{"id":130925,"date":"2026-03-06T02:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T02:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/130925\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T02:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T02:50:10","slug":"guns-drugs-money-recovered-in-bensalem-vehicle-search-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/130925\/","title":{"rendered":"Guns, Drugs, Money Recovered In Bensalem Vehicle Search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA \u2014 Bensalem Police seek two suspects from Philadelphia after a search of their car found a stash of guns, drugs, and money. <\/p>\n<p> A Bensalem Township police officer pulled over a vehicle on Feb. 21 near Lincoln Highway and Street Road after spotting a red Ford Fusion with a &#8220;suspicious temporary registration&#8221; committing a traffic violation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-subscribe\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/pennsylvania\/bensalem\/subscribe?utm_source=amp&amp;utm_campaign=subscribe&amp;utm_medium=mobile&amp;utm_term=subscribe_in_article\" class=\"article-subscribe-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The driver was identified as Xianni Stallings, 23, of Philadelphia, and the passenger as Nasir Smith, 30, of Philadelphia, police said.<\/p>\n<p> During the traffic stop, officers detected the odor of fresh and burnt marijuana coming from the vehicle. Both occupants stated they did not possess medical marijuana cards, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Police observed marijuana packaging and a marijuana cigar inside the car. Police asked to search the vehicle, but denied the request.<\/p>\n<p>The two were released, but the car was towed to Bensalem Township police headquarters pending a search warrant. <\/p>\n<p>The search warrant found:<\/p>\n<p>A loaded Ruger .380 semi-automatic pistol<br \/>\nA loaded Smith &amp; Wesson .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol with an obliterated serial number<br \/>\nAbout 60 packages of suspected marijuana<br \/>\nA digital scale<br \/>\nU.S. currency<br \/>\nA counterfeit temporary registration<\/p>\n<p>Additional drug paraphernalia<\/p>\n<p>Further investigation found that Stallings and Smith are prohibited from possessing firearms under Pennsylvania law, and neither possessed a valid license to carry.<\/p>\n<p>Arrest warrants have been issued, charging both with: <\/p>\n<p>Persons Not to Possess a Firearm<br \/>\nPossession of a Firearm with an Obliterated Serial Number<br \/>\nFirearms Not to Be Carried Without a License<br \/>\nPossession With Intent to Deliver<br \/>\nRelated offenses<\/p>\n<p>Both were given the opportunity to turn themselves in, but refused, police said.<\/p>\n<p> Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Stallings or Smith should contact Bensalem Police at 215-633-3719 or submit an anonymous tip through our website. <\/p>\n<p> Police urge residents not to approach the suspects and call 911 immediately. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA \u2014 Bensalem Police seek two suspects from Philadelphia after a search of their car found&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128991,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[191,193,192,194],"class_list":["post-130925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bensalem","tag-bensalem","tag-bensalem-headlines","tag-bensalem-news","tag-bensalem-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}