Two arrested on drug charges in separate SWET search warrants

By: Maura Johnson

Posted: Feb 17, 2023 11:01 AM EDT

Michigan State Police Southwest Enforcement Team Michigan State Police Southwest Enforcement Team

BERRIEN COUNTY, Mich. - Detectives with the Michigan State Police Southwest Enforcement Team served two search warrants on Wednesday, resulting in the arrests of two men on numerous drug charges.

Detectives served a warrant in the 1200 block of Broadway Avenue in Benton Harbor and arrested a 46-year-old Benton Harbor man on the following charges:

Delivery of cocaine
Possession of cocaine
Felon in possession of three firearms
Use of a firearm in commission of a felony
Possession of a short-barrel shotgun
Possession of a stun gun
Maintaining a drug house

Detectives served a warrant in the 1300 block of Bell Avenue in New Buffalo and arrested a 45-year-old New Buffalo man on the following charges:

Possession with intent to deliver crystal methamphetamine - 2nd offense
Maintaining a drug house - 2nd offense
Controlled substance delivery within 1,000 feet of a school

The Benton Harbor Department of Public Safety, Berrien County Tactical Response Unit, Michigan State Police Niles post troopers, Berrien County Sheriff's Office and New Buffalo Police Department assisted SWET detectives in the search warrants and arrests.