Three 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.
🇺🇸 4286 Hathaway Court, Kennesaw, Cobb County, Georgia · Georgia, United States
Cobb narcotics agents searched a home at 4286 Hathaway Court near Kennesaw on
Oct. 14 after a three-month investigation.[1][2]Ashton Paul Hughes, 27, of
Stockbridge, Miliana Bilavarn, 20, of Atlanta, and Nathaniel Mark Bush, 29, of
Kennesaw each received drug charges after suitcases full of marijuana were found
in the home they were staying at.[1][2]Investigators stopped Hughes after he
drove away from the home, then searched the house.[3]Bilavarn and Bush were
found together in another bedroom with about two pounds of packaged marijuana
next to the bed.[3]
Agents also recovered a rifle, THC gummies and approximately $56,540 in cash in
the residence.[1]
When asked why he sold marijuana, Hughes allegedly told investigators he had
“bills to be paid.”[3]Hughes faces felony charges including trafficking
marijuana and possession of a firearm during a felony, Bilavarn and Bush face
intent-to-distribute and possession charges, and all three were later released
on bond.[1]
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WSB-TV Atlantayahoo.comSuitcases packed with marijuana found inside Kennesaw home, 3 arrested
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The submitted WSB-TV page returned an Error 451 geo-block in its supplied capture, so this report relies on a Yahoo reprint of the WSB-TV report and a Newsbreak reprint of the Marietta Daily Journal report.
Itemized weights of 3.4, 3.9, 14.9 and about 2 pounds sum to more than the stated total of over 20 pounds; the report uses the stated total of 20 pounds, converted to 9.07 kg.
Multiple packs of THC gummies reported at 1.04 pounds were found alongside the marijuana and are not added to the cannabis total above.
Agents also reported about 2.5 grams of psilocybin mushrooms in the bedroom, a non-cannabis substance excluded from the cannabis figures.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Marietta Daily Journal: Inside, agents found suitcases of marijuana in the dining and living rooms and another 14.9 pounds in a bedroom identified as Hughes's, with court records describing over 20 pounds of marijuana found in the home.
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