Agents seize $716K worth of meth from Southers Rd. home
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Posted: Friday, August 19th 2011 at 11:02am
By Katie Highsmith Staff

GAINESVILLE, GA - More than $716,000 worth of drugs has been seized from a home in northwest Hall County.

Lt. Scott Ware with the Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad said agents searched the home in the 3500 block of Southers Road on Wednesday.

"During the course of the search, agents seized approximately 16 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and over $17,000 in U.S. currency," he said.

Ware said 46-year-old Salomon Gomez Duarte and 24-year-old Ricardo Rivera-Duarte, who are both illegal immigrants, were arrested and charged with trafficking methamphetamine. He said they were both booked into the Hall County Jail.


Salomon Gomez Duarte, Ricardo Rivera-Duarte (l-r)

Ware said he does not think the suspects are related.

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