OBN seizes 3,895 plants at unregistered grow in Hulbert; arrests pending
Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics agents and Cherokee County deputies served a search warrant at Californication Farm LLC in Hulbert on 22 September 2026, over illegal cultivation without an OBN registration. They seized 3,895 marijuana plants, 69.2 pounds of processed marijuana and a rifle, and the bureau said arrests were pending.
🇺🇸 Californication Farm LLC, Highway 51, Hulbert, Cherokee County, Oklahoma · Oklahoma, United States
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Plants destroyed
3,895
Cannabis
31.39 kg
Agencies
Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, Cherokee County Sheriff's Office
Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics agents served a search warrant at an illegal
marijuana operation in Hulbert, Oklahoma, on Tuesday, 22 September 2026.[1]The OBN Marijuana Enforcement Team and Cherokee County sheriff’s deputies
carried out the raid at Californication Farm LLC near Highway 51 and South Coos
Thompson Road.[1]The warrant was part of an ongoing investigation into
illegal cultivation and operating without an OBN registration.[1]
Agents and deputies seized 3,895 marijuana plants, 69.2 pounds (about 31.4 kg)
of processed marijuana and one rifle.[1]The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics said
agents seized 3,895 plants, 69.2 pounds of processed marijuana and a rifle in
the Hulbert search.[2]No arrests were reported; the bureau said arrests were
pending as the case moved forward.[1]
The district attorney’s office, the Cherokee County commissioner’s office, the
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, the Hulbert Fire Department and the Tahlequah Fire
Department assisted.[1]OBN said its Marijuana Enforcement Team, created in
2021, targets black-market marijuana trafficking, money laundering and fraud
within Oklahoma’s licensed marijuana programme.[1]The bureau said the number
of farms with an active OBN registration fell from a peak of 8,400 in 2022 to
1,299 at the time of the raid.[1]
Photos and video
Handout photo published with the OBN account of the Hulbert search and seizure. Photo: Oklahoma Bureau of NarcoticsPhoto details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Plants destroyed
3,895
Cannabis
31.39 kg
Agencies
Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics; Cherokee County Sheriff's Office
Agency type
Anti-narcotics agency, Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (31.39 kg); Living plants (3,895 plants)
Activity
Cultivation
Setting
Farm
Charges
illegal cultivation; operating without an OBN registration
Case stage
Under investigation
Force
No force reported
Region
Oklahoma
Sources
KTULktul.comOBN seizes more than 3,000 plants, 69 pounds of processed marijuana in Hulbert
KOKH FOX25okcfox.comIllegal marijuana grow in Hulbert busted; 3,895 plants, processed pot and rifle seized
Open questions the AI reported
No arrests had been made when the accounts were published; 22 September 2026 is the date of the raid and of the reports.
The OBN statement names the operation an investigation into illegal cultivation and operating without an OBN registration, but no charges, suspects or court outcome were reported.
Whether the 3,895 plants were seized and destroyed or taken as evidence is not stated; they are recorded as plants_destroyed, the tracker's total for seized plants.
The accounts give no street value or grow area for the farm.
The KOKH report and the KTUL report reproduce the same OBN statement, so they are not independent reporting; OBN's own Facebook post could not be opened.
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