Arrest nets five men, unfamiliar drug

   Dodge City police arrested five men earlier this month for alleged possession of a little-known drug.
    Mohamed Ali, Hasssam Jama, Dahir Ibrahim Wais, Ahmed Yusuf and Ahdiwahid Yusuf were arrested July 4 on suspicion of possessing cathine, more commonly known as khat. The drug's effects are similar to but less intense than those associated with methamphetamine or cocaine.
    Police Chief John Ball told the Globe on Thursday that Wais is from Dodge City, and the other four men hail from St. Cloud, Minn. The four had brought Wais from St. Cloud back to Dodge sometime around July 4.
    That evening, Dodge City police investigated a report that the four men were trying to prevent Wais from getting out of the moving car at Avenue E and Comanche Street, Ball said.
    "When they got there, they got Mr. Wais out of the vehicle and were talking to him and also had EMS check him," he said. "And subsequently, while trying to figure out what was going on, they found the illegal substance in the vehicle."
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