The other night a truck pulled up and quickly loaded up the contents of the house, I was at work but Rachel noticed it. Today that house looks empty and there is a "For Sale" sign out front. It's a nice enough looking home with a nice lawn, located in our cul-de-sac across the street from my next-door neighbor.
For the past several months there was no noticeable activity, I don't even recall seeing people coming or going there much at all. Then a couple of weeks ago this story was reported on the front page of our local newspaper:
Police seize $5 million in cocaine
09/11/2005 LAWRENCEVILLE - Gwinnett police seized more than $5 million in cocaine Friday as part of a continuing drug investigation.
Gwinnett County Police Department spokesman Darren Moloney said the seizure was among the largest the department has made.
"It's one of the biggest seizures we've had in Gwinnett County," Moloney said. "It's definitely up there."
Moloney said investigators found about 50 kilos of cocaine in a home at 1501 Field Rock Court in Lawrenceville. The drugs have a street value of more that $5 million. Police also recovered $20,000 in cash and a 9 mm handgun, he said.
No one was at the home when investigators entered, Moloney said, but police have several leads that they are following up on. He said the investigation is ongoing.
I guess the cops raided the place while I was away, so I missed all the action. Since then I have watched for activity around that house and once saw a brand new black Lincoln Navigator stop out front and witnessed a couple of young African-American men step outside the car briefly -I don't know if they were good guys or bad guys.
The man who owns the home and who had rented it, claims the drug dealers had apparently signed the lease using stolen identities which checked out at the time.
Posted by dancoy at September 30, 2005 10:18 AM