🇺🇸 Georgia, United States
RSS18 reports of cannabis enforcement.
- People arrested
- 41
- Plants destroyed
- 11K
- Cannabis seized
- 972.279 kg
- Deaths
- 1
Only what the reports state; most operations are never reported in numbers.
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- Seizure · 2
- Raid · 3
- Arrest · 11
- Prosecution · 1
- Sentence · 1
Reports
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Silver Creek man arrested with marijuana in Rome child-safety stop
Patrick Wayne Gaylor, 40, was arrested on Maple Avenue near East 6th Street in Rome, Georgia, after police stopped his vehicle over an improperly restrained five-year-old child and found marijuana. He was charged with marijuana possession, a child safety restraint violation, and a parole violation.
Arrested 1Charged 1Atlanta rideshare passenger charged with marijuana possession after shooting driver
Atlanta police arrested 20-year-old Manderis Seagraves after he allegedly shot a 42-year-old rideshare driver during an argument in the city's West End on 7 November 2026. Alongside aggravated assault and firearms charges he was charged with possessing less than 1 ounce of marijuana, and police took him to the Fulton County Jail.
Arrested 1Charged 112 arrested in Perry-led Operation Snow Hill in Houston and Peach counties
Perry police and partner agencies arrested 12 people on 6 November 2026 after searching 10 homes and three businesses in Houston and Peach counties, Georgia, in an inquiry into an alleged cocaine and marijuana distribution network. The department called the operation Operation Snow Hill, said it followed a three-month investigation, and said more arrests were expected.
Arrested 12Charged 12One arrested after Colquitt traffic stop finds marijuana and a gun
A Georgia State Patrol trooper stopped a vehicle on Highway 27 near MLK Street in Colquitt on the evening of 5 November 2026 and found marijuana and a firearm inside. One person was arrested and taken to the Miller County Jail; police had not released their name or charges when the report was published.
Arrested 1Two charged after drugs found in children's bedroom in Gwinnett
Gwinnett County officers searching a home near Norcross on Nov. 4 found cocaine in a children's bedroom. Two adults who lived there were charged with reckless conduct, with one also facing drug-distribution and gun charges including marijuana and THC vape pens.
Charged 2Five arrested in Macon as Operation Community Shield seizes 10 guns
Bibb County sheriff's deputies arrested five people and seized 10 firearms in Operation Community Shield, five search warrants at Macon homes on 4 November 2026. Officers recovered about 1.14 kg of marijuana in three of the searches, alongside ecstasy, scales and packaging materials, and all five were charged.
Arrested 5Charged 5Cannabis 1.137 kg
Two arrested in Rome home raid; Bowers found flushing marijuana
Rome Floyd Metro Drug Task Force arrested Tineka Nicole Foster, 30, and Devonier Marques Bowers, 35, during a search of a Betty Kay Avenue home in Rome. Police reported finding marijuana, mushrooms and drug-residue scales; both faced drug charges, and Bowers was charged with evidence tampering and contempt.
Arrested 2Charged 2Four booked in Swainsboro for marijuana possession under 1 oz
Swainsboro police booked four people in Emanuel County Jail on 27 October 2026 for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana. Two were also booked for sale of tobacco products to minors, and booking records show all four released by the next day.
Arrested 4Charged 417-year-old convicted of felony murder and a marijuana charge in Monroe, Georgia
A Walton County jury convicted 17-year-old Artis Johnson of felony murder, aggravated assault, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, tampering with evidence and gun charges over the 2024 shooting of his relative Cordarius Early in Monroe. Johnson, who discarded the gun, his clothes and marijuana as he fled, awaits sentencing on 11 January 2027.
Convicted 1Deaths 1Two brothers arrested with 17 pounds of marijuana in Atlanta
Atlanta police raided an apartment at 500 Northside Circle NW and arrested brothers Matthew and Justin Burch, seizing about 17 pounds of suspected marijuana, cash and firearms. Both men were charged with marijuana trafficking and firearms offences and taken to the Fulton County Jail.
Arrested 2Charged 2Cannabis 7.71 kgThree charged after 20 lb of marijuana found in Kennesaw home
Cobb County narcotics agents found over 20 pounds of marijuana in suitcases at a Hathaway Court home in Kennesaw on Oct. 14 after a three-month investigation. Ashton Paul Hughes, Miliana Bilavarn and Nathaniel Mark Bush were arrested and charged, with Hughes facing marijuana-trafficking counts.
Arrested 3Charged 3Cannabis 9.07 kg
1,800 pounds of marijuana seized in Butts County, Georgia
Butts County deputies seized about 1,800 pounds of marijuana from a Sacramento-origin freight trailer after the truck driver found it and called 911. About half was bound for Atlanta and half for Orlando; the driver was cleared and no other arrests were announced.
Cannabis 816.47 kg
Georgia agriculture agents seize 120 pounds of marijuana at DeKalb warehouse
On 26 March 2026 Georgia Department of Agriculture law enforcement, with DeKalb County police, searched a DeKalb County warehouse and seized 120 pounds of marijuana and about $4.8 million in illegal hemp products at retail value. Multiple people were taken into custody on felony trafficking charges while the investigation continued.
Cannabis 54.431 kg
20251 report
Two men charged after 153 pounds of marijuana seized in Duluth storage raid
Gwinnett County deputies and federal agents arrested two men after a marijuana delivery to a storage facility in Duluth, Georgia, and searches of the unit and a hotel found 153 pounds (69.4 kg) of marijuana and more than $20,000 in cash. Both were charged with trafficking in marijuana and were held at the Gwinnett County Jail.
Arrested 2Charged 2Cannabis 69.4 kgCash confiscated USD 20,000
20241 report
Georgia raid on fake fish farm nets 11,000 plants, four arrests
Investigators raiding a supposed fish farm in Pierce County on 23 February 2024 found an indoor marijuana operation with more than 11,000 plants worth an estimated 22.3 million dollars. Four Chinese nationals were arrested on felony marijuana possession charges.
Arrested 4Charged 4Plants destroyed 11,000
20231 report
Three jailed after 31 lb of marijuana found in I-16 stop in Twiggs County
Twiggs County sheriff's deputies stopped a Dodge Charger on Interstate 16 and found 31 pounds of marijuana, about 14.1 kilograms, in two trash bags in the trunk behind the back seat. The three men in the car were arrested, booked into the Twiggs County Jail and charged with trafficking marijuana.
Arrested 3Charged 3Cannabis 14.0614 kg
20211 report
Upson jail employee charged with smuggling marijuana to inmates
Upson County Sheriff’s Office jail employee Tala Ameer Rattray was arrested on Dec. 17, 2021 accused of trying to smuggle tobacco, marijuana and methamphetamine to inmates. He was charged with violating his oath of office and drug distribution and was held without bond in the Lamar County Jail.
Arrested 1Charged 1
20171 report
20 sentenced in Georgia prison drug ring; one marijuana probation
Twenty people were sentenced in Albany Federal Court over a drug conspiracy run from inside Georgia prisons, among them a relief postmaster given five years of probation for conspiracy to distribute marijuana. The ring moved methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and marijuana, and the only cannabis-specific penalty reported was that probation term for Loretta Hunt of Tifton.
Sentenced 20
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