ALTON - The Alton Police Department had a busy morning with a drug-related operation and a rollover single-vehicle traffic crash on Illinois Route 143 near the Melvin Price Lock and Dam.
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Alton Police Chief Marcos Pulido said the following: "Some of our drug detectives conduction a drug-related operation in the 2400 block of LaSalle Drive in Alton this morning. The detectives have a few people detained. No formal charges are being presented yet."
Pulido said as far as the single-vehicle traffic crash: "I have been told the driver refused medical treatment."
The vehicle was towed from the scene.Chris Rhodes also contributed to this story.
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