Agents seize $400K in drugs, charge Gainesville man with drug trafficking
Agents seize $400K in drugs, charge Gainesville man with drug trafficking
Agents with the Gainesville/Hall County MANS Unit seized heroin, meth, marijuana, and edible marijuana candy during their search along with over $80K in cash. (MANS Unit photo)
A Gainesville man is in jail charged with trafficking heroin and methamphetamine. Agents arrested 52-year-old Delbert Channie Tucker on Thursday, December 17, while searching a residence in northwest Hall County.
During the search, agents with the Gainesville/Hall County Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad seized drugs worth an estimated $400,000 on the street, the Hall County Sheriff’s Office says. The search took place at a residence in the 5600 block of West Waterwood Drive off of Dudley Hill Road.
Local drug agents seized a variety of illegal drugs and $83,000 in cash during a search of a home on West Waterwood Drive in northwest Hall County Thursday night.
Derreck Booth, spokesman for the Hall County Sheriff s Office, estimated the street value of the narcotics at $400,000. In the course of the short-term investigation, agents seized approximately eight pounds of methamphetamine, two pounds of marijuana, eight grams of heroin and $83,000 cash, Booth said in an email statement.
Delbert Channie Tucker, 52, was arrested without incident at the scene.
Booth said Tucker faces the following charges:
Trafficking heroin
$400K in meth, heroin and marijuana seized, Gainesville man arrested in northwest Hall A Gainesville man was arrested after authorities said they seized $400,0000-worth of methamphetamine, marijuana and heroin Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (Photo courtesy of Hall County Sheriff s Office)
$A Gainesville man was arrested after authorities said they seized $400,000 worth of methamphetamine, marijuana and heroin Thursday, Dec. 17.
Delbert Channie Tucker, 52, faces charges of trafficking heroin and meth as well as possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, after narcotics agents executed a search warrant Thursday at a West Waterwood Drive home.
Hall County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Derreck Booth said the officers seized roughly 8 pounds of meth, 2 pounds of marijuana, 8 grams of heroin and $83,000 in cash.