WHITTIER >> Police jailed a man and woman on suspicion of robbery and drug possession after finding them driving around Whittier with ski masks, a fake gun, latex gloves and methamphetamine early Wednesday, officials said.
An officer noticed a “suspicious” SUV parked about 1:50 a.m. outside a Rite Aid Pharmacy store at the Quad at Whittier, at Painter Avenue and Whittier Boulevard, Whittier police Lt. Bryan Ellis said.
The officer waited until a man and woman emerged from the store and drove off in the SUV, then stopped the vehicle nearby for a traffic violation, the lieutenant said.
Inside the SUV, police found a replica Colt pistol, ski masks, latex gloves and about three grams of methamphetamine, Ellis said.
Police suspect the pair had either just committed, or was about to commit, a robbery, Ellis said.
The 33-year-old man and 29-year-old woman were jailed on suspicion of robbery and drug possession, he said. Their names were withheld Wednesday as detectives continued their investigation.