KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department seized a record amount of methamphetamine in a bust just before the end of 2025.
Around 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 30, the KCKPD Special Operations Unit served a search warrant at a KCK residence.
Once inside, officers located 120 pounds of meth, eight firearms and other drugs. KCKPD also arrested four adults for felony distribution.
The department said the operation was one of the largest single seizures of meth in the city’s history.
Other 2025 operations by the KCKPD Narcotics Unit and Tack Force yielded 373 felony arrests and:
- 3,540 pounds of marijuana
- 673 pounds of cocaine
- 1.5 pounds of heroin
- 1,305 pounds of meth
- 30 pounds of powder fentanyl
- 15,761 fentanyl pills
- $1,224,507
- 375 firearms
KCKPD encourages residents with information about illegal drug activities to call the 24-hour narcotics hotline at 913-573-6272. Tips can also be sent via email to narcotics@kckpd.org.
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