georgia the police said They found a large amount of illegal drugs and cash in the home of a man they were investigating on suspicion of child sexual abuse.
According to the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office, officers knocked on the door of a home owned by Melvin Randall Huff Jr. on May 2 as part of an investigation and were there to document the inside of the home. .
“He was charged with trafficking drugs within 300 feet of a school.”
Police body camera video showed Hough coming out of the home wearing only his underwear after police arrived.
“While investigating a child sexual abuse case, they discovered an open pile of narcotics, and at that point they obtained a secondary search warrant,” said Corporal. Chris Ricketson and the Sheriff’s Office.
Police said they seized $147,000 from the home and found 33 grams of cocaine, 18 pounds of marijuana, 43 sealed bags of THC gummies and 53 sealed e-cigarette cartridges. Police released photos of the drugs to WAGA-TV.
Police said Huff lived one door down from Willis Road Elementary School in Coweta County and was charged with trafficking drugs within 300 feet of the school. He was also charged with trafficking in cocaine and felony possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
The man was booked into the Coweta County Jail but later released on bond.
Police said the child sexual abuse investigation is ongoing, but Hough has not yet been charged in connection with the investigation.
Coweta County is located in west-central Georgia and has approximately 146,000 residents.
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