PORT HURON TWP. (WWJ) A Detroit man is in custody after he allegedly found a most unusual place to hide a stash of illegal drugs, sheriff's officials say.
The St. Clair County Sheriff's Office said the drug bust happened in Port Huron Township-- after they conducted a traffic stop on a car in the area of the I-94 connector and 32nd Street on Wednesday, January 14. The driver-- Larenza Richey-- was allegedly driving without a license.
Authorities said drug-sniffing Border Patrol K9s alerted deputies to a stash of heroin, cocaine and cash hidden inside a child's car seat in Richey's car.
Inside the car seat, deputies found: 26 grams of crack cocaine, 6 grams of powder cocaine, 8 grams of heroin, and "a large quantity of U.S. currency."
Deputies arrested Richey, 59, and took him to the St. Clair County Detention and Intervention Center; sheriff's officials said.
Richey was arraigned in 72nd District Court on three felony drug charges: two counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance, Using a Computer to Commit a Crime, and Maintaining a Drug House.
The judge set his bond at $25,000 cash/surety.