The intrepid pooch, Vito, and his handler, only identified by the NYPD as “Officer Barron” of the department’s Emergency Service Unit, found the illicit weapon during a vehicle search Saturday morning in Brooklyn, according to police and a Monday tweet by the department’s Special Ops team.
Officers had stopped the 2022 General Motors vehicle at Highland Place and Atlantic Avenue in Cypress Hills for a traffic infraction around 8:15 a.m., cops said.
Cops released a photo of the weapon and its bullets late Monday morning.
Another photo shows a proud-looking Vito, who appears to be a German Shepherd, sitting on a table.
Driver Carlye Baker, 38, of Queens was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon, a violation for driving without a license, and an illegal signal violation, cops said.
Records show that Baker was paroled in 2011 after serving nearly three years on another weapon-possession charge.
