237 pounds of illegal marijuana seized in Florida, Georgia traffic stops

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A number of legislation enforcement businesses mixed not too long ago to grab greater than 230 kilos of unlawful marijuana throughout two separate visitors stops in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.

The seizures had been a part of an effort by the Florida Freeway Patrol, the Camden County Sheriff’s Workplace and the DEA.

Each drug busts concerned a car being pulled over, however considered one of them concerned authorities figuring out the medicine had been coming and ready to make their transfer.

Eighty kilos of marijuana was seized throughout a visitors cease within the parking zone of a comfort retailer on Lane Avenue. Federal brokers and Florida Freeway Patrol had intel that a big amount of marijuana was being trafficked into Jacksonville and had already recognized a 27-year-old man because the alleged drug trafficker who was driving a minivan on an expired license.

Since final 12 months, intel on massive shipments of unlawful marijuana both flown or pushed into Jacksonville has led to the seizure of greater than 600 kilos.

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And whereas FHP and DEA are intercepting suspected drug traffickers coming into Jacksonville, the Camden County Sheriff’s Workplace has been pressured to step up its patrols on I-95.

“Up to now it was fixed however now it’s growing, the travels of drug sellers alongside Interstate 95,” stated Camden County Sheriff’s Workplace Captain Larry Bruce. “Simply two weeks in the past, we recovered 157 kilos of marijuana that had been coming into Camden County to be distributed all through Southeast Georgia.”

The Sheriff’s Workplace stated 157 kilos of unlawful marijuana was hidden inside crates on the again of a flatbed trailer. The seizure of this marijuana was the results of the truck being pulled over for a visitors violation. Two males had been arrested and investigators stated they we rehauling the marijuana from Atlanta.

“We’re primarily seeing it come from the Atlanta space. They arrive down the interstate backroads and state highways after which convey into southeast Georgia. So sure, we do see a rise from the Atlanta space,” Bruce stated.

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And it’s not simply marijuana they’re seeing on I-95, but additionally meth, fentanyl, cocaine and heroin.

Legislation enforcement stated two of Mexico’s greatest drug cartels, the Sinaloa and the CJNG cartels, each use Atlanta as a regional drug distribution hub to produce medicine to the Southeast. First, the medicine are smuggled throughout the Mexican border after which both flown or pushed to Atlanta for regional distribution, authorities stated.