Habersham County narcotics investigators arrested a suspected meth trafficker Friday during a check of a home in Cornelia.
Officials say 37-year-old Korey Holland of Augusta was found in a bedroom at 146 South Street with approximately 99 grams of methamphetamine. Investigators also seized a digital weighing device, several empty small plastic baggies, and two firearms.
Investigators say they went to the house to follow-up on an ongoing criminal investigation.
“Upon arriving at the residence, investigators made contact with the homeowner at the back door. The homeowner requested that investigators meet her at the front door of the residence due to the back door being obstructed,” says Habersham County Sheriff’s Col. Murray Kogod. “As investigators came around the front of the residence, a second subject appeared on the front yard and began walking away from the residence.”
When the subject ran, deputies chased him and located him minutes later. He was identified as Dylan Shope, 27, of Demorest, and was placed under arrest on outstanding warrants.
Deputies gained consent to search the home for other individuals. That’s when they found Holland and another person in a bedroom with drugs and firearms, Kogod says.
Holland is charged with one count each of trafficking methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Holland was transported to the Habersham County Detention Center.
Shope was booked into jail on outstanding warrants and a single count of obstruction.
Officials say the investigation continues.
