BIBB COUNTY, Ga. — A man was arrested after Georgia deputies said he had a backpack filled with illegal drugs.
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On Friday, Bibb County deputies arrested a wanted fugitive, later identified as Ike Jackson Jr., outside a Harrison Road motel.
While searching Jackson, authorities reportedly found two kilos of fentanyl in a black backpack and 29 grams of methamphetamine.
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According to the sheriff’s office, the fentanyl has a street value of $80,000.
Jackson was taken to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Law Enforcement Center.
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