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FDLE, ATF arrest Pensacola drug dealer

 
For Immediate Release
September 29, 2017

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)  arrested a Pensacola man for selling drugs yesterday. 
 
Agents arrested Lee Matthew King, 39, 1135 Old Nursey Way, on charges of trafficking methamphetamine over 28 grams.  Agents found the drugs hidden inside a cordless portable drill battery inside King’s vehicle.  He was arrested near the intersection of Whitmire Drive and East Olive Road.
 
King was booked into the Escambia County Jail.  The case will be prosecuted by the Office of the State Attorney, 1st Judicial Circuit. 
For further information:
FDLE Press Office
Gretl Plessinger, Jessica Cary or Jeremy Burns
(850) 410-7001
 

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