Over the last several weeks the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics has seized dozens of pounds of meth.
Agents say it’s one of the most common drugs being shipped across the border and over state lines into Oklahoma.
In November 2021, agents seized six kilos of meth.
In Dec. 2021, an investigation led to them seizing another 25 pounds in a multi drug investigation in broken arrow. That investigation also led to 25 arrest warrants and the seizure of multiple weapons.
“Meth in this part of the United States has been in such high demand and a cheap drug and it is still cheap,” says Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics Spokesperson Mark Woodward.
Agents kicked off the new year seizing 22 pounds of methamphetamine in recent weeks.
If you scroll back on their Facebook page you will find meth bust after meth bust.
Pound for pound they say it ranks at the very top of drugs being trafficking into the state and often to other parts of the country.
“Daily, our guys are out on the highway every day and making stops that involved methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl, and marijuana but meth is one of the most common drugs we are finding on the highways,” Woodward says.
Whether it be a shipment coming from the port near LA and onto I-40 or crossing over the border in Texas on I-35, these major routes meet in Oklahoma City and create a path to every part of the country.
Woodward says the people trafficking these drugs are getting creative when hiding them in their vehicle.
“The drug cartels have over the last 10 years have found new ways to liquify it and put it in containers like windshield wiper fluids and things like that. On the surface and at first glance it may just look like windshield wiper fluid,” said Woodward.
He says they partner with local police and highway patrol troopers to pull the cars over and K-9s to help them sniff the drugs out.
Still, some get through the cracks and make their way to other cities.
“They are coming up with new techniques all the time to circumvent Oklahoma and us drug enforcement,” said Woodward, “We have seen much more meth being moved on our highways than any other drug other than maybe marijuana.”