Three people were arrested on drug charges early Monday morning, in Creston. The Creston Police Department says 27-year old Kurtis Lee Fooken, 23-year old Noble John Murren, and 25-year old Dakota Shane Gaulden, all of Creston, were taken into custody at 411 N. Poplar Street, in Creston, between 5:35- and 6-a.m., Monday.

Fooken and Gaulden were charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana – 1st offense. Murren was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance/Methamphetamine -1st offense.  All three men were booked into the Union County Jail and later released on $1,000 bond, each.

The Creston P-D says also, a woman in the 600 block of S. Park Street reported Monday night, that several knives and a flashlight were stolen from a garage on her property. The incident happened sometime between 11-p.m. Sunday and 8-a.m. Monday. The loss was estimated at $535. And, a man in the same neighborhood reported his garage was also broken into during the same time frame. Nothing was reported missing, though. Damage from the incident amounted to about $100.