OBN AND BARTLESVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHUT DOWN LARGE-SCALE METH TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION
The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics (OBN) and the Bartlesville Police Department have shut down a large methamphetamine trafficking organization in northeast Oklahoma.
OBN Spokesman Mark Woodward says Agents and Officers served 13 Arrest Warrants just after 7:00 a.m. this morning on individuals tied to a joint investigation launched by OBN and Bartlesville Police Department in the fall of 2021.
Woodward says this organization is responsible for unloading significant quantities of methamphetamine onto the streets.
“During the course of the investigation, we found this organization shipping anywhere from 10 to 25 pounds of meth into northeastern Oklahoma from the west coast on a weekly basis.
Those shipments would then be moved onto the streets in Washington County, Nowata County and parts of Kansas.” —OBN Spokesman Mark Woodward
Throughout the investigation, Woodward says Agents have seized more than 35 pounds of meth and nearly 100 firearms associated with this organization. Woodward says a total of thirteen (13) individuals were arrested this morning.
Most of the defendants were transported to the Washington County Jail where they face a variety of charges including trafficking methamphetamine.
OBN Director Donnie Anderson says these types of joint investigations are critical in eliminating drug threats in rural Oklahoma.
“Meth continues to be the top killer when it comes to drug-related deaths in our state.
I am grateful to our local law enforcement partners who work tirelessly along-side our Agents every day to identify and dismantle these trafficking organizations that destroy lives and families.” OBN Director Donnie Anderson
Assisting with today’s Arrest Warrants were Agents and Officers from OBN, Bartlesville Police Department, Washington County Sheriff’s Department, Nowata County Sheriff’s Department, The District 11 Drug Task Force and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
