Two North Platte men are in custody on felony charges following a drug investigation by North Platte Police.

According to a news release, an officer opened an illicit drug investigation at around 8:00 a.m., on May 18, after obtaining evidence of suspected drug use at a residence in the 500 block of South Cottonwood Avenue.

As a search warrant was being secured to search the home for drugs, an officer observed the renter, 33-year-old Bryan Kayser, and a 28-year-old male leave the home in a maroon Dodge pickup.

The officer conducted an investigative stop and made contact with Kayser.

The officer then noticed a marijuana pipe inside the vehicle which prompted a search.

The search revealed a loaded .380 caliber Smith and Wesson handgun with ammo and a “sizeable amount of cash.”  Officers say further investigation revealed that the gun had been stolen in April from a residence in the 2400 block of West 6th Street.

Officers then searched the residence and located around 34 grams of suspected methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia commonly used in the distribution of meth.

Kayser was transported to the Lincoln County Detention Center and jailed on charges of felony possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, felony possession of a stolen firearm and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Officers then searched the bedroom of another resident, 29-year-old Jack Seals, and located an additional eight grams of methamphetamine and paraphernalia.  Seals was also jailed, and charged with felony possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver.