14 store raids in Jackson metro net 800 lb of THC products
Mississippi Department of Public Safety agents served 14 search warrants at stores across Madison, Rankin and Hinds counties in Operation Preferred Purp and seized more than 800 pounds of THC products, with arrests made but not counted. The more than 200 pounds of products labeled as kratom, suspected of containing federally banned substances, are excluded from the cannabis weight.
🇺🇸 Madison, Rankin and Hinds counties, Mississippi (Jackson metro area) · Mississippi, United States
Police served search warrants at 14 locations across the Jackson metro area on
Monday 2 November 2026, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety said.[1][2]Agents and officers served the warrants in Madison, Rankin and Hinds counties as
part of Operation Preferred Purp, a six-month investigation that included
undercover buys.[1][2]Officials did not say how many people had been arrested,
and said more arrests were expected.[1][2]
Agents seized more than 800 pounds of THC products that were packaged and sold
as legal goods in stores across Mississippi.[1][2]Investigators said some of the
products were headed to other states to be resold.[1]Agents also seized more
than 200 pounds of products labeled as kratom, which officials believe contain
drugs banned under federal law, including MGM-15, MGM-16 and mitragynine
pseudoindoxyl.[1][2]The kratom-labeled weight is a separate substance group and
is not counted in the THC-product figure.[1]The seized products will be
turned over to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Homeland Security
Investigations for further investigation.[1][2]
Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey said the products were a danger to teenagers
and young adults.[1]Public Safety Commissioner Bo Luckey said the operation
showed what agencies can do when they work together.[1]Madison Police Chief
M.E. Waldrop said the agencies involved handled the operation “with total
professionalism.”[1]The other agencies taking part were the Mississippi
Bureau of Narcotics, Madison and Ridgeland police, the Rankin County Sheriff’s
Office, the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division, the Mississippi
Bureau of Homeland Security, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, Capitol
Police, Homeland Security Investigations and the DEA.[1]
Chief Bryan Myers confirmed no seizures or arrests were made in Ridgeland.[2]
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Officials did not say how many people were arrested or name any suspect, so no arrest count is recorded.
No charges were announced against any person or business, and the investigation was ongoing with more arrests expected.
The more than 800-pound THC figure is a combined weight of packaged products and is not broken down by product type or THC content.
The more than 200 pounds of kratom-labeled products, suspected of containing MGM-15, MGM-16 or mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, are a different substance group and are excluded from the cannabis weight.
The agencies did not publish the addresses searched, so the specific stores raided are not identified in the opened account.
The article names the Madison police chief only by initials, M.E. Waldrop, and gives no full name.
The article says the raids happened Monday, 2 November 2026, but was published on 4 November and gives no time for the warrants.
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