Akron Police are continuing their efforts to keep the city safe and get illegal guns off the streets. 

With that, APD is reporting several arrests and the seizure of five guns in Akron over this past weekend. 

Friday afternoon, Akron Police officers stopped a car in the 1100 block of Palmetto Avenue. After a search of the vehicle and suspects, both the 32-year-old man and 16-year-old boy in the vehicle were in possession of handguns. Their case and investigation is still ongoing. 

About noon on Friday, police arrested 21-year-old Lamontae Shelton along Minota Avenue after he was stopped and caught hiding a gun under the front passenger seat. He was arrested and charged with Carrying a Concealed Weapon and more. 

Along West Market Street, juat about 2:15 p.m. Friday, police stopped a vehicle for suspicious activity and found two handguns and 22 grams of marijuana. Cordell Cobb, 18, was arrested and his passenger, 20-year-old Tyrus Toney was arrested and charged with illegally carrying a gun as well.