Oklahoma
Raid seizes contraband thought headed to Oklahoma prisons
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Division of Corrections says contraband together with weapons, cellphones, drones and grappling hooks believed headed to state prisons has been seized at a warehouse in Oklahoma Metropolis. Spokesman Josh Ward stated in an announcement Friday (July 29, 2022) that the division’s Workplace of Inspector Normal discovered of the contraband and raided the warehouse on July 15 with Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics brokers. Ammunition, medication, tobacco and $8,500 in counterfeit $100 payments had been additionally seized. Drones have been used to drop contraband in prisons which have been blamed for drug rings run from prisons and to coordinate inmate violence.