Columbia man arrested on drug charge

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A 58-year-old Columbia man was arrested early Sunday morning after police located suspected methamphetamine during an arrest on an outstanding warrant.

Columbia Police Department officers made contact with Tommy W. Wheeler at a gas station on Hudson Street at approximately 2:03 a.m. Oct. 11.

Wheeler was arrested on an active Adair County bench warrant. During the arrest, officers located suspected crystal methamphetamine.

Wheeler was additionally charged with first-degree, first-offense possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine).

Columbia Police Officer Colton Nunn made the arrest with assistance from Adair County Sheriff’s Deputy Hunter Tweety.

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