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Placer County sheriff\u2019s deputies arrested a 32-year-old man after they found an \u201cactive pipe bomb\u201d and meth in his vehicle Tuesday morning during a traffic stop, authorities said.<\/p>\n
A deputy initiated the traffic stop near Industrial Avenue in a commercial area just outside city limits, the Placer County Sheriff\u2019s Office said in a social media post<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe deputy immediately noticed a suspicious metal pipe with end caps and a fuse sitting on the vehicle\u2019s center console,\u201d sheriff\u2019s officials wrote in the post.<\/p>\n A Sheriff\u2019s Office explosive ordnance disposal team responded to the scene and secured the device, which was \u201cdetermined to be an active pipe bomb,\u201d authorities wrote.<\/p>\n Further search of the suspect\u2019s vehicle also unearthed suspected methamphetamine, according to the Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n The 32-year-old suspect was arrested and booked into the South Placer Jail on numerous charges related to possession of an explosive device, possession of controlled substances and multiple outstanding warrants.<\/p>\n Online jail records show the man was booked into the jail at 4:10 a.m. His bail was set at $590,000, the Sheriff\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n Related Stories from Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n
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