Between Monday night into Tuesday morning police announced the arrest of two people, now facing weapons and drug charges.
Monday night, officers were approached by a passerby in the area of Jefferson and Downing streets who reported seeing someone with a gun.
Police located the man in the area of Ferry Street where a foot pursuit ensued, Glover said.
Assisting officers, retrieved a loaded .38-caliber handgun, which was thrown by Kareem Stanley, 20, as he attempted to flee.
Stanley was taken into custody and charged with unlawful possession of a weapon and other offenses.
The second arrest occurred following a traffic stop near South Orange Avenue and Smith Street sometime around 12:15 a.m, added police.
After patrolling officers spotted a motorist not wearing a seatbelt, pulled the car over.
Kenny Allen, was placed under arrest and consented to a search of the car, where police found s small bag of marijuana in the center console and a loaded .38-caliber handgun.
Allen was charged with weapons offenses including unlawful possession of a handgun along with other weapons offenses, as well as narcotics offenses. He was also issued motor-vehicle summonses.
Anyone with information about this or any other crimes call the department's 24-hour Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at 877 NWK-TIPS (877 695-8477) or NWK-GUNS (877 695-4867).