COWETA COUNTY, Ga. — What started as a traffic stop on a south metro Atlanta Interstate ended as a significant drug bust that ended in an arrest.
According to the Coweta County Sheriff's Office, a Georgia State Patrol Trooper pulled over a truck that had been following too close, and speeding in a construction zone around exit 46 on I-85 north.
After speaking with the driver, Carlos Montelongo-Guzman, the trooper realized the driver may have been wanted in California for a drug-related warrant.
The trooper asked the driver if he could search the vehicle. After he refused, the trooper called for K-9 backup. That's when the K-9 alerted authorities to possible narcotics inside.
After further search, the trooper found nearly 70 kilograms of suspected cocaine.
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