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Mesa police discovered a drop house for suspected illegal immigrants on Saturday.
According to a police report, Mesa police got a call of a fight at 639 S. Elm and that the home was a drop house and people were being held against their will.
A drop house is a location where illegal immigrants who have paid to be smuggled into the U.S. stage before the next leg of their trip to their final destination.
Often times, smuggling groups will hold the people against their will and demand more money for the trip.
People were running from the home as police arrived, but officers were able to find out that illegal immigrants were being held inside.
Police hostage negotiators were called in and they were able to talk the group into coming outside.
Twenty nine people were detained and turned over to agents with the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

An 18-year-old man died Tuesday in a head-on collision on Broadway Road in Mesa between Higley and Recker roads.
According to Mesa police, Joseph Poirier sped his Honda CRX west through the intersection of 56th Street and Broadway Road and collided with an eastbound Ford Expedition that was making a left turn into a private driveway.
The Honda then collided on the passenger side with a light pole.
The 30-year-old driver of the Expedition and her one-year-old passenger were not injured, police said.

A 33-year old man drove a car into a canal after trying to elude cops Monday, police said.
Michael Alfaro was booked on suspicion of aggravated assault on a police officer, burglary, and criminal damage.
According to Gilbert police, officers responded to a call of a vehicle burglary in progress at 3225 E. Baseline Road about 4:50 a.m.
Alfaro drove straight at police in an attempt to escape, police said.
Police chased him until he went into the canal east of Greenfield Road and Desert Lane.
No one was injured in the incident.