A 35-year-old Traverse City man is facing numerous charges after a multi-agency drug bust this week.

Members of the Traverse Narcotics Team (TNT) and Grand Traverse County Interdiction Team conducted surveillance on a Traverse City residence last month. A vehicle was seen leaving the residence and traveling into Garfield Township, where it was stopped for a moving violation by Grand Traverse County deputies. During the traffic stop, a digital scale with methamphetamine residue was located in the driver’s pocket. The driver, 35-year-old Eric Thomas McDonald of Traverse City, was released from the scene and the vehicle was towed to a secure location pending a search warrant by TNT.

Several items related to drug dealing were located inside the vehicle during the search warrant execution, including: 162 grams of crystal methamphetamine, 11 Suboxone strips, 9 amphetamine capsules, 4 Xanax pills, 31 tabs of LSD, a small amount of fentanyl, and plastic baggies used to package drugs. On Tuesday, McDonald was arrested on a warrant which included charges from several other open cases he has in Grand Traverse County. McDonald was arraigned in 86th District Court in Grand Traverse County on Wednesday and released on a $5,000 10% cash bond.

McDonald was arraigned on the following charges: possession with the intent to deliver methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, possession of fentanyl, possession of Suboxone, possession of amphetamine, possession of Alprazolam, possession of Clonazepam, and possession of LSD x 2. He is also being charged as a habitual offender, second offense.

TNT was assisted by the Grand Traverse County Interdiction Team and troopers from the Michigan State Police Traverse City Post.