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An eight-month investigation culminated with the arrest of 20 people throughout southeast Kansas on Tuesday.
Wednesday, Kansas Attorney General Steve Six released some of the details surrounding the investigation that saw 10 search warrants executed in Chanute, Iola, Stark, Paola and Fort Scott.
Six said that prosecutors from the AG’s office joined with 13 other law enforcement agencies involved in the drug sweep.
Prosecutors from the Attorney General’s Office charged 20 people with manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of the materials to make meth, possession of meth, conspiracy to distribute meth and other crimes. Seventeen of those individuals were arrested Tuesday.
Two other individuals were arrested last week after a shoot-out with agents from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation in rural Neosho County. One other was arrested on probable cause and charges are pending. The name of that person was not released pending the filing of those charges.
“Meth ruins lives, destroys families and makes our communities less safe,” Six said. “Law enforcement put their lives in danger every day to stop meth manufacturing and track down drug trafficking and sales organizations.”
The charges range from conspiracy to manufacture a controlled substance to possession of Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine and consipracy to distribute a controlled substance.
An eight-month investigation culminated with the arrest of 20 people throughout southeast Kansas on Tuesday.
Wednesday, Kansas Attorney General Steve Six released some of the details surrounding the investigation that saw 10 search warrants executed in Chanute, Iola, Stark, Paola and Fort Scott.
Six said that prosecutors from the AG’s office joined with 13 other law enforcement agencies involved in the drug sweep.
Prosecutors from the Attorney General’s Office charged 20 people with manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of the materials to make meth, possession of meth, conspiracy to distribute meth and other crimes. Seventeen of those individuals were arrested Tuesday.
Two other individuals were arrested last week after a shoot-out with agents from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation in rural Neosho County. One other was arrested on probable cause and charges are pending. The name of that person was not released pending the filing of those charges.
“Meth ruins lives, destroys families and makes our communities less safe,” Six said. “Law enforcement put their lives in danger every day to stop meth manufacturing and track down drug trafficking and sales organizations.”
The charges range from conspiracy to manufacture a controlled substance to possession of Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine and consipracy to distribute a controlled substance.
