Sterling Heights Police Chase Car, Arrest 2 Transporting Drugs: Cops

STERLING HEIGHTS, MI — Two people were arrested after leading police on a chase through Sterling Heights, while planning to distribute over $350,000 in drugs into the city, police said.

Police tried to stop a BMW with tinted windows that was driving north on Van Dyke Avenue near 14 Mile Road around 5:50 p.m. on April 8, officials said.

The car sped away from police and turned into a subdivision with no outlet, police said. That's when officers said the two jumped out of the car and ran. Officers caught the driver and passenger after a short foot chase, police said.

While searching the car, officers found 20,000 fentanyl pills that were disguised as prescription drugs, police said. They also found 500 grams of powder fentanyl, making for over $350,000 in total street value, police said.

Police said the driver and passenger of the BMW were undocumented immigrants from Mexico, and were transporting the drugs for a Mexican drug cartel. Both were expected to be charged and possibly deported, police said.