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23-year-old Springfield man arrested on drug and firearms charges

23-year-old Springfield man arrested on drug and firearms charges

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Eddie E. Cousins, 23, was arrested Tuesday afternoon after Springfield Police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives executed two search warrants. The first was in the 1000 block of North First Street, and the second was in the 3000 block of Great Northern Drive.

Officers located 80 grams of cannabis, 4 grams of ecstasy, packaging materials, Stevens model 320 12 gauge shotgun, Anderson Manufacture AM-15 .223 caliber pistol, Rock River
Arms LAR-15 5.56 caliber pistol, Romarm Draco semi auto pistol, Glock 22 .40 caliber pistol equipped with a full auto switch, and a Glock 35, .40 caliber pistol which had also been equipped with a full auto switch.

Cousins faces chargesĀ for unlawful use of a weapon-machine gun, unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, methamphetamine possession, and delivery of cannabis.

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