On Wednesday, April 22, the Lake County Sheriff’s Drug Task Force – Regional Enforcement Team and the Lake County SWAT Team conducted an operation that led to the arrest of a felon suspected of dealing cocaine in Gary.
A narcotics search warrant was conducted at a home in the 1900 block of Garfield Street in Gary.
Police officers confiscated:
1,259 grams of powdered cocaine
163 grams of crack cocaine
$10,043 US currency
2 guns
46-year-old Kelvin Hines faces multiple charges including dealing cocaine and possession of a firearm by a felon.
?The officers involved in this investigation demonstrated outstanding determination and professionalism in bringing this suspect into custody,” Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. said. “We will not waver in our mission to identify, pursue and remove dangerous criminals from the streets of Lake County.”