DETROIT (WWJ) – A suspect is behind bars awaiting drug charges after Michigan State Police made a huge drug bust at a home in Detroit on Monday.
The suspect had been under investigation for their connection to a recent fentanyl overdose death, according to MSP.
When troopers and St. Clair Shores police raided the home Monday they found more than a kilo of fentanyl, 85 grams of crack cocaine, a handgun and $4,800 in cash.
MSP officials said the kilo of fentanyl had been divided up into individual doses of .1 grams and packaged using lottery tickets. A photo posted to Twitter shows the drugs had been kept in metal Kool-Aid and Country Time Lemonade canisters.
Authorities said the fentanyl had been divided into more than 5,000 individual doses, with each dose estimated to be worth $10-20. That means the drugs seized Monday carried a minimum street value of more than $50,000.
Each individual dose could be fatal, MSP officials said.
The suspect is being held in jail as federal and state prosecutors review the case. Their name has not been released.
Officials did not release any information about the overdose case the suspect was being investigated for.
“Our narcotic teams are continuing to focus on fentanyl and the criminals looking to poison our communities.” said MSP First Lt. Mike Shaw. “The amount of time it took to individually wrap these lotto slips shows they don’t care what happens as long as there is a profit.”
Earlier this month MSP troopers in Southwest Michigan made what officials are calling the largest fentanyl bust in the state’s history. A California man was arrested after a traffic stop led to the seizure of six kilos of fentanyl, estimated to have a street value of $9 million.
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