SAN ANTONIO – Multiple law enforcement agencies worked together to execute a search warrant at a property on the city’s West Side on Tuesday morning, which resulted in seven arrests.
According to Eric Burns, assistant city attorney and head of the Dangerous Assessment Response Team (DART), two homes near West Commerce Street and Belcross Street had histories of code concerns and criminal activity.
About a month ago, the city received concerns regarding utilities and criminal activity at the two homes. After an investigation, the DART Unit, SAPD, SAFFE Unit, and Animal Control conducted the raid.
“We were doing our research to make sure, prior to any action we took, that it was confirmed our suspicions the criminal activity and code concerns we had,” Burns said.
The code concerns were related to no utilities being hooked up at either one of the homes. Instead, investigators found the utilities were illegally connected. CPS Energy will now investigate.
As for the criminal activity, SAPD said seven people were arrested on various charges, including drug possession, evading arrest, harassment of a public servant, failure to identify, and more.
During the raid, law enforcement officials seized two guns found on the property.
Animal Control helped at the scene with dogs that were in the homes, but they didn’t pose a danger to anyone, officials said.
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