Heroin, meth and guns add up to long stint in prison for KCK man

A Kansas City, Kan., man caught with a backpack full of heroin and methamphetamine has been sentenced to federal prison.

A judge in U.S. District Court sentenced 23-year-old Juan Lopez to 13 years and eight months in prison for drug trafficking.

Police were preparing to serve a search warrant on Lopez's house in 2016 when he fled in a vehicle. He was later arrested hiding in a garage.

He was carrying a backpack containing $67,000 in cash. Officers recovered another backpack that contained about three pounds of meth and half a pound of heroin.

The search of his house also turned up three assault-style rifles, two bullet resistant vests and two other weapons.

This story was originally published June 26, 2018 at 8:35 AM with the headline "Heroin, meth and guns add up to long stint in prison for KCK man."