Giles And State Authorities Bust A Drug Trafficking Operation

A MAJOR DRUG TRAFFICKING OPERATION IN GILES COUNTY IS NO MORE. OFFICIALS WITH THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, 21ST JUDICIAL DRUG TASK FORCE, PULASKI POLICE AND FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES BUSTED AN OPERATION LAST WEEK THAT ALLEGEDLY BROUGHT DRUGS INTO THE AREA FROM NASHVILLE AND PORTIONS OF ALABAMA. AMONG THOSE ARRESTED ARE TRAVIS LYNN GENTRY, 31, BETTY KATHERINE GENTRY, 66, RANDY RANDOLPH, 47, BRANDON COREY MATTHEWS, 26 ALL OF PROSPECT, FRANK DWAYNE RANDOLPH, 47, ALFRED TRYAN COFFEY, 50, CHANNING ACE RANDOLPH, 21, JAMES THOMAS COFFEY JUNIOR, 35, NICHOLAS THERON WHITE, 32 AND JONAS LAVAR HAYES, 27, ALL OF PULASKI ON CHARGES OF PARTICIPATING IN A DRUG TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY. THE ARRESTS NETTED OVER 100 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA, OVER 600 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH, 23 FIREARMS AND A BULLET PROOF VEST. A TOTAL OF 20 INDIVIDUALS FACE CHARGES IN THE CASE WITH ONE NOT YET IN CUSTODY.

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