SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) – A nearly two-year drug investigation in coastal Georgia and neighboring South Carolina led to police intercepting roughly $2.7 million worth of cocaine being smuggled along a highway and brought charges against 39 suspects, authorities said Monday.

“It’s a pretty good lick for this neck of the woods,” said Everette Ragan, director of the Counter Narcotics Team that handles drug cases for Savannah and other police agencies in surrounding Chatham County.