5 arrested for dealing marijuana

Marijuana Eradication Unit officers, a part of the Indiana State Police, arrested five men late Monday night on suspicion of dealing marijuana.\nThomas A. Madsen Jr., 34, William B. Gunyon, 37, James V. Payton, 57, Christopher D. Williams, 23, and John R. Williams, 37, all face preliminary charges of dealing marijuana.\nPolice officers were observing a marijuana farm in southern Clay County when they spotted the five men leaving the area, according to an Indiana State Police press release. Officers found eight garbage bags full of “freshly harvested marijuana” in Madsen’s 2000 Dodge van, according to the press release.\nOfficers then obtained a search warrant for Madsen’s residence in Morgan County. Inside the residence, officers found an indoor marijuana-growing operation and 30 bags of harvested marijuana. According to the press release, the marijuana seized by officers would have had a street value of about $200,000.\nAll five men are being held at the Clay County Jail.