Woman 73, charged in drug ring supplying 4 states

Source: thedaily.com - 

A 73-year-old Oklahoma grandmother has been busted on charges that she ran a lucrative drug operation that supplied marijuana to drug dealers in four states.

Police said they found about 4 pounds of pot, a semiautomatic pistol and a revolver, and more than $276,000 in cash when they raided Darlene Mayes’ home in rural Craig County.

Investigators say the elderly woman supplied about 40 percent of the pot circulating in the area, including the city of Tulsa and parts of nearby Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri.

“That was quite a surprise,” Bobby Floyd, police chief for the city of Vinita, told The Daily yesterday.

He said authorities had been investigating the drug ring for several years. They only learned the identity of the kingpin around noon Monday. Several hours later, they searched the home and arrested Mayes.

“She is in very good shape for her age,” Floyd said.

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