Party involving hundreds, drugs, underage drinking busted

COEUR d'ALENE - A party involving more than 250 people was busted Friday night, leading to several arrests and citations as well as the seizure of alcohol and controlled substances.

The Idaho State Police reported that bottles of liquor and alcoholic beverages, along with methamphetamine, marijuana and various derivatives of marijuana, mushrooms, cocaine and paraphernalia were confiscated from a residence on East Lookout Drive, above Hayden Lake.

Information obtained by a member of the North Idaho Violent Crimes Task Force initiated a joint investigation involving the Idaho State Police Alcohol Beverage Control, the North Idaho Violent Crimes Task Force and the Idaho State Police Investigations District 1 office. The investigation identified a large party advertised as a "Mansion Bash" planned at the East Lookout residence, which was rented for the event. Organizers of the event anticipated attendance of approximately 300 people. The investigation resulted in a search warrant, which was served around 9:30 p.m.

Upon serving the search warrant, ISP reported that officers encountered approximately 240 people in and around the house, with more arriving. Approximately 19 people were arrested for violations including dispensing liquor without a license, delivery of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance and other miscellaneous offenses.

Approximately 15 individuals were cited and released for minor in possession of alcohol.

Members of the Idaho State Police Investigations and Patrol, the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office, the North Idaho Violent Crimes Task Force, the Coeur d'Alene Police Department and the U.S. Forest Service assisted in the search warrant service.

ISP declined to answer questions regarding the information obtained for the search warrant.