The US Capitol Police arrested a California man with multiple knives in his truck marked with white supremacist symbols near the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, the police said on Monday.

Around midnight, a Capitol Police officer was on patrol when he noticed a pick-up truck with a bayonet and a machete inside it. A swastika and other white supremacist symbols were painted on the car, the police department said in a news release.

The truck was parked near the DNC headquarters, which borders the US Capitol complex, the statement said. Police identified the driver as Donald Craighead, 44, of Oceanside, California. Craighead was arrested for possession of prohibited weapons.