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Michigan State Police at the Marshall Post are investigating a single-vehicle crash believed to be caused by a drug overdose.

The traffic stop led to the discovery of suspected meth, drug paraphernalia, a set of police keys, as well as funeral ashes.

According to the Southwest Enforcement Team, authorities were tipped off that the drugs were being delivered, leading to them conducting a traffic stop on the suspect around 5pm Tuesday on I-94 near Marshall.

A raid was conducted in Kalamazoo that turned up a possible drug-dealing operation. The Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team responded to the Interfaith Homes Thursday after residents complained of gun violence and drug activity. At the complex, a 27-year-old Kalamazoo man was arrested for allegedly skipping out his parole...

Last year saw a dramatic rise in the number of drug related deaths in Kalamazoo County, while Calhoun County saw a slight drop. The Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department says Thursday that from 2015 to 2016, the amount of drug related accidental deaths more than doubled from 33 to 72, with 8 out of 10 of those being opioid related...

A drug raid was conducted yesterday in Kalamazoo after several citizen complaints. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says that on Tuesday, officers from the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team and Kalamazoo Metro SWAT searched a home in the 1400 block of Princeton Ave and found inside over a pound of marijuana, an ounce of meth, and what is believed to be 35 grams of fentanyl...

A Kalamazoo man has been sentenced to federal prison for running a heroin ring in southwest Michigan. In US District Court in Grand Rapids Wednesday, Quintin Howell was sentenced to 15 years in prison, after he pleaded guilty to being involved with the distribution of heroin between 2013 and 2015...

Kalamazoo authorities have busted the second large scale drug operation in less than a week. On Monday, the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team executed a search warrant in the 3300 block of W. Main St. in Kalamazoo Township. Before the search warrant was carried out, however, a suspect was arrested outside the residence...

A drug bust last week in Battle Creek turned up what police believe might be behind several drug overdoses in past weeks. The Battle Creek Enquirer reports that during a raid on a home Friday, the Battle Creek Police turned up suspected carfentanil, an opioid used as a large animal tranquilizer...

A raid was conducted on a home in Kalamazoo County yesterday, potentially putting a stop to what authorities say was a burgeoning heroin operation. MLive reports that officers from the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team went to a residence in the 200 block of East North St...