Police in Red Oak report the arrest early this (Thursday) morning of a southwest Iowa man on drug charges. 22-year old Michael Ryan Weeden, of Shenandoah, was taken into custody at around 4:40-a.m. following a traffic stop at the intersection of north Broadway and west Corning Streets, in Red Oak.

Weeden was charged with Possession of drug paraphernalia and Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 cash bond.