Golden gun and ganja seized in Fairfield bust

A man with a golden gun and 2 ounces of marijuana was arrested Tuesday night in Fairfield, police said. A man with a golden gun and 2 ounces of marijuana was arrested Tuesday night in Fairfield, police said. Photo: Fairfield PD Photo: Fairfield PD Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Golden gun and ganja seized in Fairfield bust 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

A man with a golden gun was busted Tuesday in the parking lot of a mini mart in Fairfield.

But rather than being a James Bond supervillain, police said Luracious P. Wilkerson, 28, was a small-time dope peddler.

The gold-colored gun, it turns out, was stolen.

The episode went down around 11 p.m. Tuesday after a Fairfield police officer stopped the Suisun City resident in the parking lot of the Quick Stop convenience store on the 2900 block of Peabody Road.

The car’s registration was expired, as was Wilkerson’s driver’s license, said Officer Cleo Mayoral, a Fairfield police spokesman.

While the officer was speaking with the man, he noticed that the car reeked of weed. The officer then spotted about 2 ounces of the green stuff in glass jars on the car’s front seat, Mayoral said.

The officer then searched the car and found the fancy-looking firearm, a loaded 9 mm semiautomatic handgun, under the driver’s seat, police said.

The gun had been stolen out of Pleasanton.

Police also found a $1,000 wad of cash they believe Wilkerson made from selling the weed.

Wilkerson, who is a convicted felon and lost his license after skipping out of several court appearances, was booked in the Solano County Jail.

He was arrested on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a loaded gun, possession of a stolen gun, possession of marijuana for sale, transporting marijuana and driving with a suspended license. He is being held on $50,000 bail.