SILOAM SPRINGS — The operators of a Northwest Arkansas day care were arrested Sunday on drug charges.
Siloam Springs officers went Sunday to the Country Lane home of Wayne and Barbara Hartley for a welfare check on the occupants, according to a news release from the Police Department. The Hartleys ran the Little Darlings Day Care out of their house, authorities said.
After getting a search warrant, police seized 13 harvested marijuana plants; 2 pounds of marijuana; 19 firearms; 75 grams of Kratom and more that $31,000 in cash, the release states.
The Hartleys were being held Monday in the Benton County jail after being arrested on charges of manufacturing a controlled substance, possession with intent to deliver, simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms and possession of a controlled substance. They remained at the jail Tuesday morning, records show.
Detectives are also looking into any potential child endangerment charges. Police are asking anyone with children who attended the day care to contact authorities.
