A Lexington man has agreed to plead guilty to federal drug and firearms charges after investigators say he sold large quantities of methamphetamine and multiple guns to confidential informants during a months-long undercover operation in Fayette County.
Osama Omar Qasem entered into a plea agreement filed this week in U.S. District Court in Lexington, admitting to distributing methamphetamine and trafficking firearms in a case that had been scheduled for trial later this month. As part of the deal, prosecutors will drop several other charges, including a count accusing him of possessing a gun in furtherance of drug trafficking.
According to court records, federal agents used confidential informants to conduct four controlled drug and gun transactions with Qasem between January and March 2025. The buys took place in Fayette County and involved well over a kilogram of methamphetamine, some of it tested at more than 90% purity, along with several handguns…