CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — Law enforcement agencies seized approximately 200 pounds of methamphetamine valued at $500,000 Monday at a storage facility in Cherokee County, marking the largest meth seizure in county history.

The Cherokee Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad, along with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office, Homeland Security Investigations, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Marietta Smyrna Cobb Narcotics Unit conducted the operation Nov. 10 at an undisclosed location.

Authorities said the seizure disrupted a drug trafficking organization with ties to El Salvador, Mexico and the street gang MS-13. The organization is suspected of distributing large quantities of methamphetamine throughout metro Atlanta.

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