What started as a routine Saturday traffic stop in Severn turned into a sizable bust when Anne Arundel County police say they pulled a loaded shotgun, a mix of suspected illegal drugs, and roughly $1,500 in cash out of a single vehicle. Both people in the car were arrested on the spot, according to police.
Officers stopped the vehicle around 4:35 p.m. near Annapolis Road and Disney Road and searched it based on probable cause, police said. That search turned up a loaded Mossberg 590 shotgun, additional shotgun shells, several quantities of suspected MDMA, cocaine, alprazolam, Adderall, and fentanyl, along with about $1,500 in cash. Police identified the two arrested as 33-year-old Brian Anthony Cobb of Severn and 61-year-old Stephen Anthony McCoy of Mount Airy. Both were taken into custody, as reported by FOX45.
Cases like this are not isolated in the region. In mid-May, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland highlighted a Baltimore County traffic stop that similarly uncovered fentanyl and firearms and led to federal charges, underscoring how basic traffic enforcement can expose broader drug trafficking and weapons activity, according to a federal press release from prosecutors at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland.
What police say they seized
Anne Arundel County police say evidence from the stop included a loaded Mossberg 590 shotgun, extra shotgun shells, multiple packages of suspected narcotics, and roughly $1,500 in cash. The department’s account lists suspected MDMA, cocaine, alprazolam, Adderall, and fentanyl among the seized drugs. Both occupants were arrested and processed at the scene, according to the department’s report to FOX45.
Local context
Law enforcement officials say traffic enforcement continues to be a key way to interrupt drug distribution and get illegal firearms off local roads. The Severn seizure adds to a series of similar traffic-stop cases reported across the Baltimore corridor this year and will proceed through Anne Arundel County’s charging and booking process as investigators continue their work. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Anne Arundel County police through their tip lines.
