ATLANTA – Eleven people have been arrested on drug, gun, and other charges following an investigation into gang-related criminal activities in Middle Georgia.
The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office launched Operation “Westside Wakeup” in January, with Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr’s Gang Prosecution Unit joining a short time later. The unit, which Carr launched nearly three years ago, has been expanded to include a new regional prosecutor and an investigator based in Macon.
“We’re working each day to disrupt and dismantle the growing gang networks that are terrorizing our communities, and those who engage in violent crime will be held accountable,” Carr said.
“This operation illustrates how the illicit drug trade reaches from the cell block to the city street,” Bibb County Sheriff David J. Davis added.
In addition to the 11 arrests, the law enforcement agencies recovered about 17 pounds of marijuana, 1.28 pounds of powder and crack cocaine, three ounces of Ecstasy, 1 ounce of fentanyl, an array of firearms, and about $110,000 in U.S. currency.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and the FBI aided in the investigation.