Two people are behind bars after the sheriff’s office say the pair led a deputy on a chase on a busy highway this week.

Habersham County sheriff officials said on Tuesday around 8:45 p.m., a deputy on patrol attempted to stop a Ford F-150 pickup truck on Ga. 365 northbound near Hayes Automotive.

According to officials, the truck’s driver pulled over, but drove away from the deputy.

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As the deputy chased the truck, he noted that the occupants threw suspected drugs out of the passenger window of the truck.

The pursuit quickly ended after the deputy initiated a PIT maneuver that caused the truck to stop against a bank on the shoulder of the highway near Kudzu Hill Drive.

The two occupants, 42-year-old Ronald Lindsey Bafile of Columbia and 31-year-old Megan Nichoel Bafile of Dahlonega, were arrested and taken into custody.

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Ronald Bafile was charged with trafficking methamphetamine, fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, possession of meth with intent to distribute, possession of Xanax, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of drug-related objects, tampering with evidence and littering from a motor vehicle.

Megan Bafile was charged with trafficking methamphetamine, possession of meth with intent to distribute, possession of Xanax, possession of drug-related objects, tampering with evidence, littering from a motor vehicle, obstructing or hindering law enforcement officers, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.

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