Sheriff’s Office, ATF Execute Multiple Search Warrants in Wichita Area

WICHITA, Kan. – Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office detectives and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agents carried out a series of coordinated searches Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, at two homes and six High Hopes ICT locations as part of an ongoing investigation into suspected state and federal narcotics and weapons violations.

Detectives and ATF agents served both residential search warrants, with support from the Wichita Police Department. The Wichita Police/Sheriff’s Office SWAT team assisted with one of the home searches. The search warrants at the High Hopes ICT shops were executed solely by Sheriff’s Office detectives and ATF agents.

Sheriff Jeff Easter will hold a media briefing on the investigation at 11 a.m. at 3108 W. 13th St. North.

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