Six people were taken into custody late Thursday morning after law enforcement personnel raided a home in west Iola.
Iola Police Chief Jared Warner said a search warrant was executed at the home of Jonathan Ingram, 414 W. Jackson Ave. The warrant resulted from an ongoing drug investigation.
There, they found evidence they said warrants charges of distributing opiates (methamphetamine) against Ingram, 36, Chelsea Dodson, 28, Christopher Trester, 42, Kristy Ginsburg, 37, and Allen Young, 51. Ingram, Trester and Ginsberg also face charges of obstructing justice, Warner said. Summer Salzwedel, 31, is accused of possessing drug paraphernalia.
The suspects were arrested without incident, although a Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent injured his knee. The agent was taken to Allen County Regional Hospital.
Assisting the Iola Police Department was KBI’s Special Response Team, and Allen County Sheriff’s Department officers.
All six suspects were transported to Allen County Jail.
The raid occurred shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday as traffic was closed a block in each direction.
Law enforcement remained at the scene for several hours afterward, although traffic was reopened within about 30 minutes.
China Palace, just east of Ingram’s House, had to delay its opening until officers reopened traffic.
“We’d hoped to have it cleared before then, but it was delayed a few minutes,” Warner said.
