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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 5, 2012 On March 27, 2012, Governor Nathan Deal signed Senate Bill 370, known as “Chase’s Law”, into effect.   This law made certain types of synthetic marijuana and synthetic substances known as “bath salts’ illegal to possess or sell in Georgia. The Cherokee Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad (CMANS) has been aggressive in trying to get these illegal products off of store shelves.  At least two deaths in Georgia have been attributed to

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 3, 2012 Yesterday, August 2, 2012, Agents of the Cherokee Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad (CMANS), conducted a drug operation at the Peaks Apartments in Acworth. The operation started as CMANS agents executed a search warrant at one of the apartments.  Agents arrested Charles Edward Elliot (37) of Acworth for Possession of Crack Cocaine with Intent to Distribute, Richard Darrin Hudson (46) of Lithonia for Sale of Cocaine, and Germaine Sharif Fludd (37)

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 25, 2012 Yesterday, July 24, 2012, Agents of the Cherokee Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad (CMANS), arrested Richard Chad Edwards of Woodstock for two counts of sale of Heroin, Trafficking Heroin and possession of Marijuana and Cocaine. Also arrested was Brandon Lamar Ray of Acworth for Trafficking Heroin, possession of Marijuana, Cocaine and Heroin.  This is the first Trafficking in Heroin charge ever made by CMANS. Heroin, a narcotic that has been abused

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