Oklahoma drug bust seizes 14,000 smuggled Mexican fentanyl pills and heroin

A 16-month drug investigation in Oklahoma ended in the seizure of approximately 10 pounds of heroin and over 14,000 fentanyl pills, authorities said.

The investigation into the Oklahoma City drug network was carried out by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and cooperating law enforcement agencies, according to a report.

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Beginning in Jan. 2022, the drug organization behind the smuggling of Mexican heroin and fentanyl was infiltrated through undercover operations, including purchases of drugs, the report noted.

Multiple traffickers involved in the operation were detained, according to OBN spokesman Mark Woodward.

Approximately 20 more warrants for arrest were served to co-conspirators, he said.

“We have been able to identify who these people are,” Woodward said.

“Then, ultimately, those shipments are broken down and reach the streets throughout our state.”

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Oklahoma has fallen victim to Mexican drug traffickers due to its two vital highways, I-35 and I-40, according to the report.

The highways run in all four cardinal directions, gifting cartel smugglers a path to surrounding states and making Oklahoma City their crossroads.