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Drug Situation: Cocaine, Heroin and Marijuana
continue to be the primary drug threats in the state of Michigan. The city of
Detroit is supplied with controlled substances from source cities and areas
from around the country. The Detroit area is seeing a resurgence in the
availability of Southeast Asian (SEA) heroin.
Traffickers of Arab and Nigerian descent are involved
in the importation and distribution of heroin and Detroit has a very large Arab
population residing in Dearborn, MI. The level of use and availability of
heroin fluctuates, but is has and continues to remain a threat in the state.
The Detroit metropolitan area has emerged as a
transshipment point for bulk quantities/shipments of pseudoephedrine. The
pseudoephedrine is manufactured in Canada, transported on semi-tractor trailers
through Detroit, and is bound for methamphetamine manufacturing destinations in
California, Nevada and Arizona. Individuals of Middle Eastern descent residing
in the metropolitan Detroit area broker the transshipment of the
pseudoephedrine. |
