Crime & Safety

Lilburn Officers Assist in $2 Million Meth Bust

About 131.2 pounds of the drugs were found at a Lawrenceville home, according to the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office.

On May 1, local law enforcement agencies responded to a home on James Road in Lawrenceville after receiving a tip that drugs were being stored there.

When Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office deputies and Homeland Security Investigations agents arrived, they found two containers filled with what they believed to be methamphetamine. The Gwinnett Metro Task Force also found the drug in liquid form at the home.

In all, approximately 131.2 pounds of methamphetamine was seized from the home. The drugs have an estimated street value of $2,099,200.

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One suspect was arrested on the scene and another was arrested the next day.

Jesus Eduardo Cansino-Gonzalez, who is listed as living at the Lawrenceville house, was charged with trafficking in methamphetamine and is being held for immigration.

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The other suspect is Nahum Enoe Rodriguez of Norcross. Rodriguez was charged with conspiracy to commit a crime.

Officers from the Lilburn, Lawrenceville, Snellville, Duluth and Suwanee police departments along with the GCSO make up the Gwinnett Metro Task Force.

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