One man was arrested Thursday morning during a federal raid at home in East Cobb County, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Federal agents searched a brick, two-story home in the 1600 block of Barn Swallow Place in the Chestnut Springs neighborhood. Agents carried out boxes of evidence before arresting the man, whose name was not released.

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The arrest was part of a multi-state criminal investigation, according to Bryan Cox, a spokesman for Homeland Security. The investigation may have involved Fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opioid, Channel 2 Action News reported.

No further details were released about the investigation.

Agents left with several boxes of evidence.

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