When a Michigan State Police narcotics team searched an Ecorse home for drugs, they found nearly 1,000 grams of various drugs, nine firearms ... and an alligator named Longtooth. The state law enforcement agency said it searched the home on Tuesday.

Detectives with the Metro Narcotics Enforcement Team seized more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, 10 grams of heroin, 6 grams of cocaine, 371 grams of assorted pills and nine firearms from the home, MSP Second District announced on X.

ECORSE, MI -- Law enforcement executing a search warrant Tuesday encountered a different type of scale than what they expected to as an alligator was found living at the home. Michigan State Police didn’t provide much information regarding the alligator other than to say it was turned over to a local animal shelter.

A federal search of an Ecorse home by Michigan State Police troopers found over 500 grams of methamphetamine, 10 grams of heroin and one toothy, four-legged occupant.

Michigan State Police say they found a surprise guest during a drug bust this week: an alligator. The agency’s Metro Narcotics Enforcement Team executed a search warrant Tuesday at a home in Detroit’s Downriver region.

Officials in Michigan uncovered something unusual during the raid of a home on Tuesday. The Michigan State Police seized a number of things from a cache of illegal items, including guns and drugs. The weirdest thing they found was an alligator.