Over 3,000 grams of ecstasy pills, stolen guns seized after joint search warrant at Atlanta home

ATLANTA — A 54-year-old man has been arrested after authorities said they found pounds of drugs at an Atlanta home.

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On Mar. 29, Atlanta officers along with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation conducted a search warrant at a home on Hendrix Avenue in southwest Atlanta.

During the search authorities reportedly found:

• 3,476.3 grams of ecstasy pills
• 562.3 grams of cocaine
• 28 grams of psilocybin mushrooms
• 1,026 grams of marijuana
• 139 grams of moon rocks4
• 2 1-pint bottles of promethazine
• 18 grams of Xanax pills
• 24 grams of Oxycodone pills
• 6 Mango THC Vape cartridges
• Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun
• Savage Arms 12-gauge shotgun
• Panzer Arms 12-gauge shotgun (reported stolen out of Atlanta)
• Springfield Hellcat 9mm pistol ( reported stolen out of Gwinnett County)
• Glock 26 9mm pistol (reported stolen out of Scottsdale, AZ)
• Glock 43 9mm pistol
• $2,230 in cash

Police arrested 54-year-old Walter McCarter at the home.

He has reportedly been arrested 13 previous times in Georgia.

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He’s facing charges for trafficking cocaine, trafficking MDMA, possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, possession of a Schedule 1 controlled substance, possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance, possession of a Schedule II narcotic, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Authorities also arrested Michael Matthews, 37, at the home for an outstanding warrant out of Douglasville.

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