OSAGE CITY, Kan. – Osage County Sheriff Chris Wells reported that two men were arrested on drug charges Thursday after search warrants were served at an Osage City residence.

In a press release, the sheriff said that around 4:30 p.m. April 8, 2021, Osage County Sheriff’s Office investigators and deputies served dual search warrants in the 10 block of Lakin Street in Osage City, Kan. Nicholas A. Hoffman, 37, of Osage City, was arrested on suspicion of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia, and Jeffrey A. Meade, 36, of Burlingame, Kan., was arrested on suspicion of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

The sheriff said the search warrants were issued after a lengthy narcotics investigation. Meade and Hoffman were booked into the Osage County Jail.

The sheriff’s office was assisted in the arrests by the Osage City Police Department.