Atlanta outpaces all cities in the United States in drug - related cash transactions . $ 30 million has been confiscated in Atlanta this fiscal year . By 2010 , 20 percent of the county 's projected population of 700,000 is expected to be Hispanic . ` Location , proximity to other cities and highways cited in trafficking growth . Drug dealers ` ` hide in plain sight '' in suburban Gwinnett County .
Atlanta outpaces all cities in the United States in drug - related cash transactions . $ 30 million has been confiscated in Atlanta this fiscal year . Location , proximity to other cities and highways cited in trafficking growth . Drug dealers ` ` hide in plain sight '' in suburban Gwinnett County .