A Lancaster man was arrested last week after displaying false registration tags on his vehicle.

Around 3 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, deputies were patrolling the 19300 block of Soledad Canyon Road in Canyon Country and identified a vehicle displaying current registration tags, despite records indicating the vehicle’s registration was still expired, said Deputy Natalie Arriaga, spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.  

“During a traffic stop, deputies learned the male driver was in possession of narcotics and a firearm,” Arriaga said. 

A search of the vehicle resulted in the recovery of a loaded firearm, drug paraphernalia and a baggie of methamphetamine, according to Sheriff’s officials. 

Alexis Velasquez, 38, from Lancaster, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance with a loaded firearm, carrying a loaded handgun not registered, misuse of vehicle registration and possession of drug paraphernalia, Arriaga added. 

Velasquez was booked into the SCV Sheriff’s Station and later released on bond.

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