By Ginny Reese
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Officers with the Walters Police Department, with the help of the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, and Cotton County Sheriff s Office, served a search warrant at a property.
Over 700 marijuana plants and more than 400 pounds of marijuana from an illegal grow operation were found and seized during the search.
The Walters Police Department wrote on Facebook: It was a busy day in Walters Oklahoma! Walters Police Department served a search warrant and seized over 700 marijuana plants and over 400 pounds of marijuana from an illegal grow operation with a street value of roughly $500,000. Big thank you to all the agencies that came out to assist.
Authorities are investigating the illegal sale of marijuana grown out of state and resold in Oklahoma dispensaries.
The investigation was launched May 26 after Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics agents made a traffic stop on Interstate 40 and a K-9 unit found evidence that the driver and passenger were allegedly bringing California-grown marijuana into Oklahoma.
“We seized about 20 pounds of marijuana that had just been delivered to one dispensary in Oklahoma City, and cash in the vehicle that was being transported back to California inside duffle bags that contained marijuana residue from previous shipments,” Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics spokesman Mark Woodward said.
Authorities are working to identify several people and dispensaries involved in the case. Arrests and charges are pending, Woodward said.