A Storm Lake man has been arrested on a drug-related charge following an incident at a convenience store earlier this month.
According to the Storm Lake Police Department, at approximately 10pm on New Years Day, officers were called to Midtown Brew at 11 hundred East 5th Street regarding a customer who had dropped a baggie of suspected marijuana on the counter within the business. Upon further investigation including a review of video footage, the suspect was identified as 26-year-old Gora Akwai. Storm Lake Police subsequently obtained an arrest warrant for Akwai for a charge of 3rd or Subsequent Offense Possession of Marijuana, a class D felony.
Akwai surrendered himself at the Buena Vista County Jail on Monday. He was booked on a five thousand dollar bond.