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Shipping container full of drugs seized

A drug task force found more than 170 pounds of marijuana in south Forsyth County.
Credit: FCSO

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — 170 pounds of marijuana, sealed in one pound bags, and 1,200 THC oil cartridges were seized from a shipping container in Alpharetta in Forsyth County.

The cartridges, which are used in e-cigarettes, each contained 30 doses of high percentage THC.

The JCAF-DTF, a combined drug task force from Johns Creek, Alpharetta and Forsyth County, arrested 35-year-old Kevin Joseph Marrero Jr. of Atlanta.

Credit: FCSO

Marrero has been charged with drug trafficking and possession with the intent to distribute.

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