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After getting a tip that two men were making trips to Bloomington to sell cocaine and other drugs, officers arrested two Mooresville, Ind., residents at 4 p.m. Thursday outside Foster Quad, police said.

Ryan D. Hinchman, 27, was arrested on preliminary charges of dealing narcotics and maintaining a common nuisance, both felonies, and reckless possession of paraphernalia and possession of marijuana, both misdemeanors, an IU Police Department media release said. He was being held in the Monroe County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bail.

Carson E. Davis, 19, was arrested on preliminary charges of dealing narcotics, a felony. He was also being held in the Monroe County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bail.

An undercover officer arrested Hinchman and Davis on the north drive of Foster Quad with the assistance of uniformed IU Police Department officers, the release said.

IUPD Detective Dave Hannum received information that the men had been making several trips each week to sell Xanax, OxyContin, marijuana, cocaine and prescription drugs on the IU campus, the release said.

The men originally came to IU Thursday to sell OxyContin but were unable to get the drugs, IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger said. Instead, they brought cocaine and sold it to the undercover officer, he said.

When they arrested the men, police found 2.3 grams of cocaine, a small amount of marijuana and a smoking device, the release said.

An 18-year-old woman who was accompanying the two men was not arrested, Minger said. Her arrest and the arrest of the contact, an IU student, were pending Sunday night, he said.

The Drug Task Force in Hendricks County searched the men's home after the arrests and found scales and drug residue, Minger said.

"It's very possible they were just trying to build up a business, get networking in illegal trafficking of drugs," Minger said. "It's good we were able to stop them when we did."