Some Christmas goodies come with a price, though with some it might take a get out of jail card to get home in time for Christmas. Drug busts do not take a holiday, according to agents with Fayette’s Drug Task Force (DTF). That was the case for a Union City man arrested in Fayette County on cocaine and marijuana charges.

The first of three recent busts occurred Dec. 11 when undercover DTF agents arrested three men in a buy-bust at the BP service station at Ga. Highway 138 and Ga. Highway 314. Jarrell Lee Pierc, 48, and Trung Minnell Barnett, 26, both of East Point, were charged with trafficking in cocaine and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, according to DTF Lt. Jody Thomas. Also arrested was 29 year-old Prentice Deon Hamm, of Union City, charged with sale of cocaine, trafficking in cocaine, sale of marijuana and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, said Thomas.

The bust occurred after Pierc, Barnett and Hamm arrived at the station and made contact with undercover DTF agents. Hamm sold agents approximately 28 grams of suspected marijuana and approximately two grams of suspected cocaine, Thomas said. Found in the vehicle during the subsequent search was approximately one pound of suspected marijuana and approximately 70 pre-packaged grams of suspected cocaine, said Thomas.