VANDERBILT, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Two people who were arrested with firearms and drugs at the Pigeon River Country State Forest told an officer they were "just out looking to hunt stuff," the Michigan Department of Natural Resources stated on Thursday.
On Saturday, March 11, a conservation officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle they observed driving on the wrong side of the road in a remote area of the forest.
During the stop, the vehicle's occupants told the officer "We are just out looking to hunt stuff," the Michigan DNR said in a statement.
"The officer saw that the passenger had an uncased .308 rifle near their right leg with a rifle round on the door handle," the DNR said. "Additionally, the driver – who had binoculars around their neck – had a loaded .22 caliber rifle behind the seat."
Additional officers then arrived to assist in the arrest.
The DNR said officers searched the rental vehicle and found the following inside:
- Two additional firearms.
- Used rifle casings,
- Alcohol.
- Several containers of crystal meth.
- Marijuana.
- Evidence of drug use.
The identities of the two people are being withheld pending arraignment.
Both of them face felony charges.