ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. — Authorities in Rockdale County confiscated several illegal weapons and tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of meth and drug paraphernalia on Friday.
Investigators told Channel 2's Richard Elliot that they were running a surveillance operation on John Gray for a couple of months. When they saw him loading boxes into his car, they made their move.
When deputies pulled him over, they say they found the weapons and drugs in his car and at his house.
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“Very, very large haul. It’s absolutely wonderful to be able to get all this kind of stuff off the streets” said Michael Meyers, with the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office.
Yes. That's a sawed-off shotgun and a Chinese SKS assault rifle seized by Metro Atlanta deputies. pic.twitter.com/n5VOVUsHYM
— Richard Elliot (@RElliotWSB) October 17, 2016
Deputies said they were happy to get the drugs and guns off the streets. They believe Gray was a distributor and not the maker.
“He was distributing, without a doubt,” Meyers said.
No. This is not an episode of Breaking Bad, but that is blue-colored meth. Probably due to food coloring. pic.twitter.com/tj0LVs3Rhw
— Richard Elliot (@RElliotWSB) October 17, 2016
Gray is in jail facing drug and weapons charges.
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