2FRANKFORD, DE — A midnight traffic stop on a quiet Delaware highway ended with a 19-year-old Virginia man behind bars after state troopers discovered a loaded handgun, ammunition, and drugs in his car early Monday.

Just after 1:20 a.m. on Monday, a Delaware State Trooper spotted a Lincoln MKS speeding along Dupont Boulevard near Delaware Avenue in Frankford. As the trooper began to initiate a stop, the driver briefly turned off the car’s headlights, then flicked them back on — a move that prompted immediate suspicion.

When the car was pulled over, the driver was identified as Demetrius Daniels of Chesapeake, Virginia. While speaking to Daniels, the trooper noticed what appeared to be an extended handgun magazine wedged between the front passenger seat and center console.

Daniels was

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