Arkansas woman had nearly 5 lbs. of marijuana, edibles, slew of other drugs: Police

WEST FORK, Ark. (KFSM) -- Authorities have arrested a West Fork woman accused of selling marijuana in Northwest Arkansas after finding nearly 5 pounds of pot in her home -- roughly 2 pounds of it in edibles.

Karen Gibbons, 62, was arrested in connection with six counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, possession of drug paraphernalia, simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms and possession of a firearm by certain persons.

The 4th Judicial Task Force had been investigating Gibbons as a marijuana distributor in the region, according to a probable cause affidavit.

On Friday, April 19, the task force searched her home on Sugar Mountain Road, where it found guns, $26,000 in cash and several drugs, including:

• 2.8 pounds of marijuana

• 1.3 pounds of liquid marijuana edibles

• .5 pounds of marijuana edibles

• 335 grams of Xanax

• 12 Hydrocodone pills

• 17 Zolpidem pills

• Ecstasy

• 49 marijuana vape cartridges

Gibbons is free on a $3,500 bond. She has a hearing set for May 20 in Washington County Circuit Court.