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(Butts County Sheriff’s Office)

BUTTS COUNTY, Ga. – Two men were arrested in a massive meth bust after an attempted traffic stop in Butts County turned into a chase along Interstate 75, Butts County Sheriff Gary Long says.

Sheriff Long praised his Interstate Criminal Enforcement Team for the arrest. He says officers attempted to stop a southbound vehicle at mile marker 201, but the driver failed to comply and turned east onto Highway 36. The officers ended the pursuit with a PIT maneuver, but that wasn’t the end of it. The two men tried to escape but were eventually captured.

Authorities said officers found approximately 30 pounds of methamphetamine in the trunk of the vehicle. Sheriff Long expressed his pride in his deputies, stating, “I have the most trained, highly motivated and dedicated deputies of any sheriff’s office in the country.”

Tyresse James Fields and Thomas Charles Jones (Butts County Sheriff’s Office)

The suspects were Tyresse James Fields of Kissimmee, Florida, and Thomas Charles Jones of Thomasville, Georgia. Officers say Jones was driving under the influence of alcohol at the time of his arrest. He is also wanted in Lowndes County.