(NASHVILLE) An ongoing undercover joint drug investigation by Special Agents with the Drug Investigation Division of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and other federal and local law enforcement agencies has put one Smyrna man and two Nashville residents behind bars. In addition to the arrests, a sizable amount of narcotics, cash, and firearms was seized.

In the fall of 2019, TBI Agents, joining with Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration, FBI, and Metropolitan Nashville Police Department's Major Case Task Force, developed information about a drug trafficking organization with connections in Middle Tennessee.

As part of this ongoing investigation, agents obtained search warrants that were executed Wednesday (6/10/2020), with the assistance of detectives with the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office and Tennessee Highway Patrol, at locations in Davidson and Rutherford Counties.

As a result of the search warrants, officers seized multiple types of narcotics, cash, and firearms.

Three individuals were arrested and charged:

• 28-year old Rafael Jimenez of Smyrna was charged with one count Felon in Possession of a Firearm, one count Possession with Intent Schedule VI.
• 33-year old Betzabel Gutierrez-Lima of Nashville was charged with one count Possession with Intent Schedule II.
• 43-year old Arturo Peraira-Jimenez of Antioch was arrested for current outstanding warrants.

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