Blake Westcott/Credit: Doniphan County Sheriff's Office
(KNZA)--A White Cloud man is in custody following a drug investigation in Doniphan County.
According to Undersheriff Brendan Wolvington, the Doniphan County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant Thursday shortly after noon at a residence in the 100 block of T Street in White Cloud.
During the search, deputies located suspected methamphetamine, marijuana, drug paraphernalia, and a firearm inside the home.
Thirty-year-old Blake Westcott was arrested and booked into the Doniphan County Jail.
He is being held on suspicion of distribution of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, criminal possession of a firearm, and failure to comply as a registered offender.
Investigators believe Westcott had been distributing methamphetamine in parts of Doniphan County and neighboring areas, including Nemaha and Brown counties in Kansas, and Richardson County, Nebraska.
Wolvington thanked the Iowa Tribe Police Department for assisting with the investigation.
Authorities say the investigation is ongoing and additional charges could be forwarded to the Doniphan County Attorney’s Office as more information becomes available.
