MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team announced the arrest of several suspects on various drug charges following an investigation into an alleged drug house in Menominee over the last several weeks.

The UPSET detectives’ investigation resulted in the controlled purchase of crystal meth from two different suspects at the same drug house.

The UPSET investigation also revealed the occupants of the residence were involved with manufacturing meth using the “one-pot” method of production. A search warrant for the residence was obtained and served on Friday, with the residence found to be occupied by numerous suspects.

Several individual baggies of crystal meth were seized from throughout the home, totaling approximately 1 ounce of meth. A small amount of fentanyl, LSD and prescription pills were also seized. UPSET funds were recovered from within the residence, commingled with additional U.S. currency that was seized for forfeiture. Numerous digital scales seized from throughout the house tested positive for meth. Numerous components and hazardous chemicals associated with the “one-pot” method of meth production were located and removed by clandestine lab responders. The following subjects were arrested by UPSET on Friday and arraigned on numerous drug charges in the Menominee County 95A District Court on Monday.

Bond for all three suspects was set at $150,000. The suspects are:

≤ Kyle Smith, 24, of Menominee, on charges of delivery of meth, a 20-year felony; possession with intent to deliver meth, a 20-year felony; manufacturing meth, a 20-year felony; operating/maintaining a meth lab, a 20-year felony; operating/maintaining a meth lab involving hazardous waste, a 20-year felony; operating/maintaining a lab within 500 feet of a specified structure such as a residence, school, church or business, a 20-year felony; maintaining a drug house, a two-year misdemeanor; and possession of Xanax, a two-year felony.

≤ Mikeal Scantlen, 27, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, on charges of delivery of meth, manufacturing meth, operating/maintaining a meth lab, operating/maintaining a meth lab involving hazardous waste, operating/maintaining a lab within 500 feet of a specified structure, maintaining a drug house and malicious destruction of police property, a four-year felony.

≤ Romulus Ard, 44, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, on charges of possession with intent to delivery meth and possession of Fentanyl, a four-year felony.

UPSET was assisted by the Menominee Police Department, Menominee Fire Department and Menominee County Prosecutor’s Office.