Mableton wall vent conceals $74,000 cash

Wow, OK, Jessica Solano says her mom thought something odd was going on in their neighborhood. She would see cars coming late at night or like trailers coming late at night and they'd be unloading the US Attorney's Office says something illegal was going on. Federal prosecutors say Michael Antonio Cruz was trafficking dangerous drugs out of this home on the 700 block of Brick Road in Mableton. Mr. Cruz was involved in the distribution of Large quantities of fentanyl. Nathan Kitchens is first assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney's Office. He says Cruz owns three properties in Cobb County. Federal agents on September 30th searched two homes linked to Cruz in Mableton, one on Lynn Circle, the other on Britt Road. What they found were drugs-related supplies indicating drug trafficking material. The U.S. Attorney's Office says investigators found scales. Cutting agents commonly used with cocaine and meth along with meth residue. Prosecutors say investigators also found $74,000 stashed in a wall of one of the homes. They found a substantial amount of money that had been tucked into a vent and hidden there. Agents raided another house connected to Cruz on the 4,000 block of Whiteway Drive in Austell. They found a shed in the back that effectively appeared to be a fentanyl. laboratory, but they're also what they found were packages about 60 pounds worth of fentanyl that had been hidden inside of car batteries. Fentanyl is one of those most deadly substances in terms of narcotics that are commonly used.