Alex Michael Robinson
Calling it the “largest methamphetamine bust” in the county’s history, Towns County Sheriff’s Office seized a substantial amount of drugs and arrested an alleged “major” trafficker during a June 17 sting in Hiawassee.
As a result of the lengthy investigation, Alex Michael Robinson, 32, of Monroe Ga., faces a slew of charges including possession and trafficking in drugs, according to a press release from Towns County Sheriff Ken Henderson.
Henderson reported that 6 pounds of meth, 4 pounds of marijuana, methamphetamine pills, Xanax, various pills, three handguns and cash were among items seized.
Henderson said the bust was the result of a four-month investigation that “intensified into a three-day around the clock investigation.”
In the press release, Henderson said a team made up of himself, the Towns County Sheriff’s Office drug agents and deputies converged on the “heavily armed” suspect and arrested him without incident around midnight on Thursday.
Robinson faces charges of trafficking marijuana and trafficking in methamphetamine over 400 grams. He faces one count each of possession of schedule IV controlled substance, stolen firearm and possession of firearm during commission of a crime.
Robinson is being held in the Towns County Detention Center. No bond has been set.