The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office and members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol executed a search warrant in the 500 block of Fourth Street in Ludlow on Wednesday. As a result two people have been charged with drug possession.

Sheriff Steve Cox identifies the suspects as Mary Alice Koehl, 35, and Ben Wesley Cooper, 41, both of Ludlow.

Each was charged with possession of controlled substance (methamphetamine), class C felony. A judge set bond for boht at $15,000.

Both remain incarcerated in the Daviess Dekalb County Regional Jail.

Mr. Cooper is on parole with the Missouri Department of Corrections and his parole officer has been notified of the chargess.