Marietta/Cobb/Smyrna Narcotics Unit

Press Release

 

 

On December 5, 2008, with the assistance of the Marietta/Cobb/Smyrna (MCS) Narcotics Unit, the Atlanta Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency and the FBI Gang Task-Force closed down a substantial Methamphetamine Operation in Cobb County.  The three men arrested by MCS Agents were running a clandestine laboratory used to produce crystal methamphetamine, commonly referred to as ice.

 

Irvin Monje Maldonado (19 yoa)  Geder Arroyo (24 yoa)and Emerich Arroyo-Mata (27 yoa) were arrested at a residence located on Windy Ridge Parkway in Cobb County and were taken into custody without incident. When MCS Agents arrested the men, they found approximately 51 pounds of suspected Methamphetamine, 8 pounds of suspected Cocaine and miscellaneous laboratory items and precursors. Approximately 100 pounds of liquid product was also discovered and seized from the location.

 

Each of the suspects are charged with several counts of trafficking cocaine and methamphetamine.  Both are in custody at the Cobb County Jail without bond.   

 

MCS was formed in March, 1980, and includes personnel from the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office, Cobb County Department of Public Safety, Marietta Police Department, Smyrna Police Department, Acworth Police Department, Kennesaw Police Department, Powder Springs Police Department, Cobb County District Attorney’s Office, Cobb County Solicitor’s Office and the Georgia National Guard.

 

 

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