A drug investigation in Athens led to the recent arrests of six people from Georgia and South Carolina. All of them are charged with trafficking methamphetamine, the Athens-Clarke County Police Department (ACPD) said in a news release.
ACPD said the “lengthy operation” culminated with agents executing search warrants at two trailer parks in Clarke County. Authorities say they seized 39 kilograms of methamphetamine during searches at Hallmark trailer park on Spring Valley Road and Pinewood Estates North trailer park on US Highway 29 North. They also recovered a 9mm handgun and approximately $32,000 in cash.
The operation was carried out by the Northeast Georgia Regional Drug Task Force and a half dozen other law agencies, including the Aiken County, South Carolina, Sheriff’s Office.
Police identified the suspects as Bryant McLaughlin of Dillon, SC; Sammy Fleming of Eastover, SC; Charles Armstrong of Loganville, GA; David Glaze of Monroe, GA; Edgar Garcia-Hernandez of Athens, GA; and Jose Macias Garcia of Athens, GA.
All of them were booked at the Clarke County Jail.
ACPD assisted with the operation, along with the sheriff’s offices in Clarke, Greene, Oglethorpe, and Walton counties.
