10/11/18

Cleveland – On Wednesday the Cleveland Police Department, the White County Sheriff’s Office, the Department of Community Supervision and the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office arrested Lamar Swindoll at his residence on Skitts Mountain Road, according to a news release from Mitchell Posey, special agent in charge with the ARDEO.

Authorities found 19 grams of methamphetamine hidden in Swindoll’s residence. This joint effort was taken after numerous citizen’s complaints. The street value of the illegal narcotics is $2,000.

Swindoll was charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of less than an ounce of marijuana. Swindoll was transported to the White County Detention Center.

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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.