Nov 04, 2010

Drug bust nets millions in cash, tons of drugs

12:35 PM

Authorities arrested 45 people and seized more than two tons of drugs, $2.3 million in cash and 20 guns in a crackdown on a major Mexican drug cartel operating in the Atlanta area, The Atlanta Constitution reported.

Operation Choke Hold began in May 2009 and targeted the distribution network of La Familia Michoacana, Clayton County District Attorney Tracy Graham Lawson said today. The federal Drug Enforcement Administration and the Atlanta High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force were also involved in the case.

Lawson said charges include conspiracy to traffic in cocaine, meth and marijuana, trafficking in those drugs, money laundering and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

John Comer, associate special agent in charge of the Atlanta DEA office, said the group is one of many drug "cells" in the area. "This particular cell has been dismantled," he said.

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