Burning Atlanta

Actually, Lawrenceville is about 40 minutes plus north of Atlanta. But Atlanta is sprawling and many counties are considered the Greater Atlanta area. Anyway, not said and is often the case with Mexican drug cartel members, there are often some illegals caught up in the mix. I always try to remember to share this one caveat: It's wrong to assume that Mexican , Canadian, Somalian, whatever, nationals are also illegals. It's simply something that we see on a regular basis. I'm sure that not all of those busted are illegals, and I'm fairly sure some are illegals.

Anyway:

Dear Mexican Drug Cartels,

We have all the drug dealers we need. If anything, some are probably out of work because of the economy. So, stop putting our criminals out of work by replacing them with your criminals.

Thank you. (you jerks)

Lawrenceville

According to Gwinnett County investigators, a Hispanic grocery store east Grogan Street near downtown Lawrenceville was just a cover for a drug operation.

Inside the Carniceria y Fruteria el Parral, police found what essentially amounts to a drug shop.

On Friday, Gwinnett County police raided the store and two homes simultaneously, arresting eight people and confiscating six guns, 17 pounds of cocaine, three pounds of meth, two and a half pounds of marijuana and $130,000 cash.