputies then located the bag inside the AM/PM next to the soda machine, which had a loaded Sig Sauer P226 unserialized firearm, "Ghost Gun", with a round in the chamber.
Deputies then arrested the two convicted felons in the vehicle and transported them to the Imperial County Jail without any further incident.
Source & photos: Imperial County Sheriff’s Office
