Share April 01, 2021, 4:35 PM The Detroit News ace federal law enforcement reporter, Robert Snell, drops another bombshell behind the paper s paywall Thursday: The story of Marty Tibbitts, a popular and respected Grosse Pointe Park businessman who led a secret life as financier of an international cocaine-smuggling ring.
Marty Tibbitts house once belonged to Alto Reed, Bob Seger s sax player (File photo) The case is filled with secret underwater gadgets, double lives and an alleged Metro Detroit connection to an innovative drug ring. The drug ring and Tibbitts were developing a submarine designed to store cocaine and attach itself via magnets to the hull of cargo ships crisscrossing the Atlantic Ocean,according to the DEA.