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

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.

Eight former employees at a medical marijuana dispensary in Helena, Arkansas were arrested by the Alcoholic Beverage Enforcement Division (ABC) and accused of fraud.

Eight former employees of a medical marijuana dispensary in Helena -- including a former officer with the Helena Police Department -- have been arrested on felony charges of obtaining drugs by fraud,

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.