BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA — A 68-year-old township resident is in custody after attempting to sell firearms and methamphetamine, police said.
Bensalem Police charged Charles Bowers with multiple felony offenses, including Persons Not to Possess a Firearm, Carrying a Firearm Without a License, Possession with Intent to Deliver, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and related charges.
Bowers was arraigned and sent to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10 percent of $750,000 bail.
The Bensalem Township Police Department Special Investigations Unit received a tip late last month that Bowers was attempting to sell firearms and methamphetamine even though he was not allowed to possess firearms due to prior felony convictions.
Police made an undercover purchase of two shotguns, a rifle, and methamphetamine. An undercover police officer met with Bowers at his home on Monday and completed the purchase.
Later that day, Bowers was spotted driving a red Cadillac in the 2300 block of Bristol Road. He was taken into custody during a traffic stop, where police recovered more methamphetamine, police said.
The case remains under investigation.