Ashley Rhyne and Thelma Losson

(KNZA)--A drug investigation by the Hiawatha Police Departments leads to the arrest of three Hiawatha residents.

According to a press release from Police Chief John Defore, Hiawatha Police with the assistance of the Kansas Highway Patrol's special response team executed a search warrant at a residence located at 518 Kansas Avenue early Tuesday morning following the investigation.

Arrested at the residence were 36-year-old Adam Kloss and 24-year-old Ashley Rhyne.  

Defore says Rhyne was booked into the Brown County Jail on charges of possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernlia.  

He says Kloss was arrested on a warrant from the city of Topeka and will be facing drug-related charges in Brown County.  Kloss was transported and booked into the Shawnee County Jail.

Defore says the third individual, 48-year-old Thelma Losson, was arrested later in the day at a separate location and booked into the Brown County Jail on charges of possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.