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8A ThursdayJuly 161987Minneapolis Star and Tribune Twin Cities Drugs NOW IN Continued from page 1A TOYOTA Richfield QtLARjMX; bocaine use apparently levels off 2W ONLY AT TOYOTA CITY Julu Tree House Units See Saws Sand boxes Balance Beams More! Call or come in tomorrow Free Metro Delivery Vllllifp ELWEEtlMtlSES Drift nnllar nuor 't in STOCK Invoice and One Dollarw models only Down on all 2 and 4 wheel drive PICKUPS, LANDCRUISERS, 4 RUNNERS, CARGO VANS COROLLA 2 dr. LIFTBACKS! If" potentially violent because of the increased competition. Gun-wielding lookouts are not uncommon. "If you don't know exactly what to say to these guys when you approach, if you don't ask for the right name or the right thing, you are in trouble. They have quite a violent life style and they're bringing it here with them," Baltzer said.

Police say that one problem they face is that dealers often continue operations while out on bail after arrests. In many instances, dealers make money for legal fees by selling drugs while out on bail, Baltzer said. "With the continuances in the court system, we get people who have been arrested three times on charges before they ever get to court," he said. Baltzer said it may become necessary to keep people who are arrested for selling drugs in custody without bail if they are arrested while awaiting court action on other drug charges. Frustrated neighbors, who say activity at the address goes on nightly until 4 a.m., predicted yesterday it may be only 48 hours before the cars and people return.

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NORTH 6160 WAYZATA BLVD. incentives. house and investigators were confident that a number of arrests could be made. Drugs and weapons were confiscated in the raid, which occurred shortly after 3:15 a.m., and the 13 people arrested were being held for aggravated assault and narcotics violations. Thunder, 36, an officer known for taking on dangerous assignments, was temporarily relieved of active duty pending a department review of the fatal shooting, but Deputy Police Chief Robert Lutz said yesterday that Thunder appeared to show good judgment in the incident.

"People have got to know that if you point a weapon at a Minneapolis police officer, you are going to get shot," Lutz said. Both the building and Whitten were known to police as dangerous. It was the second time this year that the house had been raided, and police said Whitten, who lived there, was known to use cocaine and carry weapons. In April, police raided two upstairs apartments there', confiscating drugs and ammunition. A search warrant filed in the case alleges that one upstairs apartment served as a packaging, weighing and storing operation while another apartment was where the drugs were sold.

Police made several arrests following the raid, including a man who narcotics investigators say recently moved to Minneapolis from Kansas City, Mo. to establish a drug trade. Police say the house is one of several "drug houses" that they must deal with more frequently as various groups from Kansas City, Gary, and Chicago move into the area to start drug operations. Sgt. Harry Baltzer, head of the police narcotics unit, said the drug houses have become increasingly armed and innWWk Said By Ellen Foley StaffWriter Cocaine use in the Twin Cities area appears to have leveled off, but law enforcement officials and drug-use experts say its effects are showing up on the streets and in the workplace.

State officials say police attribute an increase in drug-related crimes and violence, such as Wednesday's shooting during a drug raid in Minneapolis, to the lucrative cocaine market in the Twin Cities. St. Paul police say they are getting three to four calls a week from employers seeking help to solve employee cocaine problems. In a June report, the Minnesota Department of Human Services reported a decline in the number of patients entering drug-abuse treatment programs who said they used cocaine in the past year. The report, "Drug Abuse Indicators in the MinneapolisSt.

Paul Metropolitan Area," said that 62 percent of 135 people admitted in the second quarter of 1986 and 63 percent of 135 admitted in the third quarter reported using cocaine. In the survey of five metropolitan area drug-abuse programs, reported use dropped to 58 percent among 127 people admitted by the last quarter of 1986 and the first of 1987. Drug-abuse experts said it is significant that the numbers are up from 1984, when only 33 percent of 153 people admitted reported using cocaine. Despite the study's findings, some Buy one piece of luggage at our discounted prices and walk away with a second piece (of equal or lesser value) for half of the suggested retail price. You'll walk away from this sale with your hands full of luggage, and your luggage full of savings.

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Harry Baltzer of the narcotics division said gangs and other groups are taking over neighborhoods as their drug-selling turf. They get cooperation from neighbors and competitors with threats or violence, he said. "We're overwhelmed," Baltzer said. "I predict there's going to be a lot more violence." Cocaine can be very profitable and the competition is stiff, Baltzer said. Drug dealers know that they need to protect themselves from violent competitors from other cities and from police, officials said.

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