FAKE AMAZON VAN LEADS OK BUREAU OF NARCOTICS TO ILLEGAL MARIJUANA OPERATION IN MCCLAIN COUNTY

On Monday, April 22, 2024, Agents with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics’Marijuana Enforcement Team (MET) served a Search Warrant at Bright Stones LLC. in Lindsey, Oklahoma (10942 170th Street) as part of an ongoing investigation into illegal activity involving this marijuana growing facility. OBN Spokesman Mark Woodward says the investigation began in January of 2024 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. 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 Spokesman Mark Woodward OBN MET Agents on Monday, seized 9,143 marijuana plants and 215 pounds of processed marijuana at Bright Stones LLC. Arrests are pending as this investigation continues. OBN is grateful to the McClain County Sheriff’s Office for their assistance with the Search Warrant on Monday.

Since 2021, OBN’s Marijuana Enforcement Teams (MET) have shut down over 3,000 marijuana grows, arrested over 300 individuals, and seized over 1 million pounds of marijuana as part of criminal investigations for operating with a license obtained by fraud and/or growing for the out-of-state black market.

“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. 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.” ---OBN Director Donnie Anderson 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.