{"id":278697,"date":"2026-05-04T21:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/278697\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T21:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:26:07","slug":"ghost-gun-u-s-military-gear-found-after-east-el-paso-traffic-stop-3-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/278697\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghost gun, U.S. military gear found after East El Paso traffic stop; 3 arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 A wrong-way driver stop in East El Paso early Sunday led deputies to seize a ghost gun, suspected narcotics and U.S. military-issued equipment, and to arrest three people, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>At about 2:20 a.m., deputies conducted a traffic stop near North Zaragoza Road and Pellicano Drive after seeing a silver passenger vehicle traveling in the wrong direction.<\/p>\n<p>During the investigation, deputies saw a firearm in plain view and detected the presence of suspected narcotics. <\/p>\n<p>A search of the vehicle turned up less than two ounces of marijuana, two additional bags containing suspected illegal narcotics, a \u201cghost gun\u201d described as a pistol-style rifle without a visible serial number or identifying markings, and various U.S. military-issued equipment.<\/p>\n<p>All occupants were taken into custody. <\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED:<a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/local\/el-paso-jury-sentences-man-to-30-years-after-guilty-verdict-in-sex-abuse-case?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> El Paso jury sentences man to 30 years after guilty verdict in sex abuse case<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Three people were later booked into the El Paso County Downtown Jail.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison Lee Chambers II, 31, was charged with possession of marijuana under two ounces, with a $100 bond, and unlawful carrying of a weapon, with a $5,000 bond.<\/p>\n<p>Jurell Stylz Carruthers, 17, was charged with possession of marijuana under two ounces, with a $100 bond, and unlawful carrying of a weapon, with a $5,000 bond.<\/p>\n<p>Kason Oshae Cofield, 19, was charged with possession of marijuana under two ounces, with a $50 bond, and unlawful carrying of a weapon, with a $2,500 bond.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said additional charges are forthcoming pending laboratory analysis of the remaining suspected narcotics.<\/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 wrong-way driver stop in East El Paso early Sunday led deputies to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-278697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278697","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=278697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}