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9 arrested in 2-county drug bust

Law enforcement officials made nine arrests last Wednesday on drug charges.

The Western Nebraska Intelligence and Narcotics Group (WING), along with the Kimball County Sheriff’s Office, Kimball Police Department, Sidney Police Department, Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office and the Nebraska State Patrol, made the arrests in Kimball and Cheyenne counties. Five of the nine arrests were of Kimball residents.

Two Kimball residents were arrested on methamphetamine charges. Steve Warner, 51, was arrested on four counts of distributing methamphetamines within 1,000 feet of a school zone, while Rusty War...