A months-long undercover probe in the North Georgia mountains quietly built to a big finish this week, ending with 16 people in custody and what authorities are calling one of the largest recent narcotics hauls in the region. Agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office say they recovered roughly 32 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine, about 70 pounds, along with about four pounds of suspected fentanyl, diverted pharmaceutical opioids and multiple firearms. The alleged network, investigators say, touched small towns across Hall and Habersham counties and nearby communities.
The bust and the evidence
On March 4, law enforcement teams hit nine locations at once, executing nine search warrants and 16…..