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Six arrested in bust at Keokuk drug house

The Lee County Narcotics Task Force executed a search warrant Friday in the 1300 block of Cedar Street in Keokuk, leading to the arrest of six people on felony and misdemeanor drug charges.

The six are also charged with maintaining a drug house.

During the search, officers found meth, marijuana, psilocybin, drug paraphernalia – and evidence of a drug operation.

Arrested were Ian Anthony Keefe, 38; Adrienna Blentlinger, 29; William McDermott, 32; Brandy Boecker, 30; Blaine Clancy, 57; Susan Clancy, 64; all of Keokuk.

The Keokuk Police Department, Lee County Sheriff’s Office, Fort Madison Police Department, Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, and the Lee County Attorney’s Office assisted the Lee County Narcotics Task Force in the investigation.

The Lee County Narcotics Task Force is funded in part by the U.S. Department of Justice and administered by the Iowa Governor’s Office of Drug Control Policy.

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Jane Carlson is TSPR's regional reporter.