Arrests made in drug trafficking ring

ANADARKO — Twenty-eight people were arrested Friday as part of an 18-month multiagency drug trafficking investigation in southwestern Oklahoma.

Agents and officers from several departments executed search warrant sin Caddo County. Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics Spokesman Mark Woodward said the case began in January 2019 targeting a ring moving large quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine into Anadarko and Chickasha.

“It wouldn't be uncommon for this group to bring more than a kilo of meth and nearly a halfpound of cocaine on a weekly basis into Caddo County for distribution," Woodward said. "Occasionally, they would sell prescription pills and marijuana, as well.”

The investigation involved Agents from the state narcotics bureau, as well as members of the Anadarko Police Department, Caddo County Sheriff' s Department, the District 6 Drug Task Force and the Department of Correction' s Office of Inspector General. According to the narcotics bureau, two of the main targets of this investigation, Clifton Wilson and David Duncan, were running the drug trafficking operation while incarcerated at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.

“These two inmates would facilitate drug shipments using contraband cellphones to communicate with people on the outside," OBN Director Donnie Anderson said. "OBN worked very closely with the Inspector General's Office at the Department of Corrections throughout this investigation to monitor the activities of these two inmates.”

Agents seized several pounds of meth, cellphones and drug paraphernalia. All of the defendants arrested were transported to the Caddo County jail where they face a variety of l charges including felony drug trafficking.