LUCAS – Two people from Lucas were arrested Wednesday on drug related charges in Russell County.

According to a press release from the Russell County Sheriff’s office, Kenneth John Kueser and Mandy Marie Nightingale, both of Lucas, were arrested on suspicion of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a school, possession of controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

On Wednesday, Russell County Sheriff’s deputies execute a search warrant in the 100 block of South Duwe Street for illegal drugs and paraphernalia. During the execution of the search warrant, deputies collected several items and arrested the two individuals, according to the sheriff’s office.

Kueser and Nightingale were booked into the Russell County jail, and bond has been set at $100,000 each.