More than half a pound of suspected cocaine and a stolen handgun were found inside a car stopped for a traffic violation on Interstate 90 and Route 47, the Kane County Sheriff’s Office said.
Anthony Lane, 41, of Lynwood, was pulled over just south of Huntley about noon Tuesday by a criminal interdiction team detective, a sheriff’s office report said. After smelling smell burnt cannabis inside the car, the detective searched the vehicle and uncovered 253 grams of a substance believed to be cocaine and a stolen gun, the report said.
Lane was charged with armed violence and possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, both class X felonies, and possession of a stolen firearm and possession of a firearm by a street gang member, class 2 felonies. He was also cited for possession of cannabis.
Lane is being held in the Kane County jail in lieu of $250,000 bail.