Authorities in Georgia arrested a Texas man after catching him attempting to smuggle $1 million worth of meth inside of his vehicle.
According to the New York Daily News, deputies in Douglas County pulled Jose Garcia-Contreras over along Interstate 20 last Sunday because his tag light wasn't functioning. Although they detected the smell of fresh paint and putty, the 64-year-old Eagle Pass, Texas native told them that no recent work had been completed on his vehicle.
Assuming otherwise, a drug-sniffing dog was brought in, and it eventually located 38 pages of meth weighing 65 pounds stashed in the floor of the vehicle.
Garcia-Contreras, who law enforcement officials believe was smuggling the drugs from Mexico to Atlanta, currently faces drug trafficking charges.
[via New York Daily News and WSB-TV]
