A 53-year-old man was arrested Wednesday evening and his house will be placed on the nuisance abatement list as a result of a Dayton Police Department Drug Unit raid.

The department’s drug hotline received calls about possible drug activity at 1159 Beaumont Ave.

“We got a fair amount of anonymous tips describing vehicles, licence plate numbers and people going to and from this house,” said Sgt. John Sullivan, who supervises the unit.

Police conducted surveillance of the house and determined that drugs were being sold there.

According to Sullivan, police obtained a warrant and entered the residence to find two women and the person they would arrest, Brett Alexander.

He “ran upstairs and flushed what he had down the toilet and tried to climb out the bathroom window,” Sullivan said.

Officers detained Alexander outside and located some of the drugs he was trying to flush and also recovered a gun from inside the house.

Alexander was taken to the Montgomery County Jail, where he will be detained pending the filing of drug charges. His house will be placed on the nuisance abatement list, meaning he and the others in the house will have to vacate the residence.

“We receive a fair amount of complaints, and we try to keep up with them and address those situations,” said Sullivan.

Sullivan said if citizens suspect drug activity, they can call the department’s hotline at (937) 333-DRUG or Crime Stoppers at (937) 222-STOP.