Island police officers arrested two men on cocaine distribution charges in two separate incidents this week.

According to the Edgartown police department, officers with the Martha’s Vineyard Drug Task Force arrested Everton G. Facey of Edgartown Tuesday evening after officers executed search warrants for his vehicle and residence.

Mr. Facey had been under investigation for several months by the drug task force for alleged involvement in cocaine distribution, the police department said in a press release posted on their Facebook page.

Officers stopped Mr. Facey at the intersection of Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road and Eleventh street South and escorted him out of the vehicle, police said. During that time several small plastic bags that contained a white powdery substance believed to be cocaine allegedly fell out of the vehicle and onto the ground.

Police said they found 24 small plastic bags of the small powdery substance in the vehicle and area where it was stopped. A second search warrant used at a home on Eleventh street south, where Mr. Facey lives, allegedly revealed drug paraphernalia and packaging materials.

Mr. Facey was charged with possession to distribute a class B drug (cocaine) with intent to distribute. He was arraigned Thursday morning in Edgartown district court. Mr. Facey had originally posted $5,000 bail; the amount was lowered to $3,000 in court Thursday, officials said.

On Wednesday afternoon drug task force detectives initiated a motor vehicle stop on Beach Road in Edgartown, at the parking lot near Crab Creek. Police said the driver of the vehicle, Arthur M. Castro, 21, of Edgartown, had been investigated for alleged distribution of cocaine on the Island.

Police said a search of the vehicle allegedly showed five individual plastic bags containing a white powdery substance believed to be cocaine. The bags were concealed inside a cigarette box tucked in the plastic covering under the steering wheel, police said.

Mr. Castro was arrested and charged with possession of a class B drug (cocaine) with intent to distribute. He was also arraigned Thursday morning in Edgartown district court; court officials said he posted $800 in bail.