Updated: January 19, 2018

AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION OF A COLLINWOOD MAN LEADS TO THE LARGEST SEIZURE OF MOONSHINE IN WAYNE COUNTY IN MORE THAN A DOZEN YEARS.  ACCORDING TO THE TIMES DAILY, JAMES BRANDON WILLIAMS, 43, WAS ARRESTED AFTER A SEARCH OF HIS RESIDENCE BY THE WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT AND AGENTS WITH THE 24TH JUDICAL DISTRICT DRUG TASK FORCE.  50 QUARTS OF MOONSHINE, A POUND OF MARIJUANA, A NUMBER OF SUBOXONE STRIPS, PARAPHERNALIA AND MORE THAN $17,000 CASH WERE DISCOVERED.  WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF RIC WILSON ADVISED WILLIAMS HAD BEEN A TARGET FOR A JOINT OPERATION BETWEEN ALABAMA AND TENNESSEE DRUG TASK FORCES AND IS A MAJOR PLAYER IN DRUGS IN THE COUNTY AND NORTH ALABAMA.  WILLIAMS HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF UNTAXED LIQUOR FOR SALE, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA FOR RESALE, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF SCHEDULED THREE DRUGS FOR RESALE AND UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.  WILLIAMS IS OUT OF JAIL ON BAIL TOTALING $175,000.