Marijuana Seized at Ponca City Marijuana Grow Operation
Ponca City Now-Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics - February 13, 2024 3:37 pm
Zhao Grow, LLC in Ponca City, Feb. 13 2024(Photo: Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics)
Tuesday morning, OBN’s Marijuana Enforcement Teams (MET) served a Search Warrant at Zhao Grow, LLC in Ponca City, Oklahoma for operating with an OBN Registration that was obtained by fraud.
Several thousand plants and processed marijuana was seized from the business. Arrests are pending as this investigation in ongoing. OBN was assisted this morning by the Kay County Sheriffs Department.
Since 2021, OBN’s Marijuana Enforcement Teams (MET) have shut down more than 2,500 marijuana grows, arrested over 250 individuals and seized over 975,000 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.
Several thousand plants and processed marijuana was seized from the business.(Photo: Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics)
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.
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.
