Dat Franchize Boyz member Maurice "Parlae" Gleaton and seven others were busted this week after a police raid on the group's recording studio turned up 11 pounds of pot, along with two handguns and $160,000 in cash.
The 23-year-old hip-hopster and his cohorts were charged Wednesday with trafficking marijuana after authorities seized surveillance video from the studio that purportedly showed the suspects trying to flush the stash down a toilet as police arrived.
Investigator Natanya Albritton of the Atlanta Police Department told E! Online that the vice squad moved in with a search warrant Tuesday after being tipped off about drug activity going on at the location.
Officers found the drugs and cash after the toilet got clogged.
Among those busted in addition to Parlae was Anthony Blalock, the 27-year-old CEO of Making Big Moves Entertainment, who was the target of the warrant. He was charged with trafficking in marijuana as well as illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Also nabbed in the raid was Daniel Smith, 26, who was charged with illegal possession of a firearm and Jody Mayfield, 45, who faces one count of disorderly conduct.
Two children were also at the scene who turned out to be Gleaton's younger siblings, and they were released to a member of his family.
Ash Joshi, a high-powered Atlanta defense attorney representing the Boyz rhymer, said his client was simply at the "wrong place, wrong time."
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