Jun 27, 2020

Police find balloons with black tar heroin during Kan. drug bust

Posted Jun 27, 2020 10:00 AM
Officers seized 44 balloons with each balloon containing .5 grams black tar heroin -Photo Hutchinson Police
Officers seized 44 balloons with each balloon containing .5 grams black tar heroin -Photo Hutchinson Police

HUTCHINSON, Kan. —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas man on drug charges after a drug bust.

Just before 6p.m. Friday, the Hutchison Police Department Special Operations Unit, Reno County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Interdiction Unit and South Hutchinson Police Department a search warrant on West Bigger Street in Hutchinson, according to a media release.

Officers seized 44 balloons with each balloon containing .5 grams black tar heroin, 14 Oxycodone 30mg pills, methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.

Sipes has 2 previous drug convictions, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections
Sipes has 2 previous drug convictions, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections

They arrested Randall J. Sipes, 51, Hutchinson was arrested on requested charges of  Possession of Heroin w/ intent to distribute, Possession of Oxycodone w/ intent to distribute, Possession of Paraphernalia w/ intent to distribute, Possession of methamphetamine and Possession of paraphernalia.