NEWTON COUNTY, Ga. — Nine pounds of crystal meth were found hidden inside the door panels of a junked car at a salvage yard.
The salvage yard owner shared images of the discovery, but investigators have yet to find out exactly who the drugs belong to.
They do know the car ended up at McDonough Used Auto Parts after a crash.
Channel 2’s Tom Regan spoke exclusively to workers at the auto parts yard. They said the car was bought as salvage last year.
They usually check junked cars, to make sure there isn’t anything illegal or of value left inside, but until this week they had no idea of the large stash of drugs hidden in the doors.
“It was something of a shock and overwhelming,” said manager Jay Satterwhite.
Satterwhite says he’s found weird stuff in wrecked car, but he never imagined finding pounds of methamphetamine.
A customer bought one of the doors of the car last week. He had to remove the old panel, and that’s when he discovered the large, sealed bag of meth.
When Satterwhite found out, he checked the other door.
“When we peeled it back, all the drugs were placed right right here in the bottom. And there were nine bags of meth, crystal meth in there,” he said.
They called the sheriff’s office, and they came out to remove the drugs and test them. He said one of the officers told him it was pure meth that had not been cut.
“These things were prepared professionally. They were wrapped in cellaphane and put in one of the bags that you use a machine to seal it. This wasn’t amateur, this was someone who knew what they were doing,” Satterwhite said.
Jack and his son suspect the owner of the vehicle was a possible a drug runner and left the drugs behind after crashing the car.
Whatever the backstory, they’re glad they found them.
“No, I’m just glad it didn’t make it to the streets,” he said.
The Newton County Sheriff’s Office said they are being assisted by the DEA to track down the source of the drugs and the original owner of the car.
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