15,000 marijuana plants seized at unregistered Wilson grow
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s Organized Crime Task Force raided Purple Light 168 LLC near Wilson on 20 October 2025, eradicating about 15,000 plants and processed marijuana. Several workers were handed to ICE; criminal arrests were still pending.
🇺🇸 Purple Light 168 LLC, near Wilson, Carter County · Oklahoma, United States
On Monday 20 October 2025, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s Organized Crime Task
Force raided Purple Light 168 LLC near Wilson in Carter County, a medical marijuana grow the
Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control said was operating without proper
registration.[1][2]Agents eradicated about 15,000 marijuana plants and “hundreds of pounds”
of processed marijuana, according to Drummond’s office.[1][2]
Task force agents working with the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security
Investigations, ICE, the Oklahoma National Guard, the Carter County Sheriff’s Office and local
fire and county crews also seized body armour and illegal Chinese pesticides applied to the
plants.[1][2]Several undocumented workers at the site were taken into ICE custody; Drummond
said further criminal arrests were pending while the investigation continued.[1][2]
Drummond credited the task force with shrinking Oklahoma’s licensed grow count since he took
office and said partnering with ICE helped target labour on illegal farms.[1]KXII noted that
more arrests were possible.[2]
Photos and video
Attorney General Gentner Drummond at the Purple Light 168 raid on 20 October 2025.Photo details
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