District 3 Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) Commander Jason Cokinos announced that plainclothes officers, with assistance from K9, drone, and uniformed units, safely apprehended a suspect wanted for felony crimes in Virginia, recovering a loaded handgun with an extended magazine in downtown Silver Spring.
Cokinos wrote on Twitter/X, “We have eyes 👀 out there …
Plain clothes 👕👖@mcpnews officers work around the 3rd District to covertly detect and then apprehend criminals.
Last night surveillance officers working in downtown Silver Spring identified a vehicle entering Montgomery County from Washington DC that was wanted for felony crimes in Virginia.
Officers were able to safely take the suspect into custody with K9, RAVEN 1 drone, and uniformed officers also assisting.
A loaded handgun with an extended magazine was recovered from the vehicle. In my opinion, this prevented further crimes which could have happened In Montgomery County.
#MCPD #proactivepolicing #publicsafety”