{"id":106528,"date":"2025-12-31T18:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T18:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/106528\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T18:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T18:49:09","slug":"el-paso-man-arrested-on-guns-and-drug-charges-on-christmas-eve-after-traffic-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/106528\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso man arrested on guns and drug charges on Christmas Eve after traffic stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 A 22-year-old was arrested on Christmas Eve after El Paso police found he had unlawful guns and drugs on him. <\/p>\n<p>According to the El Paso Police Department, Patrick Cyrus Avila was arrested Dec. 24, after he was pulled over near Zaragoza Road and Vista del Sol Drive, near the Marty Robbins Park in East El Paso.<\/p>\n<p>The officers who pulled Avila over claim they could smell marijuana coming out of the 2012 black BMW.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/crime-news\/missouri-sex-offender-arrested-for-indecent-exposure-in-el-paso-apartment-complex-texas-tx-george-dieter-drive-montana-avenue-dr-ave-crime-stoppers?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Missouri sex offender arrested for indecent exposure in El Paso apartment complex<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a result, officers searched the car and allegedly found marijuana and a two-tone gray and black 9mm CZ handgun. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Marijuana and gun seized by El Paso police during a traffic stop. Dec. 24, 2025. Credit: EPPD\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/a021f9c4-dc1a-4fcc-93a8-15f05f535a3d-608204946_1190002766646175_8104252168781902542_n.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Marijuana and gun seized by El Paso police during a traffic stop. Dec. 24, 2025. Credit: EPPD<\/p>\n<p>Jail records show Avila was booked into the El Paso County Downtown jail and charged with possession of a controlled substance, marijuana possession, and unlawful carrying of a weapon under a $1,100<\/p>\n<p>According to jail records, Avila was released on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/crime-news\/ex-dona-ana-deputy-arrested-for-alleged-rape-of-juarez-woman-he-met-through-dating-app?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ex-Dona Ana deputy arrested for alleged rape of Juarez woman he met through dating app<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 A 22-year-old was arrested on Christmas Eve after El Paso police found he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":{"0":"post-106528","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-el-paso","9":"tag-el-paso-headlines","10":"tag-el-paso-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}