COLBERT COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — The Colbert County Drug Task Force has recently executed three major drug busts in the rural part of the county.

Guns and drugs, and a victory for the Colbert County Sheriff's office, after the Colbert County Drug Task Force conducted three large drug busts within a span of two weeks.

Colbert County Sheriff Eric Balentine said the task force got many dangerous drugs off the street.

“438 grams of methamphetamine off the streets, 120 hydrocodone pills, four weapons that we were able to get off the street, and that's important to get the firearms out of bad people's hands," Balentine said.

Balentine says his team also confiscated a large amount of prescription drugs.

“We were able to confiscate 704 Klonopin pills, which is a lot, that’s a lot of prescription

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