Deputies seize over $90,000 worth of drugs, $205K in cash in Georgia bust

WSBTV.com News Staff
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Deputies recovered a large amount of drugs, money and weapons in a drug bust in Hall, Jackson and Bank counties.

The Hall County Sheriff’s Office, Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, Banks County Sheriff’s Office, the GBI Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office, Georgia State Patrol, and the Drug Enforcement Agency’s Atlanta Field Division had multiple warrants for the following locations:

  • 4605 Blue Iris Way, Oakwood

  • 178 Gold Creek Drive, Jefferson

  • 939 West Ridge Road, Gainesville

  • 714 Orchard Brook Drive, Gainesville.

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These search warrants led authorities to seize approximately 2.5 kilograms of cocaine, 130 grams of crack cocaine, 100 grams of methamphetamine and approximately 18 pounds of marijuana.

The GBI said the approximate street value of the illegal drugs seized in this investigation was $91,850.

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Deputies also seized $205,000, two vehicles and two firearms, one of which was stolen.

Dexter Cobb, 42, and Chester Willis II, 31, were arrested in connection with the search warrants. Investigators say both people had federal arrest warrants pending at the time of the drug seizure.

The two were charged federally, according to the GBI.

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