MACKINAC COUNTY, MI— Two people were arrested by the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team earlier this month for distributing drugs in the U.P.
UPSET detectives had been investigating a 40-year-old Calumet man for the distribution of meth in Houghton County.
On November 2, detectives coordinated with the Michigan State Police Traffic Safety Team and Sault Tribal Police to conduct a traffic stop on the man’s vehicle in Mackinac County. He and a 39-year-old Atlantic Mine woman were identified in the vehicle and a probable cause search was conducted. Officers seized drug paraphernalia, more than $2,000 in cash, and over a pound of crystal meth.
Both suspects were lodged in the Mackinac County Jail.
Two days later, UPSET, troopers from the Calumet Post, and the Houghton County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at the suspects’ residence. Additional evidence related to the distribution of meth, firearms, and $1,500 in cash were seized.
The incident remains under investigation.
