KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Kalamazoo Public Safety is crediting a tipster with helping them bust a suspected drug dealer working from a car in the 900 block of Douglas Avenue in Kalamazoo.
The tipsters spotted hand-to-hand transactions and customers coming and going from the parked vehicle.
Kalamazoo Public Safety responded and instantly recognized a strong odor of marijuana coming from the car. A search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of marijuana and a gun found on the driver’s seat.
The driver was booked into the Kalamazoo County Jail for being a felon in possession of a gun and for marijuana.
Another occupant was arrested for various outstanding charges from several different area jurisdictions.
They called it a good example of community based policing, thanking the tipster for the assist.





