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Waukegan bust nets drugs, guns and money

A recent bust by Waukegan police brought in an array of drugs, guns, ammunition and money with the arrest of three convicted felons.

The Waukegan Police Gang Intelligence Unit issued a search warrant last Wednesday at a home in the 1000 block of Flossmoor Avenue.

Officers found 282 grams of cocaine in both crack and powder forms, 2.5 grams of heroin, 1,334 grams of cannabis, two guns, ammunition and more than $6,500.

Three men were arrested as a result.

Victor Collins, 50, was charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver, unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, unlawful possession of cannabis, and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver. He’s being held at Lake County jail on a $100,000 bond.

Raymond Harris, 25, of the 600 block of north Butrick, was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession with an intent to deliver. He’s being held on a $100,000 bond.

A third man, Robert Cooper, 50, of the 1400 block of Laurel Avenue, was charged with unlawful possession of cannabis and released on a recognizance bond.

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