Another Large Drug Bust
Matt BosterViewed: 8401
Posted by: Matt Boster
Date: Sep 07 2019 5:05 PM
Ariton, AL – On Thursday, September 5, 2019, ALEA Alabama Drug Enforcement Task Force (ADETF) – Region B Agents arrested 35-year-old Marcus Grubbs, and 29-year-old Melissa Peterson, both from Barbour County, Alabama. During the arrest, agents recovered approximately 1,402 grams of marijuana, 70 grams of MDMA, 605 grams of methamphetamine (ICE), 86 grams of cocaine, 36 vials of THC, and six firearms.
Grubbs was charged with Trafficking Methamphetamine, Trafficking Marijuana, Trafficking Cocaine, Trafficking MDMA, Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance and held on a $500,000.00 bond. Peterson was charged with Trafficking Methamphetamine, Trafficking Marijuana, Trafficking Cocaine, Trafficking MDMA, Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance and held on a $500,000.00 bond. Grubbs and Peterson were placed in the Barbour County Jail.
The ADETF - Region B is comprised of the ALEA Alabama State Bureau of Investigation Vice & Special Operations, Butler County Sheriff’s Office, Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, Enterprise Police Department, Eufaula Police Department, Greenville Police Department, Henry County Sheriff’s Office, Houston County Sheriff’s Office, Ozark Police Department and is funded by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA).
The ADETF – Region B would like to thank the Barbour County Sheriff’s Office and the Dale County Sheriff’s Office for assisting in this case.
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