When federal agents and deputies in Coweta County uncovered hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine last week, they also found three children, officials said.
DEA agents raided the house on Shell Road in Palmetto and found millions of dollars worth of the illegal narcotic, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution previously reported.
Ramiro Hermosillo Salazar, who told officials he’d lived in the home about a year, was arrested on drug trafficking and firearms charges. He remains in federal custody.
His wife, whose name was not released, and three young children were also living in the home, Channel 2 Action News reported.
Neighbors told the news station they saw cars and lots of traffic coming and going from the residence, where they often heard gunfire.
Investigators found four loaded guns and a bullet-proof vest inside the home.
According to a federal affidavit, Salazar told investigators he's in the United States illegally.
Agents said they found a small lab in one of the bedrooms, but the main operation, what's called a re-icing super lab with cans of acetone, propane tanks, large screens and fans, was discovered in an out-building.
Neighbors aren't sure what happened to their elementary school-age children.
"That's the sad part because the kids are in that environment and it’s sad because we don't know what's happening next,” a neighbor told Channel 2.
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