On September 25th Franklin
Barnell Beck (67), of Dahlonega, was charged with possession of cocaine with
intent to distribute, manufacturing marijuana, possession of marijuana with
intent to distribute and a previous outstanding warrant for the sale of
cocaine.
The investigation began when
investigators conducted a covert operation, where they purchased a quantity
of cocaine from Beck. Investigators purchased the cocaine from Beck while he
was out on bond for a previous arrest by Lumpkin County Investigators for
illegally possessing prescription medication.
On September 25th, at
approximately 9:45 p.m., Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office investigators
from the Narcotics and Burglary Section and the Appalachian Drug Task Force,
along with Canine Deputies, searched the home of Franklin Beck on Andy’s
Circle. There they located thirty individual plastic bags of cocaine,
individually packaged marijuana, a jar of marijuana seeds, and two marijuana
plants.
Along with the narcotics investigators
located $1266.00 cash and records of drug transactions, which listed the
names of the people who had purchased the illegal narcotics and the amount
of money they now owed. Further investigation revealed that Beck had been
selling narcotics from as far south as Cumming, Georgia and as far north as
Helen, Georgia.
There will probably be some who will
read about this in the paper who know there name was on the list. If we
haven’t already visited them, then they should be expecting a knock at
their door.
Photographs of the some of the
narcotics and seized funds are shown below.
Captain Jason Stover
