Four guns were also seized.
It all started at a Sam s Club parking lot last Saturday night when 88 street racers gathered before the very illegal activity got underway. Little did they know the authorities were already watching. According to Fox 5 Atlanta, the Clayton County Sheriff s Office successfully completed this massive bust with no one getting injured despite confiscating four firearms. They were well prepared for the action.
The Sheriff s COBRA Unit (sort of the equivalent of a special ops team), Blackhawk Unit, and Tactical Patrol arrived on the scene likely thanks to good intelligence. It s also possible someone driving by called 911 after noticing a large number of definitely not Sam s Club shoppers hanging out. Something was about to go down.
More than 100 street racers are arrested in Georgia after cops trapped them in a parking lot and deployed spike strips to stop them escaping
Authorities blocked every exit to a Sam s Club parking lot in Morrow, south of Atlanta, in the early hours of Sunday morning
They responded to reports of cars racing and performing stunts
The Clayton Clayton County Sheriff s Office said they deployed spike strips to flatten tires of anyone who tried to flee
In total, 88 adult street racers and 16 juveniles were taken into custody
Four firearms were also seized and at least 50 of the vehicles were towed
Dozens of alleged street racers arrested in Clayton County
By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
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Dozens arrested as Clayton County increases efforts to stop street racing
Clayton County authorities said a Sam s Club parking lot on Jonesboro Road was the site of a street racing bust this weekend.
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UPDATE 3 p.m. MONDAY: Deputies with the Clayton County Sheriff s Department arrested 20-year-old Oscar Gallegos, who police said led deputies on a high-speed chase when fleeing the scene of the street racing bust.
Authorities said they mistakenly identified his brother as the suspect, and Oscar Gallegos turned himself in on Monday after admitting he was the driver of the Gray Charger Hell Cat that police chased from the original scene.