Suspected drug dealer sent to hospital after swallowing substance during arrest

Posted on Sun, Jul 8, 2012 : 2:31 p.m.

Charges are pending against a 37 year-old male who was sent to a local hospital for treatment Saturday after he swallowed suspected narcotics while being detained by Ypsilanti police.

The incident took place around 9 p.m. around Washington Street and Michigan Avenue in downtown Ypsilanti.

Officers responded to a report of a man selling drugs in an alleyway and detained a suspect who matched the description. The man then swallowed the suspected narcotics.

Police arrested the man for resisting and obstructing arrest.

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