A suburban Detroit police detective late last month entered a guilty plea to conspiring to distribute fentanyl-laced heroin, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Michigan announced.

Detroit resident Tiffany Lipkovitch is a decade-long veteran of the Highland Park Police Dept, according to a press release issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Her alleged co-conspirator, Amber Bellamy, also pleaded guilty to the charge.

“Drug trafficking and drug addiction have created a crisis in our communities, something our law enforcement partners know all too well,” U.S. Attorney Dawn N. Ison said in the release. “It is an affront to the good men and women in law enforcement and to the communities that they serve for a sworn law enforcement officer to betray her oath in this manner.”

Ison’s office said that federal agents recorded numerous interactions between Lipkovitch and a confidential source about a drug sale.

Lipkovitch would later introduce the unidentified source to Bellamy, who authorities tag as the recipient of “a package of fentanyl . . . from overseas.”

Bellamy was alleged to have sold the source 45 grams of a fentanyl/heroin mixture, and the latter then met Lipkovitch while the detective was on duty to discussion the transaction in question.

"Instead of upholding her oath to protect and serve, this police officer endangered the community by conspiring to distribute a dangerous and deadly drug," Josh P. Hauxhurst, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Detroit Division, said in the release. "The FBI will work with the local and federal partners to protect the community from those who seek to harm it. The FBI appreciates the Highland Park Police Department for their cooperation in this investigation."

If convicted, the women face 40 years’ imprisonment.