Tag: drug bust

Several Iolans have been caught up in an eight-month investigation that led to several arrests across southeast Kansas Wednesday. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation announced the arrests as part of “Operation Spring Cleaning” involving KBI,…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Prosecutors say federal agents seized more than 220 pounds of methamphetamine in a drug trafficking bust in the Kansas City, Kansas, metro area. U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said in a news…

TOPEKA — Local and federal law enforcement authorities Wednesday announced the indictment of 54 people in a drug-trafficking ring in Manhattan. That ring, with suppliers tracked back to Chicago, was responsible for distributing heroin, fentanyl,…

CHANUTE — Allen County sheriff’s deputies partook in a joint investigation that led to 16 arrests Thursday related to distribution of methamphetamine. The Chanute Police Department detailed the arrests in a press release, calling the…

MAPLE HILL, Kan. (AP) — Northeast Kansas officials say they found drugs worth about $9 million after a police dog alerted them to the presence of narcotics. The Wabaunsee County Sheriff’s Office said in a…

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff’s office thought it made a huge drug bust, seizing 13 pounds of fentanyl worth $2 million on the street. The powder was found in a home along…