Three metro Atlanta residents were arrested on gang charges Friday as part of a multi-county drug and weapons operation, the GBI said.
The GBI’s Gang Task Force partnered with Georgia State troopers, Clayton and Henry county deputies, the Clayton County District Attorney’s Office and Atlanta police to conduct searches at three locations with ties to the “59 Brim Bloods” street gang, authorities said.
In the raids, agents seized small quantities of promethazine, Xanax and marijuana, police said. Two handguns were also recovered.
Jahsian James Lee, 23, of Atlanta, was charged with nine counts of violating the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, the GBI said.
Eric Xavier Claros, 25, of Locust Grove, was also arrested on nine counts of violating the state’s street gang act. He also faces two counts of carrying a concealed a weapon and six other street gang charges in Henry County, the GBI said.
Houston Thomas Glasco, 26, of Riverdale, was charged with 10 counts of violating Georgia’s Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, police said.
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