COLUMBUS-The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested two people last week out of Mountain Home on charges related to methamphetamine.

Mance Lee Ruvolo, 39, of 136 Sweetpea Ln., Mountain Home was arrested and charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver methamphetamine, maintaining a vehicle to keep a controlled substance, possession of a stolen firearm, providing fictitious information to an officer, driving while license revoked and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to sheriff’s office reports.

Mariah Gail Ellis, 22, of 136 Sweetpea Ln., Mountain Home, was arrested and charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver methamphetamine, maintaining a vehicle to keep a controlled substance, possession of a stolen firearm, providing fictitious information to an officer and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to sheriff’s office reports.

Capt. Lowell Griffin said on Feb. 1, officers with the Polk County PACE (Polk Aggressive Criminal Enforcement) Team encounter a suspicious vehicle on Hwy. 108 east of Columbus. Officers approached the vehicle and made contact with the occupants after it had stopped at a convenience store in the area.

Officers became suspicious of the occupants due to their nervous and evasive behavior, Griffin said, and a Polk County Sheriff’s Office K9 was used to perform a sniff of the vehicle and alerted to the presence of contraband.

During a search of the vehicle, officers found methamphetamine and paraphernalia used to distribute methamphetamine as well as a handgun, Griffin said. The sheriff’s office determined the handgun was stolen out of Florida.

Ruvolo was being held at the Polk County Jail under a $25,000 secured bond as of late Friday, Feb. 2.

Ellis was being held in jail under a $22,000 secured bond as of late Friday.