ALLIANCE ‒ Police said they confiscated 12 guns, including semi-automatic pistols, AR-15s and a semi-automatic shotgun, when they searched a suspected after-hours bar at 40 N. Park Ave. on Nov. 1.

The 1 a.m. raid by the Alliance Police Department and Special Response Team followed tips and complaints about the location, police reported on their Facebook page.

"Officers found that the establishment had been furnishing alcohol without a liquor permit and operating well past legal hours — sometimes until 5 AM over the course of approximately a month that it had been operating," the post said. "Reports also complained of drug activity, fights, loud noise, underage drinking, weapons offenses and DUI/OVI offenses."

Officers removed approximately 50 people from the premises and seized a larg

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