Special agents assigned to the Drug Enforcement Agency's Atlanta Division made a record-breaking seizure recently when they seized more than a ton of crystal methamphetamine during an enforcement operation at the Atlanta State Farmer’s Market in Forest Park, Georgia.
The official weight of the crystal meth was 2,585 pounds.
Agents arrested the driver of the truck, Jesus Martinez Martinez, a Mexican national, after they discovered more than 1,000 kilograms of meth concealed among boxes of celery in the cargo area of the truck.
The arrest and seizure took place Aug. 8.
“This is a significant and unbelievable amount of drugs to be shipped at one time and to a destination this far from the border,” said Robert J. Murphy, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Atlanta Division. “It also shows the confidence of the cartel behind this.”
The wholesale value of this seizure is approximately $3.2 million.
This investigation is ongoing.
The DEA said its top operational priority is to defeat the Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartels – the two drug cartels that are responsible for the vast majority of the fentanyl and methamphetamine coming into the country.
