The Atlantic City Police Department recovered two handguns and arrested three individuals after officers witnessed a drug transaction. On the night of July 18th, detectives were patrolling the Bungalow Park section of Atlantic City when they observed 20 year old Xavier Leon Jr. of Atlantic City approach a vehicle with 24 year old Joseph Hill and 24 year old Shabria Cooper-Carter of Wilmington, Delaware inside in the 700 block of Wabash Avenue. The officers observed Leon and Hill engage in a drug transaction.
After Leon Jr. walked away, the officers stopped him. He was found in possession of a single bag of marijuana and a loaded handgun in a satchel. Leon Jr. was arrested without incident.
The officers proceeded to the vehicle to speak with Hill and Cooper-Carter. Both were arrested after officers found 48 grams of packaged marijuana throughout the front area of the vehicle and a handgun.