What started as a routine traffic stop in Marietta on June 24 quickly escalated into a multi‑jurisdiction drug case after officers say they found about a half‑pound of methamphetamine in a car. Two women from North Carolina were arrested at the scene and are now facing heat on both sides of the state line.
Police identified the occupants as Loretta Huskins and Rose Cathey. Marietta officers say the suspected meth was recovered from their vehicle during the stop. Both women are being held without bond while prosecutors review the case, according to Atlanta News First.
Things did not end there. Sheriff’s deputies in North Carolina later executed a search warrant at Huskins’ home in Andrews and reported finding additional suspected methamphetamine, along with digital scales and packaging materials, according to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office and as reported by WDEF. Investigators say the haul looks a lot more like a distribution setup than personal use.
Cross‑state coordination
According to agents with the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division, Huskins and Cathey were allegedly making regular runs to Georgia to pick up meth for distribution in western North Carolina. That pattern, they say, led to a coordinated effort with the Clay County Sheriff’s Office and Marietta Police to time and execute the traffic stop…