LOGAN COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) – Brokers with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics say they’re persevering with to crack down on black market marijuana operations.
Final month, OBN brokers carried out two raids on a marijuana farm in Guthrie and seized round 15,000 vegetation.
“We’re principally this as a felony group that’s merely utilizing Oklahoma’s medical marijuana program to proceed to function their unlawful operation underneath the guise of a medical marijuana farm,” mentioned OBN spokesman Mark Woodward.
Earlier this month, brokers additionally cracked down on an unlawful develop operation in Erick that was related to the Guthrie farm.
“That is all tied of felony organizations shifting lots of of kilos of marijuana onto the black market underneath the guise of a ‘medical marijuana’ farm,” Woodward mentioned in a press release.
Now, officers say they shut down one other Logan County farm that was tied to a felony group that was rising marijuana for the black market.
“This was one other piece of an ongoing investigation focusing on criminals shifting 1000’s of kilos of marijuana onto the streets whereas hiding behind a state medical marijuana license,” Woodward mentioned.
Because of this, a number of persons are dealing with prices because the investigation unfolds.
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