The employees were charged with felonies related to theft and fraudulent transactions involving medical marijuana, state regulators said Monday.

Eight former employees at a medical marijuana dispensary in Helena, Arkansas were arrested by the Alcoholic Beverage Enforcement Division (ABC) and accused of fraud. The ABC announced on Monday that after a “lengthy” investigation into the Green Light Dispensary,

Seven of the suspects -- April Jones, Shameka Wright, Gerald W. Jennings, Lauren Delk, Austen Delk, Taylor Perkins and Demario Rose -- were arrested on felony obtaining drugs by fraud charges. The eighth suspect, Greg McDaniel, was an officer with the Helena Police Department.

A former police officer and seven former dispensary employees are accused of stealing medical marijuana intended for patients.

The Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control, which oversees the state’s medical marijuana program, said the scheme involved selling marijuana out of a dispensary to people without medical cards.

Seven of the suspects -- April Jones, Shameka Wright, Gerald W. Jennings, Lauren Delk, Austen Delk, Taylor Perkins and Demario Rose -- were arrested on felony obtaining drugs by fraud charges. The eighth suspect, the officer with the Helena Police Department, was Greg McDaniel.

ABC charged all eight former employees of Greenlight Dispensary in Helena-West Helena with obtaining drugs by fraud

The Arkansas agency that regulates the distribution of controlled substances arrested eight former employees of a medical marijuana dispensary in the Delta, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division’s enforcement arm announced Monday in a news release.

Authorities said the group used the information of deceased, elderly and out-of-state patients to illegally obtain medical marijuana from the dispensary.