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This house on Bannister Street in Kalihi was raided yesterday by police about 2:30 a.m. Police arrested eight men and five women, and confiscated one-fourth ounce of "ice" and five glasses with crystal meth residue.
Neighbors remain
skeptical after raidA drug raid on a home in
Kalihi nets 13 arrests and a
quarter ounce of crystal meth
Neighbors of a Kalihi home where police conducted a drug raid early yesterday morning are doubtful that the move will stop drug users from returning.
"I've turned them in a number of times," said Eric Purcell, a member of the Kalihi-Palama neighborhood board who lives a few doors from the home at 686 Bannister St., across the Laumaka Work Furlough Center and near the Oahu Community Correctional Center.
"I'd like to see it get out of the neighborhood," he said. "I brought it up at the last board meeting and the board meeting before that and the board meeting before that. We just keep mentioning it" to the police.
Kalihi and Honolulu patrol and crime reduction officers arrested eight men and five women yesterday for drug violations and outstanding warrants during a raid at the home about 2:30 a.m.
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The house at 686 Bannister St. in Kalihi has been raided before, and neighbors say most residents know to stay away. Kapuni Kai-Kanaha said he has lived in the house all his life.
Kalihi Police Sgt. Michael Lyons said one-fourth ounce of crystal methamphetamine, or "ice," was confiscated from the home, as well as five glasses with crystal meth residue.
Four of those arrested are being held, but have not been charged. The remaining nine were released pending investigation, Lyons said.
Police have raided the house before, and it was the scene of a beating death in November 2001 over an alleged fixed cockfight.
A police raid in April of last year resulted in 20 arrests.
Neighbors of the two-story wooden house say people sometimes line up late at night to buy drugs.
Walter Bannister, who has lived in the area for more than 30 years, said most residents know to stay away from the home.
Another resident, who has lived on the street for 15 years, said he's worried about the welfare of his children with the home nearby.
"We're disheartened" and want "a safer place," he said.
Star-Bulletin reporter Helen Altonn contributed to this report.
