(Red Oak, Iowa) – A traffic stop in Red Oak a little after 2-a.m. today (Tuesday), resulted in the arrest of two men on drug charges. Officers conducted the traffic stop in the 100 block of W. Hammond Street and at around 2:30-p.m. arrested 47-year-old Markus Eugene Johnson, of Red Oak, for Possession of a Controlled Substance/2nd offense – Methamphetamine. His bond was set at $2,000.

Chad Michael Hill was arrested 20 minutes earlier at the scene of the incident. He was taken into custody for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and on two warrants:

1) A Montgomery County warrant for Criminal Mischief in the 2nd Degree – A Class D Felony.

2) An Adams County warrant for Contempt of Court/Failure to Appear.

Bond for Hill was set at $5,000. Red Oak Police were assisted at the scene by the Montgomery County K9 Unit and K9 “Bane,” and Montgomery County 911.