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Stolen guns, more than 3,000 grams of ecstasy pills seized from Atlanta home

A 54-year-old man has been arrested after authorities found pounds of drugs at an Atlanta home.

On March 29, Atlanta officers, along with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, conducted a search warrant at a home on Hendrix Avenue in southwest Atlanta.

During the search, authorities reportedly found:

  • 3,476.3 grams of ecstasy pills
  • 562.3 grams of cocaine
  • 28 grams of psilocybin mushrooms
  • 1,026 grams of marijuana
  • 139 grams of moon rocks4
  • 2 1-pint bottles of promethazine
  • 18 grams of Xanax pills
  • 24 grams of Oxycodone pills
  • 6 Mango THC Vape cartridges
  • Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun
  • Savage Arms 12-gauge shotgun
  • Panzer Arms 12-gauge shotgun (reported stolen out of Atlanta)
  • Springfield Hellcat 9mm pistol (reported stolen out of Gwinnett County)
  • Glock 26 9mm pistol (reported stolen out of Scottsdale, AZ)
  • Glock 43 9mm pistol
  • $2,230 in cash

Police arrested 54-year-old Walter McCarter at the home. He has reportedly been arrested 13 previous times in Georgia.

He’s facing charges for trafficking cocaine, trafficking MDMA, possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, possession of a Schedule 1 controlled substance, possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance, possession of a Schedule II narcotic, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Authorities also arrested Michael Matthews, 37, at the home for an outstanding warrant out of Douglasville.

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