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Search warrant executed in August
BENTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – An investigation into narcotics trafficking resulted in Michigan State Police seizing more than two pounds of cocaine and two homemade explosives.
The investigation was a joint operation between law enforcement in Michigan and Illinois.
According to authorities, a search warrant was executed on a home on Vista Lake Drive in Benton Township that resulted in the discovery of 925 grams of cocaine, drug-related paraphernalia, and two homemade improvised explosive devices.
Officers with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives safely disposed of the explosives.
Robert Dontrall Sharp Jr., a 46-year-old from Benton Township, was arrested and charged with possession with the intent to deliver cocaine, maintaining a drug house and two counts of possession with a dangerous weapon.
He was charged as a repeat offender.
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