A man in possession of a stolen and concealed weapon was arrested after deputies conducted a welfare check on him during the heat of the weekend.

Over the weekend, deputies were patrolling Soledad Street near Oak Avenue in Canyon Country when they spotted a man out in the heat of the day, said Deputy Robert Jensen, spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.

“To the deputies’ surprise, as they walked up, the man told them he had a gun concealed in his waistband,” Jensen said in a Facebook post. “Deputies recovered two unregistered guns… both concealed, both loaded and one of them known to be stolen.”

Lee Edwards was arrested for weapons charges, according to officials.

The suspect was arrested and booked into the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station jail.

“Two more guns off the streets,” Jensen said. 

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