Task force raids Prague grows, seizes 48,665 plants and 1,803 lb
On 6 May 2026 Oklahoma's Organized Crime Task Force raided Benson Kush and Grand Growth in Prague, detaining 36 people, seizing 48,665 marijuana plants and 1,803 pounds of processed cannabis the attorney general valued at more than $3 million, and handing three people to ICE.
🇺🇸 Prague, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma · Oklahoma, United States
- Arrested
- 36
- Plants destroyed
- 48,665
- Cannabis
- 817.8 kg
- Value (official estimate)
- USD 3,000,000
On Wednesday 6 May 2026, Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s Organized Crime Task Force raided
two unlicensed grow sites in Prague, Benson Kush and Grand Growth.[1][2] Agents detained 36
suspects and seized 48,665 marijuana plants plus 1,803 pounds (about 818 kg) of processed
marijuana.[1][2]
The attorney general’s office said the processed cannabis alone had an estimated street value of
more than $3 million.[1][2] Three people identified as illegal immigrants were taken into
Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody and deported.[1][2]
The task force worked with the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, Customs and Border
Protection, ICE, Oklahoma City police, the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, the agriculture
department, Pottawatomie County agencies and the Oklahoma National Guard civil support team.[1][2]
Drummond said fewer than 1,200 licensed grows remained in the state compared with more than 9,000
when he took office.[1][2]
Sources
- Organized Crime Task Force raids two illegal marijuana grow operations in Prague. Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General, 8 May 2026. Archived copy.
- Task force raids two illegal marijuana grows in Prague seizing 48,665 plants. The Journal Record, 11 May 2026. Archived copy.
Open questions the AI reported
- KFOR television reported about 50,000 plants and 2,000 pounds from the same raid while the attorney general's release listed 48,665 plants and 1,803 pounds.
- The attorney general linked the site to a wider black-market network in broadcast remarks, but the official news release did not name owners or charge anyone in the accounts used here.
- ICE deported three people described as illegal immigrants; their identities and any separate immigration outcomes were not disclosed.