TWENTY ATLANTA RESIDENTS CHARGED WITH FEDERAL CRIMES ARISING FROM MASSIVE GUN HEISTS AND GANG-RELATED DRUG TRAFFICKING

ATLANTA, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Atlanta Field Office issued the following press release:

ATLANTA - Twenty individuals, including five members of the GoodFellas criminal street gang and four convicted felons, have been indicted on federal gun and drug charges, including firearms-trafficking charges arising from the theft of nearly 1,500 guns stolen from shipping facilities in Conley, Georgia and Macon, Georgia.

"Gang‑related firearms trafficking and drug trafficking pose a grave threat to our community," said U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg. "Criminal networks that move guns and narcotics fuel violence, undermine neighborhoods, and endanger innocent lives. Using every lawful to...