GBI Arrests Four Candler County Residents following Multi-agency Drug Operation, Charged with Trafficking Methamphetamine

The GBI has arrested and charged 4 Candler County residents following a joint investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Southeastern Regional Drug Enforcement Office, the Metter Police Department, and the GBI’s Atlanta Gang Task Force. On August 27, 2024, the following people were arrested:

• Efram “Todd” Donaldson, age 55, of Candler County, GA, charged with Trafficking Methamphetamine, Use of a Communication Facility to Commit a Felony, and Conspiracy to Commit A Felony.
• Justin Eugene Aldrich, age 38, of Candler County, GA, charged with Trafficking Methamphetamine and Conspiracy to Commit A Felony.
• Nakia Quaterrio Donaldson, age 34, of Candler County, GA, charged with Trafficking Methamphetamine, Use of a Communication Facility to Commit a Felony, and Conspiracy to Commit A Felony.
• Byron Jamal Brown, age 35, of Candler County, GA, charged with Trafficking Methamphetamine and Conspiracy to Commit A Felony.

They were all booked into the Chandler County Sheriff’s Office Jail.

A multi-agency drug investigation began in February 2024 and led to 2 search warrants. Police executed a warrant at a home located in the 600 block of Marcus Street in Metter, Candler County, GA and the other was for a truck located in the 700 block of Kevin Lane in Metter, Candler County, GA. During the search warrant, police seized 3 vehicles, 3 rifles, 4 handguns, over $30,000, approximately 3 pounds of suspected marijuana, and 1 ounce of suspected methamphetamine. Over the course of the investigation, law enforcement bought approximately one kilogram of Methamphetamine in undercover buys.

Multiple GBI work units, along with Metter P.D., the Treutlen County Sheriff’s Office, Statesboro P.D., Rincon P.D., and the Candler County Sheriff’s Office executed the search warrants and made the arrests.

Several agencies conducted this investigation to make an impact on the current street level drug distribution within Candler County and promote a safer place for productive citizens.

The Southeastern Regional Drug Enforcement Office and the Metter Police Department need your help. If you have information related to drug activity, you are encouraged to call SRDEO at (912) 685-5345. Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS(8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.

The Southeastern Regional drug office covers a 39-county area in region Georgia.