Local law enforcement arrests one person in drug, weapons search

BUCHANAN COUNTY, Mo. (KQTV) -- The Buchanan County Sheriff's Office said one person was arrested after a lengthy and extensive investigation, spanning several months.

The Special Operations Division- Drug Strike Force, along with the St. Joseph Police Street Crimes Unit and the Missouri State Highway Patrol's Division of Drug and Crime Control, executed a search warrant on Thursday in St. Joseph on the 2700 block of South 21st Street.

A male subject, later identified as Desmund Antonio Clark, in a probable cause statement, was arrested and transported to the Buchanan County Jail.

The search warrant yielded over four pounds of methamphetamine, several ounces of cocaine and a significant quantity of fentanyl, as well as several firearms associated witht he drug distribution.

Law enforcement also found around $7,000 in the residence, according to the probable cause statement.

Clark is facing charges of 2nd degree drug trafficking, possession of a controlled substance, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of the unlawful possession of a firearm.

Clark is set to make his initial appearance in front of Judge Chad Gaddie at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 26.