DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - Federal agents say they’ve made one of the largest methamphetamine seizures in metro Atlanta in recent years, taking more than 1,000 pounds of the drug from two stash houses in DeKalb County.

What we know:

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced the bust Monday, saying five people were arrested — all alleged members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, or CJNG, a violent cartel based in Mexico. Authorities said four of the suspects were in the country illegally.

Officials said the drugs had a wholesale value of about $1.3 million and could have sold for an estimated $5 million on the street.

"What we have here, over a thousand pounds, was seized over the course of just three days," said Theodore S. Hertzberg, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of

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