Two people from Mexico were arrested in southern Gwinnett County recently, accused of trafficking methamphetamine in connection with a drug trafficking ring spanning several North Georgia counties.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation issued a statement Friday afternoon, saying that Carla Michelle Abarca-Jiminez, age 22, and Arturo Perez-Huizache, age 40, both of Guerrero, Mexico, were arrested after search warrants at a home on Colony Park Drive in Nocross.
That search reportedly led to the discovery of a "drug lab."
"The operation led to the seizure of approximately four kilograms of suspected methamphetamine, suspected cocaine, suspected ecstasy pills, and a firearm. Agents and deputies also located a methamphetamine lab where methamphetamine oils were being converted into methamphetamine crystals and packaged for sale," the statement from the GBI said.
The search warrants were reportedly part of an ongoing investigation into a drug trafficking organization previously run by Kevin Lee Daniel Mashburn, age 41 of Blue Ridge. Mashburn is currently behind bars.
"The Mashburn DTO is responsible for flooding large amounts of methamphetamine up the I-515/575 corridor throughout Cherokee, Pickens, Gilmer, Fannin, and Union counties," the GBI said. "Over the past 12 months, agents and investigators have arrested more than a dozen suspects trafficking methamphetamine on behalf of the Mashburn DTO. These arrests netted more than 35 kilograms of methamphetamine."
Several agencies assisted the GBI in the case, including the FBI and sheriff's offices in Gwinnett, Fannin, Gilmer, Union, Cherokee and Pickens counties.
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