YOUNGSTOWN We know more today about Wednesday afternoon’s heavy police presence along a street on Youngstown’s Southside.

According to a Youngstown Police report, three men were taken into custody and charged after local and federal task force officers executed a narcotics search warrant at a home on the 2600 block of Hunter Avenue. The operation, conducted by city police and the Mahoning Valley Violent Crimes Task Force, resulted in the seizure of three guns, ammunition, cash, and suspected fentanyl residue.

Police say no one answered when they announced their presence with lights, sirens, and loudspeaker announcements for occupants to exit the home.

Officers say they attempted forced entry through the rear door but found it "heavily fortified". During this time, officers reported hearing people running inside the residence. First attempts to breach the front door were also futile, as police discovered later it was secured with a two-by-four and a steel brace tapped into the floor.

After five minutes, a flashbang was deployed, and windows on the front of the residence were removed to gain entry. A flashbang, also known as a stun grenade, is an explosive device used by law enforcement and military personnel. It produces a blinding flash of light and a loud sound intended to disorient or distract people. Officers ultimately removed the front door from its frame to get into the home.

Inside the upstairs bedroom, officers found 25-year-old Levonte Scott and 26-year-old Keyjuan Colpetro lying in a bed. Police said both men had guns tucked into their waistbands. A third suspect, 21-year-old Keivon Mitchell, was found in the basement. All three were arrested.

The search of the house and a car yielded several things, according to the police report. Two Glock pistols were recovered from Scott and Colpetro. A Pioneer Arms AK "Draco" 7.62x39 pistol was found in Scott’s backpack.

Ammunition seized included a loaded 30-round magazine and a loaded 30-round Glock .45 magazine found in Scott’s backpack. Additionally, two loaded high-capacity Glock .45 magazines were recovered from Colpetro's Ford Mustang, one from the driver's door and one from the passenger seat.

Officers say they discovered white powdery residue on the toilet bowl that tested positive for fentanyl. A black digital scale was found on the kitchen counter.

Furthermore, two magnetic boxes, which officers noted are "commonly used in the storage of narcotics," were found in the kitchen near the scale and were "soaking wet as if they were recently rinsed out".

Approximately 15 boxes of sandwich baggies, described in the report as "commonly used items used to facilitate the trafficking in narcotics," were found in a kitchen cupboard near the digital scale. Task force officers seized $709 from Scott and $607 from Colpetro. Several cell phones were also recovered from all three suspects and the living room.

All three men reportedly claimed they did not hear the police commands, sirens, the sounds of a battering ram striking their door for approximately five minutes, the flashbang blast, or the sound of several windows being broken.

Scott and Colpetro claimed they were both asleep in the upstairs bedroom and never left the room. Mitchell said he was asleep in the basement, contradicting the officers' claims of hearing several people running around the home as they attempted to gain entry.

Due to their presence inside the residence at the time of the warrant, drug paraphernalia in the kitchen, and suspected fentanyl residue near the toilet bowl, all three were charged with Obstructing Official Business and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. They were also charged with tampering with evidence due to the fentanyl and an unknown white powdery substance being discovered around the edge of the toilet bowl and on the floor nearby.

Scott, Colpetro, and Mitchell are being held in the Mahoning County Justice Center. They are scheduled to appear in Youngstown Municipal Court on Friday.