Norcross man wanted since 2012 arrested for meth trafficking

A man wanted for methamphetamine trafficking since 2012 was arrested Tuesday in Hall County.
 
Ricardo Torres-Avalos, 36, of Norcross was identified as a suspect during the course of a methamphetamine trafficking investigation in July of 2012, according to a release from the Hall County Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad. He was indicted in the drug investigation in June of 2016.
 
Drugs seized in the original investigation - 1,010 grams of meth - were worth approximately $101,000 on the street.
 
Torres-Avalos faces a single count of trafficking methamphetamine.
 
Officials said in the release no additional charges or arrests are anticipated in the case.