Peachtree City police believe

they have arrested a significant supplier of illegal drugs who was operating

at Balmoral Village Apartments.

Illegal drug sales at the apartment,

most of which were of crystal methamphetamine, ranged from $1,000 to perhaps

$5,000 a day, said Peachtree City Police Chief James Murray.

"You're talking about

a sizeable amount going in and out of there," Murray said.

Officers seized a book that

lists who purchased drugs at the location and for what amounts, Murray

noted. That information will be used for the follow-up investigation,

and some of the names were known to officers from previous drug arrests,

Murray added.

"We will be contacting

them or their parents," Murray said, adding that the book "is

just full of knowledge for us."

Tonya Dagley, 29, of Peachtree

City was arrested early Saturday morning for possession of methamphetamine

with the intent to distribute, possession of marijuana with intent to

distribute, possession of LSD, possession of xanax, possession of klonopin

and possession of methamphetamine, police said.

"We feel this person is

working for somebody else and we'll follow up on that, too," Murray

said.

Dagley had been living at Balmoral

Village for just three weeks when she was arrested, Murray said. Prior

to that, she lived at Harmony Village Apartments, where the drug sales

likely started, Murray said.

"You just don't build

up that kind of clientele after three weeks in one apartment," Murray

said.

A confidential informant provided

police with key information about Dagley's operation, Murray said. Officers

also conducted undercover surveillance on the area before the arrest,

Murray said.

Murray added that he is concerned

since this is the second significant drug arrest at Balmoral Village in

the past year. Last October, two people were arrested for trafficking

in methamphetamine, one of whom was a maintenance employee for the apartment

complex who used vacant apartments in the scheme, Murray said.

Police have contacted the management

company which operates Balmoral Village to set up a meeting about the

matter, Murray said.

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