Police said stopping a car that was driving erratically led to the discovery of Molotov cocktails.

Officials say it was in the early hours of March 10 when a 2008 Honda Accord was pulled over on Lexington Avenue near Calebs Path in Central Islip. Police said officers discovered two glass bottles filled with gasoline and gasoline-soaked rags in the car.

The prosecutor said the suspects planned to throw the Molotov cocktails at a mechanic’s car because of a dispute over repairs that the mechanic had done.

The prosecutor said the defendants have potential ties to MS-13.

Lorenzo Alvarado-Navarrete, Elvis Romero-Martinez, and Albert Yanes-Moran are each charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree.

District Attorney Ray Tierney released the following statement: "Under 'Bail Reform,' possessing Molotov cocktails, even when it is alleged that they were to be used to firebomb an automobile, is not bail-eligible, meaning my prosecutors cannot even ask for bail on three Salvadoran nationals with tenuous ties to the United States.

Tierney continued, "The thing that supposedly never happens in New York just happened again – we cannot seek bail on a case that clearly cries out for bail – because of our unworkable bail laws. Compounding the danger to the public, although two of these three defendants are allegedly here illegally, due to the “Protect our Courts Act,” federal agents cannot come to the courthouse to take custody of the defendants here without risking arrest themselves. Although Bail Reform and the Protect Our Courts Act once again have protected criminals, including alleged criminals seeking to use dangerous Molotov cocktails to commit a firebombing, no one in Albany thought to actually protect the public.”

He also said, "Thanks to the great work of Suffolk County Police Officers, these Molotov cocktails were discovered and neutralized before anyone could be hurt. This alleged conduct will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and my office will be working with our law enforcement partners to make sure that individuals who seek to endanger our citizens are caught and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."