BELLEVILLE -- A couple was arrested last night on drug charges after they reported a home invasion to police, police said today.

At 11:30 p.m., Devin Perdue, 29, and his girlfriend Quisannah Noel, 27, reported that their apartment at 98 Magnolia Street was invaded by two men while their 4-year-old and 4-month-old children were home, police said.The couple said that one of the men hit Perdue on the side of the head with a handgun, which triggered the gun and lodged a bullet in a door jamb inside the house, said Capt. Mark Minichini

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Police became suspicious of the couple during the questioning, Minichini said, and obtained a search warrant. Minichini said police found 10 pounds of marijuana, a money-counting machine, a handgun, almost $60,000 in cash and other paraphernalia around the house.

The two home invaders fled before the arrival of police, and Perdue's head injury was minor.

Perdue and Noel were charged with possession of more than 50 grams of marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school and possession of a handgun.

They were being held at the Belleville police department awaiting bail.

The children are staying with Perdue's mother.