DEMOREST, Ga. – Authorities say an 18-month investigation sparked by several heroin overdose incidents in Habersham, White and Banks counties resulted in the arrest of members of a major heroin trafficking organization Tuesday.

The White County Sheriff’s Office, Habersham County Sheriff’s Office, Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office and Georgia Department of Corrections K9 unit executed search warrants at 530 Twin River Orchard Road in Demorest, and 4172 Highway 255 South in Cleveland where they confiscated a large quantity of heroin valued at $7,000. They believe the organization is responsible for trafficking many pounds of heroin valued at nearly $100,000.

Michelle Dawn “Cinnamon” Dorsey, 45, of Demorest, Nigel Alan Waddell, 28, of Cornelia and Tyler Josiah “Big un” Matthews, 28 of Cleveland were arrested and charged with trafficking heroin. All three individuals were transported to the Habersham County Detention Center..

ARDEO encourages citizens to report any suspicious drug activity via Inatant Messenger or at 706-348- 7410 or contact your local Sheriff’s Office or Police Department.

The Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office is a multi-agency unit that consists of the Sheriff’s Offices: in White, Lumpkin, Towns, Banks, Habersham, Stephens, Rabun and Franklin counties along with the police departments in Cleveland, Lavonia and the Georgia National Guard Counter Drug Task Force, Department of Public Safety and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.