Authorities confiscated several thousand marijuana plants and hundreds of pounds of processed marijuana on Monday during a raid on an illegal grow operation in Carter County.

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s Organized Crime Task Force said agents from multiple law enforcement agencies raided a grow facility near Wilson that was operating without a license.

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Agents said they found several people without legal immigration status at the site, who were taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The task force said agents also seized body armor and illegal Chinese pesticides that had been applied to the plants.

Drummond said the operation demonstrates

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