INDIANAPOLIS -- Officers Thursday arrested four people and gave court summons to 17 during a raid on a car-wash establishment that police said was a front for illegal gambling, 6News' Cheryl Jackson reported.

Police said they entered the building, 148 W. 38th St., at about 12:45 p.m. following an investigation prompted by neighbors' complaints. Authorities said they believed dice and card games had been taking place there.

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Officers issued court summons to 17 people inside, accusing them of illegal gambling and visiting a common nuisance, according to police.

Police arrested Marvin Colbert, 53, Michael Smith, 59, and Michael Smith Jr., 38, all of whom authorities accused of operating the establishment.

All three were arrested on preliminary charges of promoting gambling. Colbert also was held on preliminary charges of maintaining a common nuisance and unlawful gambling, and the younger Smith also is accused of unlawful possession of a handgun, police said.

Deangelo Dupree, 46, was arrested on a preliminary charge of having a handgun without a license, police said.

Officers seized gambling paraphernalia, five handguns and more than $1,800 in cash, police said.

Painting on a window of the building indicated it housed a car-wash business. Police said the car wash was a cover for illegal gambling.

Indianapolis police Sgt. Matthew Mount said illegal gambling "is not the type of activity we want in the neighborhoods."

"I know that if I was living in one of these houses on this street, I wouldn't want this thing operating next to me," Mount said.

Robert Bonds, one of the 17 people who were given a summons, said he was upset with the way police handled the raid.

"The way they came in was the problem. They came in with the gun ... in your nose. Pushed one man back in the back room," Bonds said.