CHICOPEE, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - An illegally owned handgun seized following a traffic stop in Chicopee.

Just after 9 p.m. Monday night, a police stopped a driver on Chicopee Street after spotting a car with an expired inspection sticker.

Officers learned that the driver, 28-year-old Romario Roberts, had an arrest warrant out of Holyoke and a suspended license and began to arrest him.

While he was being patted down, Roberts told them he had a gun on him, but since he had no license to carry it was seized.

He’s now facing both gun and motor vehicle charges.

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