CLERMONT, Ga. — The Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office, Hall County Multi Agency Narcotics Squad (MANS), and Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office (ARDEO) combined forces in a drug investigation and arrest that took more than $61,000 worth of methamphetamine off the street Wednesday.

Justin Pacer Smith, 44, was arrested at his home on Fieldstone Court in Clermont.

Lt. Don Scalia with the Hall said in a press release, “This person had been on and off our radar – in fact, this location had – for a pretty good while now. “Then, we got recent information that there was some increased activity there.”

With that information, Scalia said agents obtained search warrants for the house in Clermont.

In addition, agents confiscated digital scales, packaging materials and drug paraphernalia.  They also found $1,100 in cash at the residence. Scalia said Smith was charged with trafficking methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute and possession of methamphetamine.

No other arrests are anticipated.

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