Investigators from the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force and other area law enforcement agencies seized about $250,000 worth of “Ice” methamphetamine Wednesday night as part of a months-long undercover operation. Officers arrested five people in Chattooga County on Wednesday in connection with the investigation.
Clockwise from top left: Felix Moreno-Garcia, Jimmy Dale Fowler, Pedro Castro, Jesus Garcia
Fabian Pineda GarciaAn undercover operation led North Georgia investigators to guns, bullets, military helmets and $250,000 worth of high-quality methamphetamine.
Led by members of the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, officers arrested five Chattooga County men Wednesday night. Though the investigation is still active and details are still emerging, Drug Task Force Commander Patrick Doyle said the arrests are the result of a months-long investigation.
Officers arrested 32-year-old Felix Moreno Garcia on Wednesday after he agreed to sell an undercover agent some methamphetamine at a Walmart off U.S. Highway 27 in Trion, Ga. Officers also arrested three other people on warrants: 28-year-old Pedro Castro, Jimmy Fowler and Garcia’s brother, 33-year-old Fabian Pineda Garcia.
While at the Garcias’ home, at 38 Cedar St. in Summerville, Ga., officers also arrested their roommate, 46-year-old Jesus Garcia Mosqueda.
Law enforcement from Chattooga County, Dade County, Walker County, Trion and LaFayette, Ga., were also involved in the arrests Wednesday night. In all, they found about 2 kilograms of “Ice” methamphetamine, a variety of the drug that looks more pure than the type often cooked up in people’s backyard.