Two suspects arrested on drug, weapons charges in Oakwood

Two Oakwood men remain the Hall County Jail following their arrests on drug trafficking and weapons charges Friday, April 22.

Rodney Van Tobler, 52, and Jeremy Sean Gates, 34, were both arrested when authorities with the Hall County Sheriff’s Office conducted a search warrant on a residence in the 4400 block of Plum Frost Court in Oakwood. Both men lived at the residence.

During the search, authorities discovered cocaine, heroin, four firearms and $6,600 in U.S. currency. The estimated street value of the illegal narcotics is $53,000.

Cash, drugs, and guns the Hall County Sheriff’s Office says agents seized in a bust in Oakwood on April 22. (HCSO)

Tobler has been charged with trafficking cocaine, trafficking heroin and three counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. In addition, Tobler had arrest warrants out of Gwinnett County for trafficking heroin and absconding sexual predator.

Gates has been charged with trafficking cocaine, trafficking heroin, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and harboring a fugitive.

Both suspects are being held without bond. The Hall County Sheriff’s Office does not anticipate further arrests in this case.

Agents from the Hall County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division were assisted by the HCSO Patrol Division and HCSO Warrant Division in Friday’s operation.

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