The Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office arrested Brandon Ray Beal, 27, of Mason City, Friday on federal warrants for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine and distribute methamphetamine to a minor. 

Beal was than transferred to the Worth County Sheriff’s Office and awaited transfer to the U.S. Marshalls in Cedar Rapids.

The case is an ongoing investigation by the Worth County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office.