When a Michigan State Police narcotics team searched an Ecorse home for drugs, they found nearly 1,000 grams of various drugs, nine firearms ... and an alligator named Longtooth. The state law enforcement agency said it searched the home on Tuesday.

ECORSE, MI -- Law enforcement executing a search warrant Tuesday encountered a different type of scale than what they expected to as an alligator was found living at the home. Michigan State Police didn’t provide much information regarding the alligator other than to say it was turned over to a local animal shelter.

Detectives with the Metro Narcotics Enforcement Team seized more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, 10 grams of heroin, 6 grams of cocaine, 371 grams of assorted pills and nine firearms from the home, MSP Second District announced on X.

The weirdest thing they found was an alligator. Police said they turned the recovered reptile over to a local animal shelter. Detectives from the Metro Narcotics Enforcement Team recovered more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, 10 grams of heroin, six grams of cocaine and 371 grams of various pills, including oxycodone.

Police found an alligator in a Wayne County home while executing a search warrant. They also found a various amount of drugs along the way, according to Michigan State Police.

Michigan State Police detectives seized drugs, guns and found an alligator during a search warrant at a home Downriver.

It is not everyday police find an alligator when executing a search warrant in Wayne County. Many people in the area shocked but not surprised.