Malik Cortez White

At approximately 11:05 PM on May 28th, 2026, officers from the Minnesota State Patrol initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle violating several traffic laws in the area of I-94 and Manning Ave, in the City of Lake Elmo, within Washington County. Officers identified the two occupants of the vehicle as MALIK CORTEZ WHITE [DOB REDACTED], hereinafter Defendant MALIK, and MARQUE ANTWON WHITE [DOB REDACTED], hereinafter Defendant MARQUE. During the course of the traffic stop, officers noted several indicators of potential drug-related criminal activity and requested a drug detection K9. The K9 alerted at several locations near the rear of the vehicle and a search was conducted.

In the back seat of the vehicle, officers located two kilograms (2,000 grams) of a white powdery substance which later tested positive as fentanyl.