Man arrested after marijuana possession, loaded gun in truck

Officer found gun in man's coat

FRASER, Mich. – Michael Arthur Contratto, a 25-year-old man from Brownstown, Mich., was arrested Wednesday when an officer from the Fraser Department of Public Safety pulled him over and found drugs and a gun in his truck.

Police say Contratto was pulled over in a 2002 Chevrolet truck with tinted windows near Masonic Boulevard and Kelly Road. The officer smelled marijuana while talking to Contratto and found about 5.6 grams of marijuana.

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The officer also found a loaded .40 caliber handgun in the man's coat in the back seat.

Contratto was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and possession of marijuana, and arraigned Thursday.