(PEORIA, IL) Friday, May 17, 2024, at approximately 8:58 p.m. members of the Peoria Police Department’s Special Investigations Division (SID) initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle in the 300 block of Wayne Street.
When officers approached the vehicle, they observed one adult male and four juveniles inside.
While conducting the stop officers found probable cause to search the vehicle. Police detained all of the occupants while the search was being conducted.
During the search officers located two handguns inside the vehicle.
Two of the subjects, a 17-year-old male juvenile, and a 16-year-old male juvenile were subsequently arrested for Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Possessing a Handgun Under 21, and No FOID.
Both juveniles were transported to the Juvenile Detention Center.
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