Major Athens Drug Bust: Drugs & Firearms Seized

Drugs and weapons police say they seized on May 16, 2024, during a multi-agency drug investigation in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia.Photo byAthens-Clarke County Police Department

A multi-agency drug investigation in Athens-Clarke County resulted in the seizure of large quantities of drugs and firearms, according to a news release from the Athens-Clarke County Police Department (ACCPD).

While executing search warrants on May 16, police say they found and seized approximately 35 kilos of cocaine, 5 pounds of meth, 1 kilo of fentanyl, 1 kilo of heroin, and 19 firearms. Two of the firearms had switches that enabled automatic fire, ACCPD said.

Authorities took three suspects into custody: Luis Reyes-Juarez, 23, Luis Angel Campuzano of Athens, 22, and Edwin Rolando Chavez, age 22. All three are from Athens. Police charged them with drug trafficking.

The investigation included officers from the Athens-Clarke County Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration office in Macon, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Georgia, the FBI's Safe Streets Gang Task Force, Homeland Security, GBI, , the Georgia State Patrol, the Clarke County Sheriff's Office, the Greene County Sheriff's Office, the Brookhaven Police Department, and the Hall County Sheriff's Office.

The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to call the Crime Stoppers Tip Line at 706-705-4775.