STAFF REPORT :::
According to Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam, two individuals have been arrested on narcotics charges following a traffic stop.
Jose Antonio Escobar-Bravo, age 37, of 4233 Tilly Mill Road. Atlanta, and Veronica Hernandez Garcia, age 33, of 210 Winter Park Drive, Doraville, were arrested June 22, by members of the SCSO Special Operations Unit.
The arrests resulted from a traffic stop on a vehicle operated by Escobar-Bravo.
Consequent to the traffic stop, narcotics agents seized two kilograms (4.5 pounds) of methamphetamine with a street value estimated at $30,000 and $514 in United States currency.
Escobar-Bravo and Garcia have both been charged with possession of methamphetamine and trafficking methamphetamine. Escobar-Bravo was also charged with improper lane change.
Both subjects are being held in the Spalding County Jail.
