WARREN (WWJ) - An undercover drug investigation by Warren police led to the seizure of a large amount of guns, ammunition and narcotics from a suspect's hoime in Oakland County, authorities announced on Tuesday.
Commissioner William Dwyer said the Warren Police Department’s Special Investigation Unit (SID) was conducting an undercover narcotics investigation when they made the discovery.
"Neighborhood drug enforcement has been a top priority of mine since returning as Police Commissioner in 2017," Dwyer said and officers with the SID Unit had been executing this mission this spring when they came across a male suspect allegedly selling drugs in Warren.
According to Dwyer, officers were able to make several purchases of methamphetamine from the man in several spots throughout Warren. As they continued their investigation, the same suspect sold undercover agents drugs in scattered spots in Madison Heights.
Law enforcement obtained a search warrant for the suspect's residence in Madison Heights, Dwyer said. Police were able to arrest the man, identified as 45-year-old Denver Hensley, without incident.
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As police searched Hensley's home, they found:
• 35 grams of methamphetamine along with narcotics packaging materials
• 14 handguns
• 23 rifles, 3 of which had fully automatic switches
• 24 crates of ammunition in assorted calibers, totaling in excess of 10,000 rounds
• 100 individual loaded firearm magazines
Hensley's case was handed over to the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office where he was charged with the following:
• 2 counts of Delivery and Manufacturing of Methamphetamine (20 yr felony)
• 2 counts of Felony Firearm (2 yr felony)
• 1 count Maintaining a Drug House (2 yr misdemeanor)
Hensley was arraigned on Tuesday afternoon at the 37th District Court in Warren.
A judge set Hensley's bond at $100,000 cash or surety only. If released, he is ordered to wear a GPD tether with no firearm possession.
He is due back in court on July 7.
Dwyer praised the Warren Police SID for the bust and thanked officers for their commitment to keep neighborhoods in Warren safe.
"The seizure of such a large quantity of weapons, ammunition, and drugs is yet another example of the Department’s proactive approach to ridding the community of illegal drugs," Dwyer said. "Thanks to the efforts of the Warren Police SID Unit, I have no doubt that the community is safer now that these drugs and weapons are off the street and the seller is in custody.”
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