Raid seizes contraband thought headed to Oklahoma prisons

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – The Oklahoma Department of Corrections says contraband including weapons, cellphones, drones and grappling hooks believed headed to state prisons has been seized at a warehouse in Oklahoma City.

Spokesman Josh Ward said in a statement Friday that the department’s Office of Inspector General learned of the contraband and raided the warehouse on July 15 with Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics agents.

Ammunition, drugs, tobacco and $8,500 in counterfeit $100 bills were also seized.

Drones have been used to drop contraband in prisons that have been blamed for drug rings run from prisons and to coordinate inmate violence.