Crime & Safety

$2 Million Meth Bust in Gwinnett

About 131.2 pounds of the drugs were found at a Lawrenceville home, according to the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office.

On May 1, Gwinnett law enforcement agencies responded to a home on James Road in Lawrenceville after receiving a tip that drugs were being stored there.

When Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office deputies and Homeland Security Investigations agents arrived, they found two containers filled with what they believed to be methamphetamine. The Gwinnett Metro Task Force also the drug in liquid form at the home.

In all, approximately 131.2 pounds of methamphetamine was seized from the home. The drugs have an estimated street value of $2,099,200.

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One suspected was arrested on the scene and another arrested the next day. The investigation is still ongoing.

Officers from the Lilburn, Lawrenceville, Snellville, Duluth and Suwanee Police Departments along with the GCSO make up the Gwinnett Metro Task Force.

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