COWLEY COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas man on drug and firearm charges after a SWAT team searched his home.
On March 9, police with the assistance of the Southern Kansas SWAT team, executed a search warrant at a residence located at 415 N. Sixth St. in west-central Arkansas City, according to a media release.
The residence had been identified as being used to harbor Cody Christopher Ranger, 29, a wanted suspect who was reported to be armed with a firearm. SWAT located Ranger hiding in the house’s attic.
Officers arrested Ranger on a warrant for probation violation from Cowley County District Court in Arkansas City and requested charges including of one felony count each of criminal possession of a firearm by a felon, no drug tax stamp, possession with intent to distribute heroin within 1,000 feet of a school, possession with intent to distribute marijuana within 1,000 feet of a school, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a school, and possession with intent to distribute narcotics within 1,000 feet of a school, as well as one misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia.
Ranger was transported to and booked into the Cowley County Jail in Winfield. He is being held without bond.