The Grady County Drug Task Force paired up with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol's Tactical Team to search a home at 1708 Idaho St. in Chickasha.
CHICKASHA, Oklahoma -
Drugs, guns and
thousands of dollars in cash were all items confiscated during a big bust in
Chickasha.
The Grady County
Drug Task Force paired up with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol's Tactical Team to
search a home at 1708 Idaho St. in Chickasha.
Agents arrested Jeffrey
Hunt and Marla Mahler, who both previously spent time in jail for possession of
drugs. Donald and Cody Hunt are also in custody after agents found all four to
be in possession of the drugs, guns, and cash.
"We felt like they were dangerous and a threat
to the community," said Grady County District Attorney Jason Hicks.
Hicks leads the drug task force for District
Six and explains his agents began investigating they
received a tip the suspects were selling stolen firearms.
During a search of
the home, agents did recover the guns, plus meth and marijuana. Hicks says it
appeared the suspects were dealing the drugs.
"It was cut up and
placed in individual bags for sale," said Hicks.
The suspects now
face several charges including possession of drugs with the intent to distribute
and possession of firearms during the commission of a felony.
Agents also
recovered $24,000 that will be forfeited to the county and then funneled back
to the Grady County's Drug task Force. Hicks explains at a time when the drug
task forces in every county in Oklahoma are facing budget cuts due cutbacks
in federal funding big seizures help keep the efforts going.
"A lot of drug
busts done in Grady County are by the task force and we are going to continue
to go after and protect the community."