A Mexican man who was previously deported twice is being held without bail on federal drug and immigration charges following the seizure of 440 pounds of methamphetamine in metro Atlanta.
Authorities say 57-year-old Gerardo Mendoza was pulled over in Conyers while driving a van that had been loaded with methamphetamine bricks packed inside trash bags.
Atlanta U.S. Attorney Theodore Hertzberg says Mendoza has a history of drug trafficking convictions in California and Washington state, along with repeated illegal border crossings…