After a five-month investigation called “Operation Tighten Up,” the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office arrested 15 people on Friday, including leader Larry “Lil Man” Fricks of Gainesville, in a $3.5 million methamphetamine trafficking group that expanded over Hall, Jackson and Banks counties.
Authorities taking down $3.5 million drug ring in Hall, Banks, Jackson
Charges against alleged leader, associates to include racketeering
