Thursday April 25th, 2024 4:47PM

Five arrested in Habersham drug search

By Caleb Hutchins Assistant News Director

Officials in Habersham County arrested five people in connection with illegal narcotic activity Saturday in Demorest.

Mitchell Posey of the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office said in a press release that authorities were investigating a citizens' complaint that drugs were being sold from a home on Chuck Wagon Drive in Demorest. He said that when officals arrived they found the home's owner, 41-year-old Bruce Reaves, along with four other people and seized around $2,000 worth of marijuana, methamphetamine, oxycodone and dilaudid.

The suspects, including 31-year-old Wanis Thonetheva of Athens, 38-year-old Thomas Adams of Commerce, 41-year-old Kimberly Shirley of Cornelia and 26-year-old Amira Rubian of Clarkesville were arrested and transported to the Habersham County Detention Center.

Posey said officials with the Habersham County Sheriff's Office and the Georgia Department of Corrections K-9 Unit assisted the DEO in the search.

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