THEY WERE JOINED BY A SWAT TEAM AND C- H-P. WE SPOKE WITH NEIGHBORS WHO SAY... THIS WAS A LONG TIME COMING ONE HOME... WITH OVER TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS CASH INSIDE SIX GAMBLING MACHINES... <SHOW IMAGE FROM INSIDE HOME FOR THIS LINE OF TRACK> HEROINE... METH... AND AN ILLEGAL HANDGUN <SHOW IMAGE OF GUN AND DRUGS> . THAT'S WHAT POLICE AND C-H-P DISCOVERED AFTER SERVING A SEARCH WARRANT AT A RESIDENCE ON ENGLAND AVENUE IN SALINAS. POLICE SAY THEY HAD BEEN INVESTIGATING THIS HOME FOR SOME TIME... AND WERE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING... THEY EVEN BROUGHT OUT A SWAT TEAM. <FILE 188ó4924, 00:01:34:22 - 00:01:39:10 THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY HERE. A LOT OF PEOPLE. WE WEREN'T SURE WHAT WE WERE GOING TO ENCOUNTER.> 13 PEOPLE... FROM INSIDE THE HOME... HAVE BEEN DETAINED FOR THIS ILLEGAL GAMBLING OPERATION. POLICE SAY SOME WERE FELONS IN POSSESSION OF A GHOST GUN. AND... NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA... WHO ASKED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS... SAY THIS HAD BEEN GOING ON FOR TOO LONG. <FILE 299ó7016, 00:00:05:08 WE SAW WAS SOMETHING, THAT WE WERE HOPING TO HAPPEN SOON THEY HAVE BEEN SCARED FOR THEIR SAFETY... EVEN SCARED TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES FOR A WALK. <FILE 299ó7016, 00:00:30:10 - 00:00:18:26 I HOPE THAT THE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE WE HAD CHILDREN. THERE'S A YOUNG FAMILIES, MOSTLY A LOT OF OLDER PEOPLE, AND THEY'RE AFRAID TO BE BY THEMSELVES.> THOSE LIVING NEAR BY... SAY THEY HAVE SEEN ILLEGAL ACTIVITY LIKE GAMBLING AND DRUGS AT THIS PROPERTY FOR AWHILE. NOW... THEY JUST WANT TO FEEL SAFE AGAIN... SEE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANED UP... AND SEE JUSTICE. <FILE 299ó7016, FOR MY FAMILY, FOR THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD. FOR THE WHOLE THINGS. WE JUST CAN'T LEAVE. YOU DON'T FEEL SAFE, YOU KNOW? SO THAT IS MY CONCERN. MY FAMILY.> ### POLICE ARE POLICE ARE CURRENTLY QUESTIONING EVERYONE THEY HAVE DETAINED AS THEY PROCEED WITH THIS INVESTIGATION. AND THEY SAY... SOME OF THES
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Gambling operation busted from inside a Salinas home
A gambling operation running from inside a local home in Salinas was busted on Tuesday, leaving 13 people detained by police.Through a search warrant, police found over $2,000 in six different electronic gambling machines, heroin, meth, and an illegal handgun inside an England Avenue residence. Salinas police told KSBW they were actively looking into this residence prior, and for Tuesday’s search, they brought in multiple police officers, a SWAT team and a CHP presence. They said they had to prepare for anything. "There’s a lot of activity here, a lot of people," Salinas Police Commander Brian Johnson said at the scene. "We weren’t sure what we were going to encounter."Police say some of the detained individuals were felons in possession of a ghost gun, and there were even familiar faces the department had previously dealt with.Neighbors in the area said this home’s illegal activity had gone on for too long. One local, who asked to remain anonymous, said this bust was something they had hoped would happen soon, and many in the neighborhood were scared for their safety. "I hope the police department, the sheriff’s department, pay attention to what’s going on," said one neighbor. "We have children, there’s young families, mostly a lot of older people, they’re afraid to be by themselves."Those living around this home’s gambling operation said they had seen illegal activity on the property for a while. "The garbage, the traffic, all the illegal things," one neighbor said. "You’re not safe."Neighbors said they want to see justice and their neighborhood cleaned up so they can feel safe again. See more coverage of top Central Coast stories here | Download our app | Download Very Local
SALINAS, Calif. —
A gambling operation running from inside a local home in Salinas was busted on Tuesday, leaving 13 people detained by police.
Through a search warrant, police found over $2,000 in six different electronic gambling machines, heroin, meth, and an illegal handgun inside an England Avenue residence.
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Salinas police told KSBW they were actively looking into this residence prior, and for Tuesday’s search, they brought in multiple police officers, a SWAT team and a CHP presence. They said they had to prepare for anything.
"There’s a lot of activity here, a lot of people," Salinas Police Commander Brian Johnson said at the scene. "We weren’t sure what we were going to encounter."
Police say some of the detained individuals were felons in possession of a ghost gun, and there were even familiar faces the department had previously dealt with.
Neighbors in the area said this home’s illegal activity had gone on for too long.
One local, who asked to remain anonymous, said this bust was something they had hoped would happen soon, and many in the neighborhood were scared for their safety.
"I hope the police department, the sheriff’s department, pay attention to what’s going on," said one neighbor. "We have children, there’s young families, mostly a lot of older people, they’re afraid to be by themselves."
Those living around this home’s gambling operation said they had seen illegal activity on the property for a while.
"The garbage, the traffic, all the illegal things," one neighbor said. "You’re not safe."
Neighbors said they want to see justice and their neighborhood cleaned up so they can feel safe again.
See more coverage of top Central Coast stories here | Download our app | Download Very Local
