Fort Scott Police arrested several area residents on warrants, Monday, for suspicion for purchasing medicine that contains pseudoephedrine and ephedrine, two ingredients used to manufacture methamphetamine. The arrests stem from an investigation into the purchase of multiple cold medicines -- containing these substances -- at area retail stores over a multiple-day period, police said. Investigators obtained lists naming the persons who purchased the medicine from these stores. Stemming from the lists, they secured warrants within the last two weeks and began making the arrests Monday. The following is a list of Fort Scott residents who officers arrested as of late Monday afternoon. Police are expected to make more arrests Monday night in connection with the case. Blake Beerbower, Lance Coverdale, 36, Shayla Coverdale, 33, Corey Davis, 20, Troy Beerbower, 46, George Weyant, 32, Marjunn Spaulding, 18, and Reesa Davidson,18. All posted $2,500 bond and were released from the Southeast Kansas Regional Correctional Center on Monday. All were arrested in connection with class A non-person misdemeanor unlawful acts relating to the purchase of pseudoephedrine and/or ephedrine. Under the state statute of unlawful acts, it's illegal or a person to buy, receive or acquire more than 3.6 grams of either drug in any one transaction or more than 9 grams of the substances within a 30 day period. The newly passed statute was implemented to regulate the sale of the two compounds, which are key ingredients in meth production. A state law made effective last June requires all drug tablets containing the decongestant pseudoe phedrine to be stocked behind pharmacy or retail store counters. The medicine will be made available to customers who present a valid form of identification to pharmacy staff. Police obtained the list of names from the stores, then combed them over to determine how much was purchased and by whom. The work, police say, was labor intensive. In many instances, not necessarily related to the people arrested Monday, the customers who purchase large amounts of pseudoephedrine turn right around and either sell or trade the product to a manufacturer of meth for a much higher price than what they purchased it for.