Drug agents with the Lakes Area Drug Investigative Division confiscated methamphetamine along with several rounds of ammunition in a drug bust Friday, Aug. 31, at a residence within one block of Memorial Park on Mill Avenue in Brainerd.
Three people were arrested after LADID executed a search warrant at the residence on 10th Avenue Northeast in Brainerd.
Two of the people-Benjamin M. Hofius, 28, and Ciarra A. Hofius, 23, also known as Ciarra A. Bishop Martinez-who reside at the residence, were charged Tuesday in Crow Wing County District Court in Brainerd with third-degree possession of a controlled substance near a park. The third person, a 29-year-old man, was arrested for violating his probation for fifth-degree drug possession and third-degree drug sale.
According to the probable cause document filed against the defendants, drug agents located two Tupperware dishes with dried white residue-which field-tested positive for methamphetamine-on the bed headboard in Benjamin and Ciarra Hofius' bedroom. Multiple boxes of ammunition and a .40-caliber pistol magazine were located in a backpack behind the door, in addition to other ammunition, including 158 rounds of 9 mm, 33 rounds of .22 caliber and 73 rounds of .40 caliber.
According to court records, Ciarra Hofius is serving on probation for a previous charge of third-degree drug sale.
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