Bow WOW: K-9 pooch helps take gun off NYC streets

There’s one much less loaded unlawful gun on New York Metropolis streets — because of an NYPD Ok-9.

The intrepid pooch, Vito, and his handler, solely recognized by the NYPD as “Officer Barron” of the division’s Emergency Service Unit, discovered the illicit weapon throughout a car search Saturday morning in Brooklyn, in keeping with police and a Monday tweet by the division’s Particular Ops workforce.

Officers had stopped the 2022 Basic Motors car at Highland Place and Atlantic Avenue in Cypress Hills for a visitors infraction round 8:15 a.m., cops stated.

K9 Vito and his police handler discovered the weapon throughout a car search, the NYPD’s Particular Ops workforce tweeted.

NYPD Particular Ops/Twitter

The loaded 9mm Ruger pistol — with a scratched-out serial quantity — was discovered inside a automotive.

NYPD Particular Ops/Twitter

Vito and his cop handler helped to go looking the automotive — turning up a loaded 9mm Ruger pistol with a scratched-out serial quantity, in keeping with police and the tweet.

Cops launched a photograph of the weapon and its bullets late Monday morning.

One other picture exhibits a proud-looking Vito, who seems to be a German shepherd. 

Driver Carlye Baker, 38, of Queens was arrested and charged with felony possession of a weapon, a violation for driving with no license, and an unlawful sign violation, cops stated.

Information present that Baker was paroled in 2011 after serving practically three years on one other weapon-possession cost.