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| SEARCH WARRANTS LEADS TO ONE ARREST ON FEBRUARY 2, 2012, AGENTS WITH THE G.B.I. WEST METRO REGIONAL DRUG ENFORCEMENT OFFICE WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE HEARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT 3101 FIVE NOTCH ROAD. AGENTS AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE BEEN RECEIVING INFORMATION THAT MICHELLE COBB WAS SELLING PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS FROM HER RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 3101 FIVE NOTCH ROAD AS WELL AS FROM OTHER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT HEARD COUNTY. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT MS. COBB WAS SELLING LARGE AMOUNTS OF OXYCODONE, ROXYCODONE AND DILIUADID, WHICH ARE ALL SCHEDULE 2 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. DURING THE SEARCH OF COBB’S RESIDENCE, AGENTS LOCATED SEVERAL PRESCRIPTION PILLS INSIDE THE HOME ALONG WITH NUMEROUS PILL BOTTLE FOR OXYCODONE. KATHIE MICHELLE COBB, 23, OF 3101 FIVE NOTCH ROAD, FRANKLIN, GA, WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH FIVE COUNTS OF VGCSA (SALE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES) TO AN UNDERCOVER GBI AGENT. “THE ABUSE AND SALE OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS HAS BECOME A MAJOR PROBLEM NOT ONLY IN HEARD COUNTY BUT THROUGHOUT THE STATE. IT HAS GOTTEN EASIER TO ACCESS PRESCRIPTION PILLS THAN TO MANUFACTURE AND SELL ILLEGAL NARCOTICS, WHETHER IT IS THROUGH VISITING SEVERAL DIFFERENT DOCTORS OR RAIDING SOMEONE’S MEDICINE CABINET”, STATED HEARD COUNTY SHERIFF ROSS HENRY. “ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION OR CONCERNS ON SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY OR POSSIBLE DRUG ACTIVITY IN THEIR COMMUNITY IS ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THEIR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY”, ADDED SHERIFF HENRY. |
