Three men have been arrested with enough fentanyl that can kill every person in the state of Georgia. The three dealers, who were operating a drug trafficking organization, are headed to prison.
According to investigators, the three drug dealers, who lived in Gwinnett County, were apprehended while on their way to meet a man in Atlanta in August 2018 for a deal. Cops stopped the men and found 22 kilos of fentanyl in the back of their vehicle.
According to the DEA, just two milligrams of fentanyl can kill a person depending on the individual’s body size, tolerance, and past usage. Drug dealers mix fentanyl with other drugs due to its potency and low cost.
After taking the three men into custody, police searched the suspects’ homes and discovered 400 grams of cocaine, 7 kilos of heroin, and $800,000 in cash, much of which was founded stashed inside a wall, according to WSB-TV.
“The drugs came in and were off-loaded at a tire shop down in the South Fulton area and the stash house was up in north Gwinnett,” DEA Atlanta Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Murphy said at the time of the bust.
The first suspect, Guzman Rodriguez, was sentenced to 40 years in prison with the first 25 years in confinement.
Last week, the second suspect, Salvador Herrera Guzman, was convicted of being in possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison with the first 12 years in confinement.
The third suspect, Antonio Jefferson Guzman, was sentenced to 10 years in prison with the first 35 months in confinement after he was found guilty of possession of controlled substance.
