Authorities continue to put the squeeze on North Georgia’s drug pipelines. They’ve arrested two more alleged drug dealers. The latest arrests came Sunday in South Carolina where authorities nabbed two suspects and charged them with trafficking morphine in Rabun County.
The Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office (ARDEO) says 46-year old Joey Liston Smith and 58-year old Debbie Lynn Jackson, both of Salem, South Carolina, were arrested Sunday. They’re charged in connection with an incident that occurred back in May.
ARDEO Special Agent in Charge Mitchell Posey says a joint investigation by ARDEO and the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office “revealed Smith and Jackson were delivering a large quantity of morphine to Rabun County to sell.” He says the morphine was found in their car during a traffic stop. Posey says, agents found 218 milliliters of liquid morphine in a veterinarian container – that’s the equivalent of 218 grams of opium.
If convicted, Smith and Jackson could face stiff penalties. In the State of Georgia, 4 grams of morphine or opium is defined as trafficking .
The street value of the liquid morphine is unknown.
