ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Detectives with the Southwest Enforcement Team, troopers with Michigan State Police, and St. Joseph County Sheriff Deputies arrested a man on Tuesday, June 13 they believe was selling narcotics following a search warrant.
Those three agencies executed the search warrant at the Spartan Motel off of US-131 in Three Rivers where they apprehended the 47-year-old suspect and motel guest on an outstanding felony arrest warrant issued by the St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s Office.
Authorities say the charges, which include, Delivery of methamphetamine – 3 counts, Delivery of cocaine – 4 counts, and Delivery of Fentanyl – 1 count, stem from a long-term investigation resulting in controlled purchases of narcotics from the suspect, who is now lodged at the St. Joseph County jail pending arraignment.
The Southwest Enforcement Team (SWET) is a multi-jurisdictional task force that has been operating in Southwest Michigan since 1981.
SWET is comprised of law enforcement personnel from the Allegan County Sheriff’s Office, Berrien County Sheriff’s Office, Covert Township Police Department, Hastings Police Department, Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office, Kalamazoo Township Police Department, Michigan State Police, South Haven Police Department, and the Saint Joseph County Sheriff’s Office, and is funded in part by the Michigan HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area) as well as the U.S.
