Cleveland drug arrest nets $7,150 in illegal narcotics

CLEVELAND, Ga. – The Cleveland Police Department and agents with the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office arrested 39-year-old Kevin Mc Duffie at a local business on Hwy. 129 South Monday.

Officers, responding to a call about a suspicious vehicle outside the business, discovered McDuffie in possession of 65 grams of crystal methamphetamine in his pants pocket. The street value of the illegal narcotic is $7,150.

McDuffie was transported to the White County Detention Center where he is charged with trafficking methamphetamine.

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