MONTGOMERY COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities are investigating six individuals for distributing illegal drugs.
Just after 10 a.m. Thursday, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation assisted the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, the Independence Police Department, and the Coffeyville Police Department executed a search warrant at 608 N. 17th St. in Independence, Kan.
Authorities arrested Johntrail Johnson, 24, Independence; Christopher W. Bryant, 32, of Coffeyville; Kaysha Dunn, 21, of Independence; Trevel Armstrong, 19, of Independence; Farris Johnson, 32, of Independence; and Robert L. Hicks, 44, of Independence.
Each subject was arrested for distribution of methamphetamine, distribution of cocaine, distribution of ecstasy, distribution of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and criminal possession of a firearm. They were booked into the Montgomery County Jail, where they await formal charges.
This operation represented a coordinated law enforcement effort to combat drug violence and reduce the accessibility of illegal drugs impacting southeast Kansas.