(Creston, Iowa) – A traffic stop just after 12-a.m. today (Friday) at Highway 34 and Pole Road, in Creston, resulted in a man’s arrest on drug and other charges. The Creston Police Department reports 54-year-old Charles Ray Balius, of Creston, was charged with: Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana-1st offense; Possession of a Controlled Substance/Methamphetamine-1st Offense; Possession of a Controlled Substance/Other-1st Offense; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Driving While Barred.

Balius was being held in the Union County Jail on a $5,300 cash or approved surety bond.