Brothers Charged In Forsyth County Drug Raid

CUMMING, GA -- Two brothers have been charged with possessing a large amount of narcotics as part of an operation to sell these drugs to customers using the internet.

Zackary Christopher Berrong, 25, and Charles Trenton Berrong, 20, were arrested Thursday following a search warrant executed at a home in the 2000 block of Pinecrest Place in Cumming.

The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office's Narcotics Unit, working alongside the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigation and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, executed the warrant at the home "based on the suspicion" that illegal drugs, including fentanyl, were being distributed out of the residence.

Due to safety concerns surrounding fentanyl and the risk of exposure to officers, a hazardous materials team also responded to process the home, locating the drug and other illegal substances inside the residence.

The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office states they believe the two brothers were running a business in which large amounts of the narcotics were being purchased and re-distributed to customers online.

Along with fentanyl, a powerful painkiller linked to many fatal drug overdoses, deputies and federal agents also located other controlled and non-controlled substances -- commonly referred to as research chemicals -- inside the home.

Those chemicals, the agency said, "mimic the effects illegal narcotics have in the body and while some are legal to possess, all are not meant for human consumption."

Other drugs unearthed during the execution of the search warrant were suspected LSD, cathinone, diazepam and butylone, most of which were in powder form.

The Berrong brothers are being held without bond at the Forsyth County Adult Detention Center.

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