NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - North Charleston officers arrested a man Friday who they say had a stolen weapon and drugs they found during a car search.

Travis Brown Jr., 21, is charged with receiving stolen goods and simple possession of marijuana.

Police say that, at around 2:40 a.m. Friday, an officer was patrolling on Dorchester Road near Apartment Boulevard. The officer reported seeing a car speeding and initiated a traffic stop in a driveway on Ridgebrook Drive.

As the officer approached, he reportedly smelled weed and requested backup to search the car.

That search allegedly turned up two illegal items: marijuana as well as a gun that was reported stolen out of Charleston County.

Brown, who they say was driving the car, was arrested.

He was booked into the Al Cannon Detentio

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