A man jailed in 2016 as part of a sting was convicted on drug charges and got 25 years in jail and a million-dollar fine, according to prosecutors from the Polk County District Attorney’s Office.

Chief Assistant District Attorney Jaeson Smith reported that a man arrested five years ago as part of a sting operation, Perry Lamar Hames, 62, got a 25-year prison sentence and a $1 million fine for a cocaine trafficking charge. The jury came back late Wednesday with a verdict and Tallapoosa Circuit Superior Court Judge Mark Murphy handed down the sentence.

Wednesday’s conviction concluded a three-day trial in Polk County over the charges Hames faced. He was arrested in 2016 in a multi-agency sting which led to numerous drug dealers going to federal prison. His charges were prosecuted locally, Smith said in a statement released to Polk.Today on Thursday afternoon.

“Agent Tracy Royston of the Polk Drug Task Force led the entire investigation in which involved several local agencies, as well as, the G.B.I., F.B.I. and D.E.A.” Smith said.

The investigation led Royston to the home of a Floyd County nightclub owner named Felix Guzman, who was found to be distributing “large amounts of cocaine in the Northwest Georgia area,” the release reported. Wiretaps and undercover surveillance over the course of months led investigators to Hames, who was convicted for bringing in “large amounts of cocaine into Polk County from Floyd.”

Hames was finally found by police with over half a kilo of cocaine back in 2016 during a traffic stop, which led this case. a

Smith went on to say, “Drugs have riddled holes in our community for too long. Grandparents are raising grandchildren. Children are hungry. Property is being stolen. DFACS is overworked. All because of drugs.”

“We will continue to hold those responsible who bring these narcotics into our community,” Smith added.