State authorities on Tuesday seized 106,062 marijuana plants and arrested two people at an alleged black market grow farm in Ardmore.
Wen Bin Huang, 34, and Wen Zhao Huang, 37, were arrested on several complaints, including aggravated trafficking of marijuana, authorities said. They were charged Wednesday in Carter County District Court.
Officials with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control said the operation was part of an ongoing investigation into out-of-state marijuana trafficking at a location on Smokey Ridge Road.
“During the investigation, OBN Agents identified people going to the farm and illegally purchasing more than 50 pounds of marijuana per visit,” OBN Spokesman Mark Woodward said in a news release. “Additionally, we determined the operators of this marijuana farm were loading as much as 1,000 pounds of marijuana at a time into refrigerated semi-trucks that would transport the product to the black market in places such as New York City, Chicago and parts of Florida.”
Assisting with the operation were the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, the state Attorney General’s Office and the Carter County Sheriff’s Office.
Agents also seized 1,120 pounds of processed marijuana.
“The Ardmore seizure is extremely significant, and it is indicative of the tremendous job that OBN has done combating Oklahoma’s proliferation of illegal drugs,” Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said in a news release. “I am proud that agents from my office assisted in this effort, and I am committed to continuing the valuable partnership with OBN that targets Chinese crime syndicates and Mexican drug cartels largely responsible for these illegal grow operations.”
