MANISTEE COUNTY – Two known fugitives were arrested south of Traverse City after state troopers found them asleep in a car Saturday afternoon.
Michigan State Police say that on Dec. 2 at around 2 p.m., troopers from the Traverse City Post received information that a known fugitive was at an address in Pleasanton Township with another known fugitive previously arrested for possession of fentanyl.
When troopers arrived at the residence, they found a 30-year-old Benzonia woman and a 34- year-old Elberta man asleep inside a black sedan parked in the driveway, police said in a news release which did not include the the fugitives' names.
When troopers knocked on the vehicle’s windows, both woke quickly and complied with instructions to exit the vehicle where they were taken into custody for warrants.
According to the release, troopers observed drug paraphernalia in plain view which led to a search of the vehicle.
Numerous scraps of burnt aluminum foil, a plastic pipe with brown residue, several small butane torches, an empty clear corner baggie with brown residue, and a small clear plastic sleeve containing a brown powdery substance which tested positive for heroin were seized, police said.
A container containing a small quantity of heroin was located in a backpack belonging to the man.
Both suspects were arrested for possession of heroin and maintaining a drug house and lodged in the Manistee County Jail.
The respective counties holding the original warrants were also notified.
The woman had a felony drug possession warrant from Grand Traverse County and the man had three bench warrants from Benzie and Grand Traverse counties.
