A man has been arrested and charged with three felonies relating to what authorities have deemed illicit manufacturing and trafficking of marijuana from a grow facility east of Kingfisher.

Charged last Tuesday in Kingfisher County District Court was Hui Tang, 51.

After a months and even years-long investigation, Tang was charged with aggravated manufacturing and possession with intent to distribute marijuana as well as possession of unlawful proceeds.

Bondwassetat$500,000 although his attorney, Marco Palumbo, on Thursday filed a motion for bond reduction.

The attorney for record for the state is Assistant Attorney General Carolyn K. Hebert from the Office of Attorney General Gentner Drummond.

According to a probable cause affidavit, STJ Holdings LLC and Natural Herbal LLC are the two companies in question.

The affidavit states STJ Holdings LLC was registered with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics to manufacture marijuana at 20126 N 2780 Road while Natural Herbal LLC was registered at 6085 E 780 Road.

While attempting to conduct an on-site inspection for Natural Herbal at the E 780 Road location in August 2022, inspectors with the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) stated they discovered two different marijuana grows at the location.

When inspecting STJ Holdings at the 2780 Road location, inspectors concluded STJ “is actually located with another grow at 6085 E 780 Road, Kingfisher, Oklahoma,” according to the PC affidavit.

Essentially, according to the affidavit, there were two indoor grow licenses at one address (6085 E 780 Road), though only one was licensed to do so.

On May 29, officers with the attorney general’s office and the Kingfisher County Sheriff’s Office, executed a search warrant at the 780 Road location.

The PC affidavit states there were multiple people at the location, including Tang, who identified himself as the manager of STJ Holdings LLC when being interviewed.

The affidavit goes on to say that the search warrant produced 342 pounds of useable marijuana that was associated with STJ Holdings and was untagged. Each plant and package at facility must be tagged and entered into the state’s man-

datory METRC seed-to-sale inventory tracking system. “This untagged useable marijuana could not be lawfully transferred to a processor or sold because it was not being traced in METRC; as a result, this marijuana was bound for the marijuana black market,” it was written in the affidavit. It went on to state that authorities discovered 2,405 untagged marijuana plants associated with STJ Holdings and “all of these plants were illicit marijuana plants destined for the black market.” Also found, according to the affidavit were “turkey” bags, vacuum sealers and a digital scale with marijuana residue, which it said “are commonly utilized for packaging illicit marijuana for the black market.” Further, according to the affidavit, Tang had identifi ed himself as the manager of STJ Holdings and was paid to manufacture marijuana at the 780 Road location and authorities found additional marijuana in his bedroom at the residence that was also untagged.

“Based upon the investigation into the unlawful marijuana grow facility at 6085 E 780 Road, Kingfisher, H. Tang is actively participating in the illicit manufacturing of marijuana and trafficking of marijuana,” the affidavit concluded.

It was signed by Agent Amanda Denton of the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office.

In his filing, Palumbo said the charges stem from a “technical violation” and asked the court to reduce the bond.

According to the filing, Palumbo stated Tang has no prior felony convictions and is not a flight risk or shown evidence of evading the charge.

He said the bond was set at “near 10 times the jail bail schedule” and called it “inappropriate especially with someone who has no prior criminal record.”

The filing stated Tang has a valid green card, is able to pay for house arrest and/ or leg monitor costs and has three children he helps support.

“There has been no current court rulings or case law that I am aware of that make clear when a medical marijuana farm should be fined for a technical violation and when they should be charged for drug trafficking,” wrote Palumbo in his filing.

According to court documents, no date is listed for Tang’s next appearance.