3 men plead guilty in Atlanta drug operation tied to street gang

ATLANTA — Three men have pleaded guilty in an Atlanta gang and drug case stemming from a 2023 operation targeting gangs, guns and drugs.

The three men were associated with the Rollin 60s Neighborhood Crips and were charged following Atlanta police’s Operation Heatwave.

The Georgia Attorney General’s Office says investigators seized eight guns, more than 53 pounds of marijuana and hundreds of grams of oxycodone and amphetamines. Authorities also recovered mushrooms and Xanax.

Prosecutors say Chiquille Bell led the drug operation. Bell will serve eight years in prison.

Contrellis Brooks will serve seven years in prison, while Marcus Thornton received probation.

WSB Radio’s Ashley Simmons & Rob Archer contributed to this story.