Months long narcotics investigation leads to arrest of Dodge City man

Dodge City, Kan.–A Dodge City man was arrested last week after an investigation into alleged fentanyl sales that lasted for multiple months, according to a release.

On Thursday, November 14, Detectives with the Dodge City Police Department Special Operations Division, along with Deputies from the Ford County Sheriff’s Office, Kansas Bureau of Investigation, and Troopers with the Kansas Highway Patrol Troops N and T (Air Support Unit) ended a multiple-month-long investigation into the alleged sales of Fentanyl.

Dodge City resident, 53-year-old Jason Allen Railsback, was arrested and charged through the Ford County Attorney’s Office for two counts of Distribution of Fentanyl within 1000 feet from a school, two counts of Using a Communication Facility to Arrange a Drug Transaction, and 2 Counts of Unlawful to Acquire Proceeds From a Drug Felony. The investigation indicated that Railsback was allegedly supplying numerous pills suspected of containing Fentanyl to numerous individuals within Dodge City on a daily basis.

The Dodge City Police Department will continue to work with other local law enforcement agencies to aggressively combat Fentanyl dealers in our community. They would like to remind everyone that all suspects should be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.