STAFFORD COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on multiple charges after a drug bust on a rural Kansas home.
During the course that investigation in Stafford County it was discovered that an individual may be in possession of drugs and unlawful weapons and a search warrant was obtained for a residence in rural northwestern Stafford County, according to Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir.
Just after 1p.m. Tuesday, multiple law enforcement agencies arrived at 1331 NW. 80th Avenue in Stafford County and executed the warrant. Barton County deputies participated at the request of Stafford County officials.
Law enforcement seized suspected heroin, marijuana and what are believed to be multiple full automatic firearms. A sawed-off shotgun was also located. No federal paperwork was located for the automatic weapons. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has been notified, according to Bellendir.
Deputies arrested 32-year-old Allen E. Standish on requested charges of distribution of marijuana, criminal use of a firearm while addicted to drugs, criminal use of a firearm and possession of methamphetamine.
Standish is being held in lieu of a $50,000 bond on that case. In a related incident from the day before Standish was charged with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer when he allegedly swerved his vehicle at a detective conducting surveillance operations. He is being held on an additional $20,000 bond related to that charge, according to Bellendir.