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Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest of Male in Possession of Three Firearms

On December 3, 2021 just before 3:30 p.m., an officer assigned to Glendale PD’s Special Enforcement Detail (SED) was travelling near the intersection of Hawthorne St. and San Fernando Rd. when they noticed a vehicle travelling with expired registration.

The officer conducted a traffic enforcement stop and contacted the driver, 48-year-old Hamlet Avetisyan of Tujunga. As Avetisyan was exiting the vehicle, he reached under the seat, and officers observed a methamphetamine pipe. Assisting units arrived, and Avetisyan was found to have a loaded firearm, six blank credit/debit cards with pin numbers written on the back, three gas cards with pin numbers written on the back, and another individual’s identification card on his person.

A vehicle search produced two firearms (one loaded), three packages of heroin, seven Oxycodon pills, 11 re-encoded blank credit/debit cards with pin numbers written on the back, and a notebook containing personal identifying information for several individuals.

Avetisyan was subsequently arrested and booked for carrying concealed weapons, possessing controlled substances while armed, identity theft, possessing narcotics and controlled substance paraphernalia, and for an outstanding warrant.