Youngstown Police used an “eye in the sky” to help them as they raided two homes Tuesday, resulting in five people being charged and the seizure of drugs, a firearm, and cash.

One raid took place just after 5:30 p.m. at 145 W. Chalmers Ave., where officers from the Neighborhood Response Unit forced their way inside.

The search turned up 51 bags of crack cocaine, a digital scale, and $3,074 in cash. Dennis Artis was charged with possession of crack cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and illegal conveyance of drugs into a detention facility.

Humane agents removed a dog from home.

Police say Artis was being booked into the county jail when deputies found 11 Alprazolam pills hidden in his shoe. He was also charged with possession of a controlled substance.

Earlier that afternoon NRU officers were about to raid a home at 480 Norwood Ave when the police department’s drone saw three people leaving the property in a blue Dodge Dart.

Officers pulled the car over, arresting Patricia Morton after they said a bag of crack cocaine was found near her feet.

At the Norwood Avenue home, police arrested William Duncan, Michael Hornyak, and Sheila Fields.

A search of the residence revealed a .22 caliber revolver in Duncan's jacket pocket, a used glass crack pipe on the living room couch, a digital scale in an upstairs bedroom, and a bindle of fentanyl in another bedroom, according to police.

Duncan was charged with possession of fentanyl, having weapons under disability, and obstructing official business. Hornyak received a summons for possession of drug paraphernalia, and Fields received a summons for possession of drug paraphernalia.

Duncan, Fields, and Morton are scheduled to appear in Youngstown Municipal Court on Friday.