Working from tips, 9-1-1 calls and information from concerned neighbors, police officers yesterday were able to showcase a haul of illegal narcotics, thousands of dollars and a number of guns at a news conference.

"The majority of these guns would have been guns of [future] crime if we did not confiscate them," said Capt. Debra Frazier, commanding officer of the narcotics field unit. "One individual just tossed the AK [assault rifle]; he couldn't care less."

Frazier was joined by members of her narcotics squad, including Chief Inspector Teresa Clark and Inspector Alice D. Mulvey, at the news conference at the Arsenal, 5301 Tacony St.

Ten people were arrested Tuesday and yesterday at three locations - 6th Street near Bristol, Hunting Park; Dakota Street near 25th, North Philadelphia; and Sweet Briar Road near Fairdale Street, in the Northeast - and in a car stop on 5th Street near Huntingdon, in North Philadelphia. About $10,000 worth of cocaine was confiscated in the car stop, Frazier said.

"The cocaine was flattened and thinly packed," Frazier said. "So thin that it could be carried in a looseleaf binder to move drugs throughout the city."

All told, the narcotics unit confiscated $100,000 worth of heroin and more than $500,000 worth of cocaine, $70,000 in cash, an AK-47, a Kel-Tec machine gun, three shotguns and six sidearms, police said.

Narcotics officers also seized crack cocaine and marijuana.

The guns will be test-fired by the ballistics unit to ascertain if they were used in other crimes, Frazier said.

"With the help of the community," Clark said, "we were able to make these confiscations and arrests. We need people to give us tips."

Added Frazier: "When I see such a presentation, it shows that we have a well-working partnership and that we're going in the right direction. Residents should see that we're trying to raise the quality of life, and that it's not just the police.

"The police and community can work together, and are working together well."