BURRTON, Kan. — Two people were arrested in Harvey County on drug charges early Thursday morning. The Harvey County Sheriff's Department responded to the Kwik Shop in Burrton just after midnight and took 39-year-old David Dean and 39-year-old Cassie Nichols, both of Erie, Pennsylvania, into custody on charges of possession of meth, possession of fentanyl and possession of heroin.
A sheriff’s deputy found Dean and Nichols doing mechanical repairs on their vehicle in the parking lot of the Kwik Shop. The individuals gave conflicting stories to the deputy, including fictitious identifying information.
The Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit was dispatched and a search of the vehicle turned up the drugs and paraphernalia.
Dean and Nichols are both being held on $50,000 bonds.
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