Sleeping driver charged with trafficking

Murillomota had 45-plus pounds of marijuana.

  • More than 45 pounds of marijuana was found in vaccuum-packed containers in a vehicle along U.S. Highway 441 on Friday morning. (COURTESY COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE)
    More than 45 pounds of marijuana was found in vaccuum-packed containers in a vehicle along U.S. Highway 441 on Friday morning. (COURTESY COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE)
    A catnap on the side of U.S. Highway 441 on Friday morning led to a California man’s arrest on drug trafficking charges. A concerned southeast Columbia County resident called 911 at 8:1...

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