Sheriff’s Office seizes very large amount of fentanyl
Deputies seized enough fentanyl during an arrest last week to kill 327,000 people.
They located and arrested 21-year-old Josiah J. Langston the afternoon of Aug. 15 in the 3900 block of N. Skiles Avenue. They were looking for Langston due to a prior warrant he had for drug trafficking. When deputies approached him, he rammed a patrol car in an attempt to flee, but he was unable to. No one was hurt, and deputies got him into custody.
Inside Langston’s vehicle, investigators located 1.5 pounds of powdered fentanyl, and 0.4 pounds of methamphetamine. They also found $2,000 in cash. Just two milligrams of fentanyl can be a lethal dose, meaning the amount of fentanyl seized could have killed nearly two-thirds of the population of Kansas City, Mo.
Langston has been charged with two counts of first-degree drug trafficking and one count of resisting arrest. This is in addition to his prior drug trafficking charge. He is now in the Clay County Detention Center on a $450,000 bond. Investigation is continuing, and more charges – including federal charges – are possible.
This arrest and seizure were a joint operation conducted by the Clay County Sheriff’s Office’s Drug Task Force and Special Operations Squad, as well as the Missouri State Highway Patrol and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
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