Police seized $2,000 worth of cocaine and morphine, along with some “high-grade whisky,” during an early-morning raid at the Empire Hotel at Division and Riverside.
Police arrested four men – two cooks, a dishwasher and a machinist – after contraband was found in their rooms.
The police “dry squad” had apparently been tipped off earlier.
“We knew before we went just what rooms we were going into and knew just what we would find in each room,” a detective said.
Police believe at least one of the men was a major dealer – or “vendor,” as they called him. Police found two high-grade measuring scales and empty capsules.
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