Five individuals have been detained following a substantial drug operation by DeKalb County Police, where authorities apprehended a haul that included firearms, drugs, and cash at a residence just off Memorial Drive, specifically identified as the 5000 block of W. Mountain Street, as
reported by FOX 5 Atlanta. The bust transpired after officers executed a search warrant, leading to an unexpected turn when 28-year-old Courtland Rogers fled the scene, chased by a drone piloted by an officer that tracked him into a neighboring apartment complex and another individual colliding with an armored vehicle in an attempt to escape during the altercation.
The SWAT team's subsequent breach of the targeted home revealed six guns, 14 pounds of marijuana, and a sum of money undisclosed by officials. In connection with the bust, alongside Rogers, were Carles Nash, age 31, Deja Butler, 22, Dwight Carter, 35, and Steven Gentry, 37, all implicated in the findings from the home, as chronicled by Atlanta News First.
Charges against the arrested include separate counts of trafficking in ecstasy and cocaine for Rogers, Carter, and Gentry, with Gentry facing the additional burden of three counts of failure to appear; Nash was detained on an outstanding warrant, and at this point, the charges Butler may be facing remains unclear though she forms part of the quintet taken into custody as revealed by jail records from DeKalb County.
