{"id":1014330,"date":"2026-08-21T05:33:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T05:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1014330\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T05:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T05:33:20","slug":"glendale-police-seize-drugs-cash-and-gun-in-swat-raid-on-drug-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1014330\/","title":{"rendered":"Glendale police seize drugs, cash and gun in SWAT raid on drug house"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/kuqggx5emlc4hl7v.jpg\" alt=\"Glendale SWAT raid nets gun, cash and fentanyl\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/kuqggx5emlc4hl7v.jpg\" alt=\"Glendale SWAT raid nets gun, cash and fentanyl\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-39f6236e=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\"><strong>GLENDALE, Ariz.<\/strong> &#8211; A gun, cash and fentanyl were seized in a swift SWAT raid on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/us\/az\/maricopa-county\/Glendale\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Glendale<\/strong><\/a> home.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Bodycam footage captures the end of a multi-day operation focusing on one house on <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/vEW2YXZoGbuYiCgw8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>45th Drive off Peoria Avenue<\/strong><\/a>, which police say led to three people being detained.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Investigators say it all started with an anonymous tip reporting illegal drug sales at the home, prompting officers to set up surveillance.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;During surveillance we were able to contact two different people coming out of that house who had just in fact purchased meth and fentanyl,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glendaleaz.gov\/Community\/City-Services\/Police-Department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Glendale Police Department<\/strong><\/a> Sgt. Justin Ramsay said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">That surveillance paved the way for SWAT to move in and execute a search warrant.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;They found approximately 20 grams of methamphetamine and fentanyl and a large sum of cash,&#8221; Ramsay said. &#8220;There were three people detained. Two of them both were found in possession of narcotics and there was one firearm located. So obviously guns and drugs charges, but there were multiple distribution charges, drugs for sale, possession, things of that nature.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Neighbors, who asked to remain anonymous, say the constant activity at the home has left them on edge for years.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;It\u2019s been an ongoing problem,&#8221; one neighbor said. &#8220;I have a young daughter and I don\u2019t feel safe letting her play outside or anything like that because you never know who\u2019s coming or going from there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;We\u2019ve seen a lot of traffic every day \u2014 all night, all day,&#8221; another neighbor said. &#8220;We\u2019ve seen people go up to the side window and knock.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Following the July operation, neighbors say they can finally breathe a sigh of relief.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;I feel much safer,&#8221; the first neighbor added. &#8220;It\u2019s nice knowing that I don\u2019t have to worry about people coming and going.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\"><strong>Map of the area of the house that was raided:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> Information in this report was gathered from the Glendale Police Department and two anonymous local neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/us\/az\/maricopa-county\/glendale\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Glendale<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GLENDALE, Ariz. &#8211; A gun, cash and fentanyl were seized in a swift SWAT raid on a Glendale&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1014331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,6082,40889,1588,50,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-1014330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-phoenix","tag-america","tag-arizona","tag-az","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-glendale","tag-maricopa-county","tag-news","tag-phoenix","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117131872251877682","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1014330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1014331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1014330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1014330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1014330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}