El Centro Police arrested a convicted felon with a firearm.

Officers conducted a traffic stop for a traffic violation early Tuesday morning. During the course of the investigation, ECPD K-9 Jax alerted to the car. Officers located narcotics paraphernalia including scales and drugs in the vehicle as well as a rifle and a loaded Sig Sauer P320 handgun.  The suspect was arrested and booked into Imperial County Jail on charges of a Felon in Possession of a Firearm, various other firearm violations and charges.