RPD: Driver Arrested After Search Uncovers Meth & Loaded Revolver

A Trinity County man was arrested after a traffic stop in Redding very early Thursday morning. At 12:30AM Redding Police stopped a Toyota Tacoma for a violation on Lake Boulevard near Masonic. The driver, 53-year-old Donald Hamel of Burnt Ranch, had a suspended license for a DUI. He reportedly consented to a search and officers say they found a loaded revolver and Methamphetamine.

-Steve Gibson