DEKALB COUNTY, GA — A man who had previously been deported now faces federal charges for trafficking fentanyl in Brookhaven.

Officials say 46-year old Abe-Lardo Avila Gomez is accused of trafficking 37 pounds of fentanyl from an apartment in DeKalb County.

The U.S. Attorney in Atlanta says Avila Gomez is a citizen of Mexico without a legal status in the United States.

He is accused of illegally reentering the country in March of 2023, after he was previously deported to Mexico in November of 2014.