WESTBOROUGH – Police have arrested a Framingham man after he was allegedly in possession of a “ghost gun.”
On Nov. 5 at around 2:50 a.m., Westborough police received an advisory that a man was driving on Route 9 and was illegally in possession of a firearm, according to a press release. Police said that they saw a vehicle driving at a “high rate of speed” on Route 9 near 95 Turnpike Road.
Police pulled over the vehicle and allegedly found a loaded firearm inside the vehicle. Officers said they later determined that it was a “ghost gun,” which police said are untraceable and made through a DIY kit.
“Ghost guns are easily accessible to those who cannot obtain a firearm due to their inability to pass background checks,” Westborough officers wrote.
Marcos Paulo Silva, of Framingham, was charged with carrying a loaded firearm without a license, carrying a gun without a license, possessing a firearm without a FID Card, possessing a large-capacity firearm, improper storage of a large-capacity firearm, possessing a large-capacity firearm in a vehicle and possessing a covert/undetectable firearm.
Police said that Silva was released on bail and arraigned at Westborough District Court.
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