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.

The weirdest thing they found was an alligator. Police said they turned the recovered reptile over to a local animal shelter. Detectives from the Metro Narcotics Enforcement Team recovered more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, 10 grams of heroin, six grams of cocaine and 371 grams of various pills, including oxycodone.

Michigan State Police detectives seized drugs, guns and found an alligator during a search warrant at a home Downriver.

Police found an alligator in a Wayne County home while executing a search warrant. They also found a various amount of drugs along the way, according to Michigan State Police.

Michigan State Police reported an unusual find this week during a search at an Ecorse home: an alligator. MSP had been executing a search warrant Tuesday with a downriver SWAT team at a home occupied by residents officials were investigating on a drug case.

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.