Two Gainesville residents face drug trafficking charges following a joint investigation by state and local law enforcement.
Authorities took 37-year-old Dorian Dorsey and 45-year-old Amanda Howard into custody on Nov. 10. Dorsey faces two counts of trafficking fentanyl. Howard is charged with one count of trafficking the highly potent drug.
According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Dorsey was taken into custody after a brief car chase in Lumpkin County. Officers say they seized about two ounces of suspected fentanyl found in the vehicle.
The investigation by the Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office, DEA Atlanta, and GBI’s Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office (ARDEO) led to a search warrant for a location in the 3500 block of Thompson Bend in Gainesville. While searching the premises, the GBI says agents discovered more drugs.
“During this investigation, police seized about five ounces of suspected fentanyl with a street value of $20,000. Additional charges and arrests are expected in Lumpkin and Hall counties,” says GBI spokesperson Jade Hensel.
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office and Georgia State Patrol assisted with the investigation. State troopers charged Dorsey with several traffic offenses.
If you have information related to drug activity, you are encouraged to call ARDEO at 706-348-7410. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.
