COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A Columbus man accused of hauling drugs in hidden compartments inside a vehicle traveling from California to the Polaris Fashion Place has been found guilty by a federal jury.
According to court documents and trial testimony, Homeland Security Investigation agents in central Ohio were notified by agents in Albuquerque, New Mexico, that troopers with the New Mexico State Police pulled over a commercial car hauler in May 2024.
Among the vehicles hauled was one on its way to Polaris Fashion Place in Delaware County. State police discovered two hidden compartments inside the vehicle that contained 28 total kilograms of suspected drugs. Investigators determined that the drugs included 21 grams of methamphetamine and seven grams of cocaine…