Officials said the drugs were smuggled into the state by a Mexican drug cartel.
FOREST PARK, Ga. — The Atlanta DEA field office made the largest meth seizure in its history after recovering over 2,000 pounds disguised as produce at a Clayton County grocery store.
On Monday afternoon, federal law enforcement officials held a press conference detailing how it tracked a load of methamphetamines from the Mexican border all the way to Atlanta. The DEA said the drugs were smuggled by a Mexican drug cartel.
Officials said they intercepted a truck containing 2,300 pounds of meth, valued at over $3 million, from a truck going to the Atlanta State Farmers Market in Forest Park. The drugs were hidden in a shipment of celery that was heading to several markets and other stores across the metro Atlanta area.
Georgia Department of Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper said the celery that the meth …