PONCA CITY — A collaborative investigation between Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority and Kay County authorities resulted in the shutdown of five businesses and seizure of thousands of pounds of untagged or untraceable marijuana, officials said.
In total, investigators seized or embargoed about 14,000 marijuana plants and 4,850 pounds of marijuana.
“This enforcement effort aligns with the strategic response to the supply and demand study we released in June, sending a strong message that illicit activity has nowhere to hide,” said Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) Executive Director Adria Berry. “We are grateful to local authorities in Kay County for their help and partnership. This effort was only made possible due to the strong collaboration of all agencies involved and is a model for future enforcement action on a wide scale.”
OMMA partnered with several Kay County law enforcement agencies to investigate 11 recent complaints into Ponca City-area medical marijuana businesses and performed 19 routine compliance inspections at local licensed medical marijuana facilities in the area.
From Sept. 11-14, OMMA law enforcement officers saturated the area alongside investigators from the District 8 District Attorney Task Force, Kay County District Attorney, Kay County Sheriff’s Office, Ponca City Police Department and Osage County District Attorney’s Office. OMMA filed two Emergency Orders of Summary Suspension and Embargo in administrative court on Sept. 11 that immediately shutdown two growers pending further administrative proceedings: Polar Lights LLC and JN Green Grow LLC. Sept. 13, OMMA filed three more orders for shutdown, pending further administrative proceedings into DIHOW LLC, Zhangs Farm Inc. and L&L Magic Grower LLC.
According to the Emergency Orders:
•Sept. 11: Investigators at Polar Lights found six large blue storage containers filled with 160 pounds of untraceable and untagged marijuana.
•Sept. 11: At JN Green Grow, officials found thousands of untagged and untraceable marijuana plants and numerous totes, coolers, plastic bags and trash bags filled with suspected illicit marijuana.
•Sept. 13: 31 vacuum-sealed bags with untraceable marijuana were discovered at DIHOW.
•Sept. 13: Investigators at Zhangs Farm found more than 3,400 untagged marijuana plants and untraceable harvested marijuana.
•Sept. 13: Officers at L&L Magic Grower found 14 trash bags with 214 pounds of untraceable marijuana.
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