2.4 pounds of meth off the streets

On Thursday, January 6th, drugs agents with the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office, Lookout Mtn. Drug Task Force and Summerville Police Department, along with deputies, intercepted a large quantity of crystal methamphetamine that was set to make it to the streets of this area.

Drug Agents confiscated about 2.4 pounds of crystal methamphetamine, which has a street value of over $10,000.

They arrested 44 year old, Reginal Eric Dowdy of Cedar Bluff, Alabama. Dowdy was also in the possession of a small amount of heroin.

He was booked into the Chattooga County Jail and charged with trafficking meth, possession of meth, possession of meth with the intent to distribute, possession of heroin and possession of heroin with the intent to distribute.

“This was a great job by those involved, that’s alot of methamphetamine that won’t make it onto the streets in this area” -Sheriff Mark Schrader