FAIRMONT - At least four people face felony drug charges following investigations by the Fairmont Police, the Martin County Sheriff's Office and the Minnesota River Valley Drug Task Force.

According to authorities:

Two men were charged after a drug probe of a rural Truman residence and business.

On Nov. 6, an informant reported to police that Randall Lynn Roloff, 52, was willing to sell the informant a gram of methamphetamine for $200.

A controlled buy was conducted under police surveillance. The informant was witnessed making contact with Roloff at his residence. A short time later, the informant left and turned over two plastic bags with a white crystal substances that was confirmed to be meth.

The informant also reported he saw another man - Blaine Warren Landin, 25, of Granada - smoking meth from a bong at the residence.

A second controlled buy was arranged for the next day for another gram for $200, and the buy was conducted.

On Nov. 8, there was an arrangement made for the informant to purchase 2 grams of meth for $500, and a controlled buy was again conducted. A total of 3.9 grams of meth was sold to the informant by Roloff within the three-day period.

A search warrant was executed on Roloff's residence and business on Nov. 9. Several items of drug paraphernalia were found, including some with meth residue. A metal vial containing meth also was found. The total amount of meth discovered was more than 25 grams.

Roloff was arrested. In police interviews, he admitted selling meth. He also said some but not all of the drug paraphernalia was his, and he admitted smoking meth.

Roloff is charged with a first-degree controlled substance crime for possession of 25 or more grams of meth, which carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine.

Roloff also faces a second-degree controlled substance crime for selling more than 3 grams of meth within a 30-day period. The maximum penalty is 25 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.

Landin was located at the Roloff residence on Nov. 10 and placed under arrest. He admitted he had been at the residence shortly before the police arrived, but fled because he was on probation for a drug-related crime. He claimed a water bong at the residence was not his, but his fingerprints were on it.

Landin faces a first-degree controlled substance crime for possession of more than 25 grams of meth, which carries a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison and a $1 million fine.

He also faces a minor drug paraphernalia charge.

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The rural Truman investigation led police to investigate Timothy Daniel Harris, 30, of Fairmont, who was identified as selling meth.

A search warrant was executed on Harris' residence on Nov. 11. At the residence, there were items of drug paraphernalia that had residue that tested positive as meth.

A vehicle leaving the area was identified as Harris' vehicle, and Harris was identified as the driver. A background check showed Harris has a revoked driver's license.

When questioned by police, Harris admitted he had a large quantity of meth, but had sold it to Douglas Jay Byers, 52, of Fairmont. Harris admitted he had smoked meth with Byers earlier in the day, and described where some meth was seen in Byers' basement.

A search warrant was executed on Byers' residence in the early morning hours of Nov. 12. Meth was found as described by Harris, and there was meth residue and paraphernalia also found in Byers' vehicle.

Also found was a 12-gauge single-shot shotgun. Byers refused to acknowledge that any of the items found belonged to him.

Harris faces a third-degree controlled substance sale crime, which carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. A fifth-degree controlled substance crime charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine.

Harris also faces a drug paraphernalia charge.

Byers is charged with two felony charges of convicted felon in possession of a firearm; each charge carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $30,000 fine.

A fifth-degree controlled substance crime carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine.

Byers also has two misdemeanor counts of possession of drug paraphernalia.