Array of Illegal Items Found in Car Parked at 7-Eleven

WILMETTE, IL - Police in Wilmette uncovered a variety of illegal items during a 2 a.m. suspicious vehicle incident at the 7-Eleven on Skokie Boulevard.

Police saw the vehicle parked at the closed business at 2:01 a.m. on Thursday and said the driver - later identified as Nicholas Van Husen, 27, of Chicago - stated there were drugs in the vehicle and handed an officer a small bag of marijuana.

But a subsequent search of his person and vehicle revealed the following: additional drugs, BB guns, BB rifles, items of drug paraphernalia, 10 various knives, a police radio, handcuffs, strobe lights, and a Pit Bull.

Van Husen was charged with possession of a controlled substance.