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When patrol officers made a traffic stop in the city’s west end Friday night, they turned up a shotgun and cash.

What they suspect were illegal drugs have also been sent off for analysis.

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City police report that they pulled over the vehicle on Carling Avenue near Kirkwood Avenue at about 11:30 p.m. and “during the interaction with the driver” the man was arrested.

Dimisteris Voulgaridis, 28, is charged with possession of a weapon dangerous to public peace, possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm without registration, unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted weapon, possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized, possession of a prohibited or restricted weapon knowing its possession is unauthorized, unauthorized possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle, possession of a firearm, prohibited or restricted weapon obtained by crime, possession of a firearm or ammunition contrary to a prohibition order, careless storage of a firearm and two counts of failure to comply with an undertaking.

He appeared in court Saturday and was remanded into custody pending a future court date.

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