$62K in Meth Seized in Barrow County Bust

The Barrow County Sheriff’s Office confiscated thousands of dollars in crystal methamphetamine sent earlier this week from Mexico to a Winder address.

Barrow deputies, assisted by Winder Police, seized 569 grams of meth after executing a search warrant at an apartment on Brookview Terrace on Tuesday, Sept. 9. The sheriff’s office said on Facebook that the street value of the meth is $62,000.

Lucero Arroyo, 25, from Mexico, was arrested and charged with possession, intent to distribute and trafficking in methamphetamine, the sheriff’s office said.

Authorities obtained a search warrant for the apartment after receiving an out-of-state tip of a suspicious package en route to the address.

Undercover agents delivered the package, then police executed the search warrant. The opened package was found inside the apartment.

Arroyo was awaiting a bond hearing as of Friday morning. She is being held in the Barrow County Jail.

(Photo: $62,000 in crystal meth seized by Barrow County sheriff’s deputies on Sept. 9. Credit: Barrow Sheriff’s Office Facebook)