<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The U.S. Capitol Police arrested a man on Tuesday for allegedly driving with a guillotine in Washington, D.C.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Philan-Tam-Duy Le, 35, was taken into custody, and a guillotine, a device historically used for executions via decapitation, was seized from the back of his truck. Le was arrested for allegedly carrying a dangerous weapon.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The suspect drove here from California. USCP investigators are going through the suspect’s background to learn more about why he came to Washington, DC,” officials stated in a press release.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Le attracted the attention of officers near the 100 block of East Capitol Street around 3 p.m. for allegedly having the 18th-century execution device in the bed of his truck and being illegally parked. Photos released by police show a tall, rectangular wooden structure with a string attached sitting in the bed of a pickup truck.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The guillotine was proposed by a French doctor in the late 1700s and was intended for quick executions, making them equal for everyone. It is most commonly associated with the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, and the last execution by guillotine occurred in 1977 in Marseille, France.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Tuesday’s arrest is part of a series of incidents involving suspicious individuals by Capitol Police. Last month, officers arrested a man at the north barricade of the Capitol who was found with a firearm.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The block of East Capitol Street where Le was arrested is also near the Supreme Court building.</p>