KALAMAZOO, MI – Methamphetamine was being made and used inside a Kalamazoo hotel room Tuesday where a man barricaded himself with his new bride during a standoff with police that lasted more than six hours, authorities said.

The 49-year-old Kalamazoo County resident, whose name has not been released, tried to jump from a third-story window at AmericInn Hotel & Suites, 1550 E. Kilgore Road, after Kalamazoo Public Safety officers arrived at 3:45 p.m.

Officers from Public Safety’s Community Outreach and Problem Solving Division had responded to the hotel after receiving information that a person wanted on outstanding warrants was in a room cooking meth, according to a KDPS news release.

The man eventually retreated back in to his hotel room and told officers he had a hostage and a meth lab that would explode if officers tried to force their way in to the room.

Members of Public Safety’s SWAT Team spoke to the man and his 46-year-old wife for several hours before convincing them to turn themselves in and exit the room, according to the news release.

Once the man and woman, who were recently married, were in custody, officers said they found “evidence of meth production and its use” inside the hotel room.

Police said the man was arrested on two outstanding warrants, as well as new charges that will be sought against him in connection with the meth lab found in the hotel room.

The man’s wife, whose name also has not been released, was arrested on an outstanding warrant charging her with three felonies, as well as new charges in connection with the meth lab, police said.

Police ask anyone with information about the incident to call the C.O.P.S. division at 269-337-8880 or contact Silent Observer at 269-343-2100 or www.kalamazoosilentobserver.com.

Contact Rex Hall Jr. at rhall2@mlive.com. Follow him on Twitter.