ATLANTA, Ga. (WJBF) — There’s a renewed push to crack down on fentanyl, meth, marijuana and other drugs from making its way into Georgia.
The Georgia Department of Agriculture’s Commissioner Tyler Harper reinstated a law enforcement division within the agency back in 2023. He says the law enforcement division can track for drugs like fentanyl, opioid and others that can be tracked before they hit the market.
“It is known that meth, fentanyl and high grade marijuana across the state and that’s what we are trying to combat,” said Harlan Proveaux, Director of Law Enforcement, Georgia Department of Agriculture.
An unusual way to traffic drugs — through produce at a supermarket. That’s what agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Georgia Department of Agriculture busted recently in Atlanta.
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“It was packed in celery — it’s not only illegal drugs but the contamination of food supply and our job and finding those drug is a great concern,” said Proveaux.