Officers Conduct a Controlled Buy, Nab Two Men

ST. CLOUD - Two men have been arrested for their involvement of the alleged sale of drugs.

The Central Minnesota Violent Offenders Task Force conducted a controlled buy of about two ounces of cocaine from 21-year-old Raymond McManus of Ham Lake.  The sale happened in the parking lot of McStop on Clearwater Road in St. Cloud.

During the investigation, a second man was identified and arrested, 25-year-old Travis Gester of Ramsey.

Both were taken to the Stearns County Jail.