KANSAS CITY —Sheriff Deputies seized enough fentanyl during an arrest last week to kill 327,000 people.
On August 15, deputies located and arrested 21-year-old Josiah J. Langston in the 3900 block of N. Skiles Avenue, according to a media release from the Clay County Sheriff.
Deputies 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 took 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, Missouri.
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. 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.