On Wednesday, April 9, the Attorney General’s Organized Crime Task Force (OCTF) staged a bust of a marijauna grow facility in Ponca City, confiscating over 11,000 plants and arresting five people.
The raid was a collaborative effort between the OCTF, Kay County Sheriff’s Office, Ponca City Police Department, 8th District Attorney Drug and Major Crime Task Force, Oklahoma National Guard, FBI and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Due to the facility’s lack of an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority license or an active registration with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, investigators allege that it was an unlawful operation.
“Our investigators found absolutely nothing to suggest this facility made even a token effort to appear legitimate, meaning the marijuana seized was likely headed for the black market,” said Attorney General Gentner Drummond. “I applaud the Organized Crime Task Force and the federal, state and local law enforcement entities that came together for this operation. The message must be clear to drug traffickers: Get out of Oklahoma.”
The five men arrested at the scene were Gangtie Li, 60; Xiu Yu Li, 59; Qunying Sun, 59; Xtao Zhou Wang, 37; and Yu Jiao Zou, 62. All five have been charged with aggravated manufacturing of marijuana and trafficking of a controlled and dangerous substance.
