Raiders Uncover About 6,000 Pills

Officers hit pill peddlers at the source Tuesday by digging up several pink and green tablets in a horse stall near Tulsa. Police said the pills were seized when they raided a rural trailer home about a quarter of a mile south of 71st Street between Union and Elwood Avenues.

Arrested on suspicion of possession of amphetamines was Mrs. Pat Robinson, 32, wife of Francis Ray Robinson, 36-year-old truck driver.

The Robinson residence was searched by county and city officers and Jimmy Jackson, an agent of the Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy.

Officers confiscated about 6,000 pills which sell for 25 cents to $1 each. Guns, television sets, and other items at the residence were seized.

Used for Reducing

Jackson said the pills are commonly used for reducing, but the ones confiscated are so potent "They’ll make you sweep the house two or three times."

Officers said the pills and capsules are used by burglars and hijackers for courage and energy. Jackson said a person can go two days without sleep after taking one of the potent capsules or tablets.

The raid Tuesday followed a daring "buy" Monday night by vice officer Gary Glanz, 25, who has been on the Tulsa police force about 3.5 years.

Glanz arrested Mrs. Glorence Marie Rodgers, 30, wife of Tulsa convict Urbie Pennington Rodgers, and her brother, Thomas Joseph Bergh, 18, after Glanz said he purchased 50 capsules of "chicken powder" on a country road Monday night.

Glanz Draws Praise

Capt. Jim Camp said Mrs. Rodgers and Bergh were charged Tuesday in Common Pleas Court with possession of amphetamines.

Police credited the latest raid to Glanz and an unidentified informant.

Glanz said he listened to a telephone conversation in which a suspect asked the informant: "Do you know officer Glanz?"

The informant, who was working with Glanz, said he didn’t. The suspect said: "Well, I hear he’s a partner to Cal Newton, (Another detective) and they’re putting everybody in jail."

Within a few hours, Glanz said he met the suspect, made a buy, arrested her and got the marked money back for evidence.