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‘Little old lady’ arrested in Atlanta for dealing marijuana

She looks like your grandmother. But apparently a 79-year-old Atlanta woman is a serious pot dealer.

Police say they were pretty surprised to catch Norma Cheren trying to sell marijuana Thursday near the Cheesecake Factory in Buckhead.

So officers raided her home and found nine pounds of marijuana and $130,000 in cash in her home.

Cheren was arrested and faced a Fulton County judge Monday to answer to drug charges. When the judge asked her a few questions she replied that she was nervous.

"I'm shocked, I'm totally shocked. I would have never expected it," one of Cheren’s Vickers Street neighbors told Channel 2 Action News. "Little old lady, she lives by herself, always see her coming in, coming out. Thought she was going to work."

Channel 2 obtained photos of what police found inside Cheren's home. One photo shows cash lining old-style lunch boxes.

Her neighbors say they thought visitors to the home were just taking care of Cheren.

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