Officials arrest 26 people in Kansas City-area drug ring

Published March 10, 2022 1:15 PM

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Law enforcement officers arrested 26 people this week for their alleged roles in a drug-trafficking conspiracy in Jackson County. Federal prosecutors said in a news release that more than 200 officers from federal and Kansas City-area police departments arrested the defendants on Tuesday and Wednesday. Prosecutors say officers seized 27 firearms, more than 1,800 rounds of ammunition, drugs and $35,000 in cash. The federal indictment alleges the 26 defendants conspired since Jan. 28, 2019, to distribute crack cocaine, fentanyl, cocaine, and marijuana in Jackson County. All but one of the defendants are from Kansas City and they operated mostly in east Kansas City.

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