Forsyth County drug bust $2.5M+ worth of fentanyl seized

The Forsyth County Drug Task Force took 10 kilograms of meth, eight kilograms of Fentanyl, 4,000 Fentanyl pills, and a gun during the raid.

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Jan 23, 2023 - 11:20 Updated: Jan 24, 2023 - 11:22
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Forsyth County drug bust $2.5M+ worth of fentanyl seized

7 arrested in $2M drug-trafficking bust in Forsyth County

FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. — Six men and a woman were arrested in a $2 million drug-trafficking bust in Forsyth County, according to police. 

The Forsyth County Drug Task Force took 10 kilograms of meth, eight kilograms of Fentanyl, 4,000 Fentanyl pills, and a gun during the raid on Jan. 13. 

The drug task force and the Drug Enforcement Administration carried out an investigation into drug trafficking that led to a search warrant for an apartment on Commercial Plaza Street. 

After the investigation, the following people were charged:

Damian Kennard Shipp, 32: 

  • One count of Trafficking Heroin 
  • Three counts of Trafficking Methamphetamine

Ernest Olmes Avizar, 20: 

  • One count of Trafficking Heroin 
  • Three counts of Trafficking Methamphetamine

Daveon Ashera Greene, 21: 

  • One count of Trafficking Heroin 
  • Three counts of Trafficking Methamphetamine  

Marquell Ahmad Jackson, 22:

  • One count of Trafficking Heroin 
  • One count of Trafficking Methamphetamine

Timothy Renard Marsh, Jr., 29:

  • One count of Trafficking Heroin 
  • One count of Trafficking Methamphetamine

Gervontae Daeron Morrison, 25: 

  • One count of Trafficking Heroin 
  • One count of Trafficking Methamphetamine 
  • One outstanding warrant for Assault on a Female

Ronald Crosby Doby II, 44 

  • One count of Trafficking Heroin 
  • One count of Trafficking Methamphetamine