Police: Passed out man had 300 recall bulletins in California in the mail

California police are investigating a man who is believed to have in his possession more than 300 unopened mail-in ballots for the upcoming gubernatorial recall election when he was found unconscious in his car.

Torrance Police Department Sgt. Mark Ponegalek told ABC affiliate KABC this week that officers responded to a call from a man sleeping in his vehicle outside a 7-Eleven on Aug. 16.

Ponegalek said police found a loaded gun, drugs and stolen mail that included more than 300 election ballots in the back seat of his car.

The city’s registrar’s office said the ballots had been sent out for next month’s recall election but had not been filled out or returned by voters, KABC reported.

“The ballots, they weren’t tampered with, unopened, just over 300 of them were found, mostly from addresses in Lawndale,” Ponegalek told KABC.

Replacement ballots will be mailed to these people, police said.

Police later said the case was under investigation by the department’s special investigations division, the The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Public Integrity Unit and the U.S. Postal Service.

Police did not disclose the name of the man, who was arrested for possession of violations of weapons and narcotics and counterfeits, The Associated Press reported.