(File photo courtesy SRNNEWS/AP)

(File photo courtesy SRNNEWS/AP)

FBI Director praises recent multi-agency drug busts that included HCSO

The FBI Director is heaping praise on the Atlanta FBI office and the local agencies, the Hall County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO), for their work in two recent drug busts that netted hundreds of kilos of methamphetamine.

“Great work (FBI Atlanta) and local partners in the field – more results that will dismantle drug trafficking (organizations) all across the country and save lives,” Kash Patel wrote on Facebook.

Raids in Hall County and Atlanta uncovered 719 kilos of meth hidden among truckloads of blackberries.

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