VANDERBILT, Mich. (WWJ) -- Two people are facing felony drug and firearms charges after they were pulled over and arrested last weekend in the woods in Northern Michigan.
According to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, a DNR conservation officer was patrolling a remote area of the Pigeon River Country State Forest, in Otsego County. on Saturday, March 11, when he spotted a vehicle driving on the wrong side of the road.
The officer made a traffic stop, the DNR said, and when he spoke with the two people in the vehicle they told him: “We are just out looking to hunt stuff.”
The officer saw that the passenger had an uncased .308 rifle near his right leg with a rifle round on the door handle. The driver, who had binoculars around their neck, also had a loaded .22 caliber rifle behind the seat.
When other conservations officers arrived on the scene to assist, they searched the vehicle and found two more firearms, as well as used rifle casings, alcohol, several containers of crystal meth, marijuana, and evidence of drug use, officials said.
The officers confiscated three rifles and one shotgun, along with the ammunition and drugs.
Officials said noted that the car they suspects were driving in was a rental.
The investigation is ongoing.
The names of the two people in custody are being with held as they await an arraignment on multiple pending charges.
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