NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Police seized a firearm capable of being modified into a fully automatic weapon during a routine patrol outside a hotel on Tuesday.
Officers from the North Charleston Police Department were patrolling the parking lot of the Aloft Hotel on Tanger Outlets Boulevard when they spotted a suspicious vehicle parked behind the building.
As officers approached the vehicle, they detected the smell of marijuana. After speaking with the person inside, the officers conducted a search based on probable cause.
Inside the vehicle, officers found marijuana and a firearm.
Upon closer inspection, the police discovered that the gun had two different serial numbers. One serial number matched a report of a stolen firearm from Atlanta, Georgia.
The officers also identified a switching mechanism on the gun, which allows it to be converted into a fully automatic weapon.
The firearm was confiscated for further examination, according to the North Charleston Police Department.
