NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WLNE) — The New Bedford Police Department said three people are facing firearm charges after three separate investigations in November.

On Nov. 12, officers were patrolling the North End around 9 p.m. when they saw a vehicle trespassing inside a recreational park’s parking lot that was closed.

Officers approached the vehicle and allegedly saw smoke inside it, as well as two rolled marijuana joints.

Police said the passenger, 19-year-old Quinn Raposo, allegedly had a firearm in his waistband, which contained one 9mm round in the chamber and a loaded large-capacity feeding device.

Officials said the other passenger possessed a knife longer than two and a half inches.

Officers searched the vehicle and allegedly found an open container of alcohol.

Raposo was arrested

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