MCCLAIN COUNTY, Okla. — A fake Amazon delivery van led Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics (OBN) agents to an illegal marijuana operation in McClain County Monday.
OBN says Monday, agents with OBN’s Marijuana Enforcement Team (MET) conducted a search warrant at Bright Stones LLC in Lindsey as part of an investigation into illegal activity.
Thousands of marijuana plants and hundreds of pounds of processed marijuana were seized at the scene.
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OBN says this all started in January when Missouri State Police stopped a fake Amazon van for several traffic violations after entering Missouri from Oklahoma.
“A search of the van uncovered 246 pounds of packaged marijuana which had recently been picked up at the location in Lindsey,” said OBN Spokesman Mark Woodward. “OBN began an investigation into this black-market shipment and discovered Bright Stones LLC had obtained its license by fraud, using a ‘straw ownership’ scheme. The main target of this investigation has been linked to several other illegal marijuana operations in Oklahoma.”
OBN says MET agents seized 9,143 plants and 215 pounds of processed marijuana. Arrests are pending as the investigation continues.
According to OBN, MET agents have shut down over 3,000 marijuana grows, arrested over 300 people and seized over 1 million pounds of marijuana in black market investigations.
“As a result of these OBN enforcement efforts, Oklahoma’s medical marijuana program has seen a drastic reduction in the number of criminal organizations operating illegal farms in Oklahoma,” said OBN Director Donnie Anderson. “OBN Registrations for growers dropped from 9,400 in 2021, to 6,400 in 2022, and today that number is down to approximately 3,200.”
Anyone with information about criminal drug activity can anonymously DM details to OBN via Facebook or call the OBN Tip-line at 1-800-522-8031.