MARIETTA, OK -- A small fortune in hard drugs was taken off the streets in Love County Wednesday. Marietta is a small town with a small town police department, but I-35 often brings big city problems right through the heart of the quiet town.
Between two separate drug busts in just two days, authorities confiscated more than six pounds of marijuana, enough to make five thousand marijuana cigarettes. A kilo of cocaine, three loaded handguns, and crack were also found during Wednesday night’s routine traffic stop. Police say the cocaine alone has a street value of at least $100,000.
Two men, 25 year old Joseph Washington of Shawnee, Oklahoma and 22 year old Elliott Oakley from the Houston, Texas area were taken into custody without incident.
On Tuesday, 56 year old Oklahoma City man Ulysses Johnson was arrested after being discovered with over $5,000 of what police are calling “drug money,” as well as a small amount of cannabis. Johnson was also arrested during a routine traffic stop.
“With I-35 going through the city, I believe that this is probably routine for this to happen on the freeway,” said Chief Linda Johnson with the Marietta Police Department.
Tuesday's suspect, Ulysses Johnson, has since bonded out. However, Joseph Washington and Elliott Oakley, who were allegedly planning to make more than $100,000 off the cocaine alone, remain in custody at the Love County Jail. Bond has been set at $250,000 for each man.