Two people from Pottawattamie County were arrested early this (Saturday) morning on drug charges, in Montgomery County. The Sheriff’s Office says 18-year old Kacie Christina Karbowski and 19-year old Adam Cleary Poff, both of Council Bluffs, were taken into custody at around 1:45-a.m., following a traffic stop near Highway34 and Ironwood Avenue. Karbowski was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. She was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $1,000 bond. Poff was wanted on two Pott. County warrants for Probation violation and a Controlled Substance violation. His bond was set at $11,000.

Authorities say the pair were traveling in a 2000 Ford Explorer that was pulled over for a traffic violation. During an investigation, the Montgomery County K9 unit was deployed to conduct a free-air sniff around the SUV. K9 “Rex” alerted to the odor of narcotics coming from the vehicle. A subsequent search of the SUV resulted in the confiscation of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia. The Sheriff’s Dept. was assisted at the scene by officers with the Red Oak Police Dept.

The Sheriff’s Office reports also, that at around 2:50-p.m. Friday, 31-year old Matthew Wayne Echternach, of Pipecreek, TX, turned himself into the sheriff’s office on a bench warrant for Violation of Probation. Echternach was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $5,000 bond.