BERGLAND, MI— Two suspected drug traffickers were arrested by the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team following a stop near Bergland last week.
UPSET had developed information the 30-year-old Hancock woman and 31-year-old Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin man had been bringing large quantities of meth to Hancock for months. Officers determined the pair were traveling back from Minneapolis on Thursday. The MSP Hometown Security Team, along with troopers from the Calumet and Wakefield Posts, located the vehicle on M-28 near Wakefield and pulled it over near Bergland.
Just before the vehicle stopped, troopers saw the man throw something out the passenger window. It contained a large amount of meth.
The woman was lodged at the Gogebic County Jail on several outstanding warrants. The man was taken to the Houghton County Jail on separate warrants.
The case is being reviewed by the Ontonagon County Prosecutor’s Office, and charges of possession with intent to deliver meth are expected.
