Jury trial set in drug trafficking case

NEWKIRK — A jury trial is set for Xiuxiang Gao, 42, Brooklyn, New York, in Kay County District Court.

Gao was arrested by an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper on Aug. 21, 2004 on I-35 near mile marker 214 and charged with drug trafficking.

Trooper Trenton Short reports in the affidavit that Gao was stopped for speeding.

Lt. Daran Koch arrived on scene and reportedly looked in the back of the SUV after smelling raw marijuana.

A probable cause search was conducted.

Troopers report that six large trash bags containing one pound vacuum sealed bundles of raw green marijuana were located. 

OHP reports that the weight of the bags totaled over 100 pounds.

Gao was booked in the county jail and later released on $50,000 bond.

He is represented by the Swain Law Group out of Norman.

No booking photo was made available at the time of his arrest.