(KNZA)--An investigation into the distribution of methamphetamine in Jackson County leads to the arrest of a Holton man on charges.
Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse said in a news release that sheriff’s deputies conducted a traffic stop on the suspect, identified as 24-year-old Jordan Tomas Monaghan, in the 300 block of Vermont Street in Holton on Saturday evening.
Monaghan had been driving a 1986 Mazda pickup truck.
Morse said a quantity of methamphetamine was found in his possession.
Monaghan was arrested by Jackson County Sheriff deputies and transported to the Jackson County Jail.
He was booked into jail on charges of possession of methamphetamine, distribution and attempting to distribute methamphetamine, use of communication facility in the commission of a felony drug crime, attempted use of communication facility in the commission of a felony drug crime and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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