Detroit police seized $200,000 in cocaine and suspected drug money

Detroit police seized $200,000 in cocaine and suspected drug money in two separate narcotics busts Thursday, officials said.Both raids occurred about 4 p.m., but they were unrelated. The first took place in the 9000 block of Esper, where investigators seized more than 340 grams of cocaine with an estimated street value of $140,000, officials said.Police also recovered two handguns and arrested two suspects inside the home.Another narcotics crew raided a home in the 2300 block of Pasadena a few minutes later, seizing about $63,000 in what authorities believe to be drug proceeds.
Police say narcotics busts in the past two months have netted more than 25 kilos of cocaine, 400 pounds of marijuana and $750,000 in drug money. The seized cash is being used to pay for crime-fighting efforts, such as the department's recently unveiled "TIP411" campaign, in which people can send anonymous tips via text message to 847411 by beginning the message with "DPD.""Yesterday's seizures are not as large as some of our recent ones, but are still significant and are upsetting the local drug trade," Chief Warren Evans said in a news release today. "We have put far more attention on making major confiscations as opposed to just going after the low-level street dealers who