Police in Gwinnett County have cracked a drug distribution ring with more than two dozen members, and the police seized more than $100,000 in cash and drugs in a pair of raids last month.
Gwinnett County Police Department Antonio Ruiz Carbajal, of Buford, has been charged with charged with conspiracy to traffic cocaine, and trafficking and possession of methamphetamine.
Gwinnett County Police Department Jesus Trinidad Ibarra, of Buford, has been charged with conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine and trafficking methamphetamine.
Antonio Ruiz Carbajal and Jesus Trinidad Ibarra were the main targets of an investigation that began in December with an anonymous tip, Gwinnett County police said Tuesday.
The pair were nabbed in simultaneous raids at two locations in the Buford area on Feb. 20, Gwinnett police spokesman Corporal David Schiralli said.
The raids at houses on Saddlegate Drive and Cole Street netted eight suspects. Over the course of the investigation, a total of 25 people were arrested. Schiralli said police also confiscated three pounds of methamphetamine, 69 grams of cocaine, an assault rifle, six handguns, seven vehicles and $45,000. The methamphetamine was valued at $80,000 and the cocaine was worth $6,900, Schiralli said.
Carbajal was charged with conspiracy to traffic cocaine, and trafficking and possession of methamphetamine.
Ibarra was charged with conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine and trafficking methamphetamine.
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