KALAMAZOO (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - Officers made a large crack cocaine bust in Kalamazoo County, and it all started in a Meijer parking lot.
The officers stopped a car at the Portage Meijer store on Westnedge. They were looking for a suspected drug dealer.
The male passenger in the car started running and police found him a few blocks away at the Steak and Shake with a chewed bag of crack cocaine. He admitted trying to swallow the bag during the chase.
Officers searched the vehicle and found another bag of crack cocaine.
During the stop other KVET officers went to the suspected drug dealer's residence at the Briargate Apartments and found a loaded 1933 Luger handgun and approximately four ounces of crack cocaine. Police estimate the crack to be worth over 12 thousand dollars.
The suspect was arrested on a parole violation, and police plan on handing over the evidence for federal prosecution.
The female driver of the vehicle was arrested for possession of crack cocaine.
That Meijers is literally a two minute drive away from me, and that isn't an exaggeration. Me and Tweezy bought a weekend's worth of games, snacks, and movies there.