KALAMAZOO, MI — A drug trafficking organization delivered over 400 pounds of meth from California to Kalamazoo in the last two years, police said, while announcing two arrests in a months-long investigation.

On Jan. 8, the Southwest Michigan Enforcement Team (SWET) received information that a shipment of drugs was headed to Kalamazoo. Officers intercepted the shipment, 27 pounds of “ice” style meth, hidden in a vehicle, SWET said in a news release.

The arrests came after approximately six months of investigation in which federal, state and local detectives discovered that the drug trafficking organization had delivered over 400 pounds of methamphetamines (including “ice” style meth from Mexico) from California to Kalamazoo in the last two years.

Officers from SWET, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team and troopers from the Michigan State Police Paw Paw post and the Hometown Security Team executed a federal search warrant in the 400 block of Reed Street in Kalamazoo.

Two male subjects in their 50s, one from Kalamazoo and one from California, were taken into custody. Simultaneously, federal and state law enforcement officers conducted search warrants in California, recovering approximately 30 more pounds of “ice,” police said.

The case is being turned over to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Grand Rapids, which will be working with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in California on the case. The subjects arrested in Michigan will be arraigned Wednesday in Federal Court in Grand Rapids. Names of the suspects are not being released until after the people are arraigned, police said.

The Southwest Enforcement Team (SWET) is comprised of sworn law enforcement personnel from the Michigan State Police, Berrien County Sheriff’s Office, Barry County Sheriff’s Office, Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office, Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office, St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Office, Covert Police Department, Kalamazoo Township Police Department, South Haven Police Department and the Sturgis Police Department.

SWET is funded in part by the Michigan HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area) as well as the U.S. Department of Justice, Byrne JAG grant.