Five residents of the Bulloch County area are among a total 76
defendants named in a newly unsealed federal indictment describing a massive
drug trafficking investigation tied to the Ghost Face Gangsters criminal street
gang that includes allegations of multiple deaths from illegal drug overdoses.
Area defendants part of ‘Operation Ghost Busted’ indictment
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![SpecialDavid H. Estes; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Georgia; announces the indictments of 76 individuals as part of “Operation Ghost Busted” during a press conference Wednesday in Brunswick.](https://statesboroherald.cdn-anvilcms.net/media/images/2023/01/12/images/Ghost_Busted.max-752x423.jpg)
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