(KNZA)--An investigation by the Hiawatha Police Department leads to the arrest of four Hiawatha residents on drug charges.

Police Chief John Defore said his department has been investigating allegations of illegal drug activity at a home at 610 Kansas Avenue. He said officers were able to develop probable cause and obtained a search warrant, which was executed Wednesday evening.

Defore says arrested at the residence were 33-year-old Donald Lee Manis, Jr., 49-year-old Timothy Wayne Manis, 37-year-old Jamie Dian Pain and 19-year-old Tanya Ann Rhyne.

The four were booked into the Brown County Jail on charges of possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.

Assisting the Hiawatha Police Department in the execution of the search warrant was the Kansas Highway Patrol.