Crime & Public Safety
Crime & Public Safety

70 people arrested on drug charges at lingerie party

Officers arrested 70 people in Cartersville on Sunday.
Officers arrested 70 people in Cartersville on Sunday.
By Ellen Eldridge and Raisa Habersham
Jan 2, 2018

Seventy people were arrested Sunday morning at a party in Bartow County, police said.

Cartersville police, who initially responded to a shots-fired call at 2:20 a.m., arrested the people on drug charges.

The lingerie party was hosted by a 21-year-old as a birthday celebration, Channel 2 Action News reported Tuesday. The owner of the home on Cain Drive told Channel 2 she rented the home through Airbnb.

The investigation is ongoing.

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Raisa Habersham is the Intown Atlanta hyperlocal reporter for The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

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