Driver faces cannabis-distribution charge after Glenmont stop finds handguns
Montgomery County police stopped a car near East Randolph Road and Kara Lane in the Glenmont area on 5 November 2026 and found four handguns and cannabis packaged for distribution. Two juveniles and an adult passenger were charged over the guns, and police said the adult driver will face a cannabis possession-with-intent-to-distribute charge.
🇺🇸 East Randolph Road and Kara Lane, Glenmont, Montgomery County, Maryland · Maryland, United States
Montgomery County police officers from the 4th District Community Action Team
stopped a vehicle near the intersection of East Randolph Road and Kara Lane in
the Glenmont area on Thursday, November 5, during proactive enforcement.[1][2]Five people were inside the vehicle.[1][2]A K-9 officer’s exterior scan of the
vehicle alerted to controlled dangerous substances, and a search followed.[1][2]The search found four handguns and, in addition to several THC vape cartridges,
cannabis packaged for distribution.[1][2]One handgun was hidden beneath the driver’s seat loaded with a round in the chamber, and three others were recovered from the waistbands of two passengers.[2]
Two juvenile males and an adult male passenger were charged with handgun-related
offenses.[1][3][2]The juvenile males were placed in a juvenile detention facility,
and the adult passenger was processed at the county’s central processing unit.[1]Police said the adult male driver will be charged with possession of
cannabis with intent to distribute.[1][2]An adult female occupant was released
without charges, and police said the investigation remained active.[1][2]
An adult male passenger, Braulin De Los Santos Echavarria, of Hyattsville, was charged with handgun-related offenses.[3][2]
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The recovered contraband from the Glenmont traffic stop. Photo: Montgomery County Department of PolicePhoto details
No weight or quantity is given for the cannabis packaged for distribution, and the THC vape cartridges are not counted as cannabis.
The driver's cannabis charge was announced as pending; no court date, charge filing or detention status for the driver is reported.
Only The MoCo Show's account, based on a Montgomery County police statement, could be opened; the department's own release was not located.
The headline counts three arrested alongside the handguns; the account reports four handguns recovered rather than a person count, so the arrested figure follows the headline.
7News and Fox Baltimore carry the same text under different titles; the page's metadata names WBFF while the byline and dateline are 7News, so the two are treated as one account repeating a Montgomery County police statement, not independent reporting.
No weight or value is given for the cannabis packaged for distribution, and the THC vape cartridges are not counted as cannabis.
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