During routine traffic stop, Oklahoma police discover a gun, rattlesnake, and uranium

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It all started when police in Guthrie, Oklahoma, spotted a car driving with expired tags.

During the June 26 traffic stop, the driver, Stephen Jennings, told officers up front that he had a gun in the console. That was only the beginning of the saga, as officers soon ran the plates and learned the car had been reported stolen. While searching the vehicle, officers went on to discover more and more things that probably shouldn't have been there, including an open bottle of Kentucky Deluxe whiskey, a rattlesnake in a terrarium, and a canister of radioactive powdered uranium.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.