4,120 Pounds Of Pot, $2.3 Million In Cash Seized In Atlanta

Federal and local authorities said they have arrested 45 people and seized drugs, cash and guns as part of an investigation into a major Mexican drug cartel operating in metro Atlanta.
Channel 2 Action News reporter Kerry Kavanaugh was there when officials explained the crackdown and displayed the seized marijuana.

At a news conference Thursday, federal and local authorities said Operation Choke Hold targeted the distribution network of La Familia Michoacana, known as La Familia.

Authorities say they seized 46 pounds of methamphetamine, 43 kilograms of cocaine, 4,120 pounds of marijuana, 20 guns and about $2.3 million in cash during the investigation.

"I have never in my career been involved in the take down of an entire drug trafficking organization," said Clayton County district attorney Tracy Graham Lawson.

The La Familia cell based in Atlanta imports cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana. The network distributes significant amounts of the drugs to Florida, Alabama, Indiana, Illinois and North Carolina.

Source: http://www.wsbtv.com/news/25631975/detail.html

Comment by Mob bo$$ on November 10, 2010 at 11:14pm: give me some of them pounds for real

Comment by Mob bo$$ on November 10, 2010 at 11:16pm: i hate a fuck ass snitch i hope they fine who ever snitch murk that muthfuckle...

Comment by DeVANTE ARMSTRONG on November 11, 2010 at 8:44pm: forget dem pounds jus give me da money

Comment by ryan on November 11, 2010 at 9:26pm: this is crazy but they still gettin it in hope dem people aint watching

Comment by zippaman 4s up on November 12, 2010 at 8:06am: gradeday

Comment by Codizzle on November 12, 2010 at 5:21pm: a drought for a few days only to a wider range of people than there would be a drought for if it was for half a pound.It is just a much larger scale somebody will every ready take there place.It is just a excuse for low level dealers to say there is a drought and mark up prices.And this was no stash house it was in various locations all over ATL including the money these people don't keep no $50,000 in one place unless need be this a business not a fantasy rap song hence the 45 arrest...

Comment by Mic Ima King Micky on November 13, 2010 at 7:03pm: damni wonder wat the weed look like...if its trash they didnt take a hell of a lose..still sad to see doe