MSP: Royal Oak Township home may have been used to grow illegal marijuana

Editor's note: This story has updated to correct the city where the incident occurred. 

A 911 caller told Michigan State Police they saw three people attempting to break into Royal Oak Township house  Tuesday night, the agency said.

In a series of tweets, the agency said that the incident happened at approximately 11:15 p.m., the caller told dispatchers that they saw the suspects, all dressed in black, leave the house on the 10700 block of North Oaks Drive. They returned holding a gun on one of the homeowners, forcing them into the house before they fled again.

Troopers responding to the scene found a 23-year-old man from Detroit nearby. No other suspects were located.

The agency said the house appears to have been used as an illegal marijuana grow operation. 

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Three large containers of marijuana, a firearm, and a safe containing cash were reportedly left behind by the suspects and recovered by MSP. There were also unknown pills, ecstasy and marijuana oil gel tablets recovered at the scene.

One of the homeowners was reportedly cut after being struck by one of the suspects. The homeowner was treated and released.

The search also included a commercial warehouse after an alarm went off at the same time the suspects fled the home.

The 23-year-old Detroit man is in the Oakland County Jail pending charges. 

An investigation is ongoing. 

Anyone with information is asked to call the MSP Metro North Post at 248-584-5740