Police recover drugs, guns in Lake County gang arrest

The Lake County Gang Task Force arrested two suspected gang members and recovered illegal drugs, guns and thousands of dollars in cash during an investigation last week, authorities said Sunday.

Wayne Mackins, 55, of the 12000 block of Yorkhouse Road in Beach Park, and Eddie M. Calhoun, 36, of the 2100 block of Orchard Lane in Round Lake, each face multiple felony drug charges stemming from the investigation, which began with a Nov. 3 traffic stop, police said. Calhoun also faces four counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.

According to Lake County Sheriff's police, the two men were in a vehicle pulled over by police last week. During the traffic stop, authorities said, officers recovered 11.2 grams of crack cocaine and $1,035 cash.

That led detectives to obtain a warrant to search a storage unit in the 600 block of South Green Bay Road in Waukegan, which was used by Calhoun, sheriff's police said. From the unit, authorities say they recovered $5,020 cash, a semi-automatic rifle, an M-1 Garand Military Rifle, a loaded semiautomatic handgun and a loaded revolver, along with marijuana, crack and powder cocaine, heroin, Oxycodone pills, 131 Hydrocodone pills and more than over 200 rounds of ammunition.

Calhoun is being held in the Lake County jail on $200,000 bail. He's scheduled to appear in court Monday.

Mackins, who's also in custody at the jail on $100,000 bail, is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 25.