Two men were arrested after a police search of a Danville business.

Members of the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office, Wilkinson County Sheriff's Office and Ocmulgee Drug Task Force acted on "simultaneous search warrants" at Jones Detail Shop, finding crack cocaine, guns and an array of stolen goods Thursday evening.

Checo and Isaac Jones were arrested after deputies discovered the two had multiple warrants out for selling cocaine, according to a news release.

Deputies found a "substantial amount" of crack cocaine, three firearms and items apparently stolen from the area.

During the operation, officials also seized four vehicles, two trailers, multiple ATVs and power tools.

The Twiggs County Sheriff’s Office was recently awarded a grant through the U.S. Justice Department.  The Grant is a Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant that targets violent gang and gun crime reduction inside Twiggs County.   The amount of the grant awarded is $150.000 that will be shared with the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. 

The Twiggs County Sheriff’s Office plans on using its portion of the grant on equipment and placing an educational program inside its local school systems.  Equipment that will be purchased will consist of a crime sharing data base, new computer systems, finger print readers, cameras, and surveillance equipment.

House Bill 541 was signed by Governor Nathan Deal making it an official law of the great state of Georgia this week.  The law amends the already existing law, 16-10-97, Intimidation or Injury of Grand or Petit Juror or Court Officer under the Georgia Criminal Code.  The amendment prohibits the intimidation of any law enforcement officers in retaliation for the officer's actions of carrying out his or her official duties.

The law reads as follows:  (C) A person who by threat or force or by any threatening action, letter, or communication endeavors to intimidate any law enforcement officer, outside the scope and course of his or her employment, or his or her immediate family member in retaliation or response to the discharge of such officer's official duties shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years, a fine not to exceed $5,000.00, or both."