The pre-dawn raid involved city, state and federal police at a long-troubling address, 556 South Bridge St.
This is an updated version of a story posted at 2 p.m.
HOLYOKE - Police Chief James M. Neiswanger emphasized that a multiagency partnership succeeded in a raid in South Holyoke early Friday that arrested 11 people, undermined a criminal street gang and seized several guns, an undisclosed amount of drugs and $38,000 in cash.
"This is a partnership," Neiswanger said.
During a press conference with 17 representatives of the different city, state and federal agencies who raided 556 South Bridge St. just before 5:45 a.m., Neiswanger also said that address has been a headache for police who have made arrests in every apartment in the building over the years.
Asked if he'd like to see the city take action to shut down the building given criminal activity there, Neiswanger said, "For the amount of time we spend down there I wish it was a parking lot."
The building, located near the Hamilton Street intersection is owned by Bedford-based Windsor Realty, according to city records. State records list the principals of the company as Lucjan J. and Xiaoping Hronowski, of Bedford.
The couple purchased the property in 2002 as part of a $3.4 million deal that included seven other apartment buildings in the city.
No officers or suspects were injured in the raid. If any of those arrested struggled, nothing major came of it, he said.
"Most of it went pretty smoothly," Neiswanger said.
Neiswanger and other officials said they were under no illusions the raid will stop the criminal drug trade.
"It's the ongoing criminal enterprise we're trying to disrupt," Neiswanger said.
But, he said, "My officers and their partners are coming after them."
An array of cash and opened cardboard boxes displaying guns were on a table in a conference room at the Police Station on Appleton Street.Not all the guns displayed were seized in Friday's raid, said Neiswanger, who woiuld say only that "several handguns" were seized at 556 Sojuth Bridge St.
He also declined to say how much heroin,cocaine or other drugs was confiscated in the raid.
Staff writer Buffy Spencer contributed to this post. More details will be added as our reporting continues. Below, a copy of the detention affidavit filed by FBI Special Agent Mark S. Karangekis.