Federal agents search Sandy Springs barbecue restaurant
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Federal agents swarmed a Sandy Springs restaurant Thursday morning and conducted a search of the business. Law enforcement personnel from several agencies were at K.C. Pit BBQ at 6317 Roswell Road during what is normally the lunch hour.
A U.S. Treasury Department official on the scene told the AJC that the raid is a combined operation of the Internal Revenue Service and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The official, who did not give his name, said a raid was conducted earlier Thursday at the home of the restaurant's owner. The business license for the restaurant is listed under the name Jiles Johnson.
An AJC reporter on the scene said Sandy Springs police had cordoned off the restaurant and employees waited in the parking lot while agents conducted a search. At one point, agents began checking the cell phones of some of the waiting employees.
Law enforcement personnel watched as restaurant employees unloaded boxes and equipment from a tractor-trailer parked outside. The equipment was being taken into a banquet hall adjacent to the restaurant.
Ivan Roberts, who works at a bank near the restaurant, said SUVs and police cars were parked behind a nearby Trader Joe's market since about 7 a.m. Between 10:20 and 11 a.m. police began to roll in and personnel in green uniforms got out of the SUVs and entered the restaurant, Roberts said.
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