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.

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.

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.

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.