OBN undercover operation in Creek, Payne counties nets 13 drug arrests

OKLAHOMA CITY - A two-month, two-county wide undercover sting operation ended Friday with more than a dozen arrested on drug charges, according to the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics.

OBN Spokesman Mark Woodward said that at around 6:30 a.m. agents and officers from several departments fanned into Payne and Creek counties with arrest warrants for 26 individuals who allegedly tried selling drugs to undercover OBN agents.

The arrests stem from an operation in March and April when undercover agents with the OBN's Mobile Operations Team bought methamphetamine, marijuana and prescription drugs from several dealers in Cushing and Drumright.

Those arrested were booked into the Payne County jail on Friday and will face state charges of distribution of a controlled dangerous substance.

OBN Director Darrell Weaver said the operation and its resulting arrests “will send a message that we will not tolerate drug distributors and their illicit activities. We must be diligent and have great resolve when battling the evils that will destroy our great state."

Officials said as of 11:30 a.m., 13 defendants were in custody and one meth lab seized.

Other M.O.T investigations have taken place in Woodward, Bartlesville, Stillwater, Clinton, Claremore, McAlester, Altus, Guymon and Idabel.

Cushing Police Department, Drumright Police Department, the Payne County Sheriff’s Department and the Creek County Sheriff’s Department all assisted in the Friday's arrests.