Detroit Police gets another million dollar drug bust

Because of the continuous combined efforts by the members of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Investigations, Detroit

Police Department and Drug Enforcement Administration assigned to Detroit Border Enforcement Security Task Force (B.E.S.T.), this is

an important win in effort to seize significant quantities of drugs before they reach neighborhoods.

Earlier this year, B.E.S.T. seized a parcel that contained over 700 grams of heroin, with a street value of over $1 million.

A member received information that a package containing several wooden hangers had suspected drugs hidden inside of them and was to

be delivered to a party store located on W. Grand Blvd. On Tuesday evening, August 3rd, members intercepted the parcel that was about

to be delivered to the business.

The task force set up surveillance and once the package was delivered, a search warrant was executed to retrieve the parcel. Officers

seized the package, along with brown paperbags containing 300 hydrocodone pills and a vial of 120 zanax pills with an estimate street

value of $4,260. Officers also recovered additional heroin from inside of the business, making it a total of 799.5 grams of heroin

with a street value of approximately $1.4 million

They also recovered over $18,000 in suspected drug proceeds, 6 hand guns, 2 long guns and 2 vehicles (2008 Chevy Suburban and 2010

Audi). Three suspects (White/Males/41 --year-old Farmington Hills resident, 45 & 49 --year-old West Bloomfield residents) have been

identified and not-in-custody warrants will be issued. Since January, 2010, the Detroit Police has confiscated 23,213 grams of

heroin, with an estimate street value of over $ 41 million.

"Due to the support and collaborative efforts with ICE and the DEA, we will continue to rid our neighborhoods of these drugs which

can be linked to the majority of violence within our communities," Chief Godbee said.

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