DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A massive federal drug bust in metro Atlanta last week ended with five suspects behind bars and more than 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine off the streets.

Federal agents said law enforcement seized meth from an apartment and a nearby home in DeKalb County that was linked to the violent Mexican cartel known as the Jalisco New Generation Cartel , or CJNG.

“Within just a few days, undercover investigations in the metro Atlanta area led to the seizure of more than half a ton of methamphetamine, the arrests of four illegal aliens allegedly responsible for distributing those deadly drugs, and the disruption of two drug trafficking rings,” U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg said.

According to prosecutors, the investigation began Sept. 15 when Wilber Castellanos Villazan

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