Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of methamphetamine were taken off the streets in Clayton County.
In a Channel 2 Action News Exclusive , Gwinnett County Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents recovered $250,000 worth of meth on a truck in Clayton County.
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Channel 2′s Matt Johnson received the exclusive tip on Thursday. He was live outside of DEA headquarters in downtown Atlanta on WSB Tonight at 11 p.m.
DEA agents found the drugs lined in refrigeration units on a pick-up truck in Clayton County. DEA special agent Crystal Harper said the drugs have already been linked to the Mexican drug cartels.
“We suspect this cartel related just with the amount of meth that we’ve seized,” said Harper.
They found approximately 100 kilograms of ready-to-sell meth inside of the units.
“This is a significant seizure to the cartel,” said Harper.
Authorities said the drug bust happened after a traffic stop on Tara Boulevard in Clayton County on Thursday.