MASON - Police from several agencies conducted raids on Thursday as part of an investigation involving dogfighting in the Lansing area.

Ten dogs were seized from a home on Thackin Drive in Lansing as part of the investigation, the Eaton County Sheriff's Office said in a news release on Thursday night. The residence is in a part of Lansing that is in Eaton County.

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The Eaton County Special Response Team and Eaton County Animal Control officers executed a search warrant shortly after 3 p.m. at the Thackin Drive address. Besides the dogs, investigators seized "several items to help support" the joint investigation, sheriff's officials said.

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No one was home when the search warrant was executed.

Teams of officers were expected to serve warrants at locations in both Ingham and Eaton counties on Thursday, police officials said. But details of the investigation in Ingham County were not released.

It was not immediately clear whether the officers were executing search warrants or arrest warrants.

At about 5 p.m. Thursday, law enforcement officers were carrying bags, boxes and plastic tubs from a residence in the 1700 block of West Saginaw Street in Lansing and placing them in the three Ingham County Animal Control vehicles parked nearby. Several Michigan State University police vehicles were also on the scene.

It was not clear whether the activity in the 1700 block of West Saginaw was connected to the investigation. A reporter on the scene did not see any animals removed from the home.

Ingham County Animal Control Director John Dinon confirmed earlier Thursday that police operations were conducted in connection with an investigation but declined to give details.

"It's an ongoing investigation," Dinon said.

The Ingham County Special Response Team was asked to participate in the probe, Ingham County Sheriff's Lt. Greg Harris said. The SRT comprises officers from several area agencies, including MSU police and the sheriff's department.

Lansing police were helping in a dogfighting investigation led by Ingham County Animal Control, said Robert Merritt, a spokesman for the Lansing Police Department.

In the news release, Eaton County Sheriff's officials said Eaton County Animal Control is cooperating with Ingham County Animal Control in the investigation.

Contact Ken Palmer at (517) 377-1032 or kpalmer@lsj.com. Follow him on Twitter @KBPalm_lsj.