JUNCTION CITY -Police have confirmed the arrest of Arthur M. Vantassel, a parole violator wanted by the Kansas Department of Corrections and Junction City Police.

Police Chief Tim Brown said Vantassel was arrested about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday without incident. An alert asking the public for help locating him was issued last week.

He is being held at the Geary County Jail.

Police Department records showed Vantassel was arrested on a Geary County District Court warrant charging Possession of Narcotics and in a second case involving suspicion of Possession of Narcotics.

Vantassel had been convicted in 2011 on charges of Distribution of Certain Hallucinogens and had been an alleged fugitive from the Department of Corrections Parole Program since December.