Flowery Branch cracking down on drug dealers

Published:  08-12-2005

By Jerry Gunn

FLOWERY BRANCH - Flowery Branch city officials learned Thursday night that their town is not holding out the welcome mat for out of town drug dealers.

Police Chief Gerald Lanich reported twenty-eight drug arrests in the city last month, thirteen of them were felony drug arrests.

"That's an awesome number of arrests for these officers, for eight officers to make in a month," the Chief said. Lanich reported 14 drug arrests for the month of June.

Lanich added that Flowery Branch's road structure with its main highway arteries made the city a convenient place for drug activity but the police would stay on the alert with stepped up patroling.

Officer Eric Cook was named Employee of the Month largely for his anti-drug police work.

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