Kennesaw Rapper Columbia BT Charged With Cocaine Trafficking

ATLANTA, GA - Tommie L. Walker, a Kennesaw rapper who goes by the name Columbia BT, and an Atlanta man have been arraigned on federal federal charges of drug trafficking and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Walker, along with Juan Carlos Garcia-Martinez, a/k/a Carlos Garcia, and Samuel Anchondo-Galaviz were indicted by a federal grand jury on Sept. 12, 2018. Both Walker and Garcia-Martinez were arraigned Monday in federal court.

“These defendants were allegedly part of a multi-state drug distribution scheme that transported and distributed cocaine worth approximately $4 million,” said U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak, who said federal drug ofgficials began their investigation in August 2017 in conjunction with Drug Enforcement Administration agents in South Carolina and Colorado. Walker allegedly participated in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy that extended to Colorado, South Carolina, and Mexico.

Walker allegedly operated a warehouse in the Atlanta area where he received shipments of cocaine hidden in tractor-trailers. The shipments were sent by a co-conspirator in Colorado. Walker allegedly would then distribute the drugs to individuals from South Georgia and South Carolina. Garcia-Martinez is an alleged co-conspirator who facilitated some of Walker’s drug transactions.

Law enforcement officers seized more than 135 kilograms of cocaine from the organization, a quantity worth more than $4 million at current wholesale prices in Atlanta. Law enforcement also seized more than $220,000 in drug proceeds.

October 9, 2017, a tractor-trailer containing approximately 40 kilograms of cocaine, which was driven by Anchondo-Galaviz, was stopped on the way to Walker’s warehouse. Other seizures charged in the indictment took place on December 3, 2017 and February 21, 2018. Walker allegedly used his illegal drug proceeds to finance a lavish lifestyle that he displayed in his rap videos. Some of the property seized from the alleged drug proceeds included a 2016 Rolls-Royce Dawn and a 2013 Bentley Mulsanne.

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