Sheriff’s Office confiscates various narcotics, cash in Lexington raid
The Oglethorpe County Sheriff’s Office busted a drug manufacturing ring in Lexington and arrested three individuals this past weekend, Sheriff David Gabriel told The Oglethorpe Echo.
In addition to the arrests, law enforcement officials confiscated 675 grams of cocaine, 1,700 grams of meth, 250 grams of crack, 5-6 pounds of marijuana and thousands of fraudulent pills, including fake Adderall, from a house on Collins Avenue on Friday morning.
They also found two glock handguns, one Draco AK-style pistol and about $8,000 in cash, Gabriel said.
Authorities confiscated three pill presses and plates used to make fraudulent pills.
“You very rarely see that outside of Mexico,” Gabriel said. “So, the fact that they were making their own pills is kind of a big deal.”
Crawford’s Jqwon Watkins and Monroe’s Antonio Mattox were arrested at the scene, and Zytavious Watkins was arrested in Monroe on Sunday. All three were taken to the Oglethorpe County Jail and were charged with drug manufacturing and trafficking.
The bust was conducted in conjunction with the Doraville Police Department and the Athens-Clarke County Drug Task Force.
The investigation is ongoing with law enforcement conducting DNA and fingerprint testing on the pill plates. Gabriel said they also have evidence that this group is part of a larger drug network in Northeast Georgia.
“I think this was kind of the source of it,” Gabriel said. “I think this certainly put a hurt on them as far as availability and what they were sending out there.”
Gabriel said he thinks this is the biggest drug bust for the Oglethorpe County Sheriff’s Office.
“It’s not just about the amount of narcotics. It’s also the fact that it's a manufacturing ring,” he said.