The Brief
- Federal agents seized roughly 440 pounds of methamphetamine from a van during a major Conyers drug trafficking bust.
- Gerardo Miranda Mendoza, twice convicted and previously removed from the country, faces federal drug and immigration charges after appearing in court Monday.
- Mendoza remains held without bail in U.S. Marshals Service custody following a joint federal, state and regional investigation.
CONYERS, Ga. – Federal authorities charged a twice-deported man after law enforcement seized more than 440 pounds of methamphetamine during a targeted traffic stop in Conyers, federal officials announced.
Massive Conyers meth seizure
What we know:
Federal authorities arrested 57-year-old Gerardo Miranda Mendoza after investigators watched a weekend drug exchange unfold across two metro Atlanta locations.
According to court filings presented by U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg, task force agents watched Mendoza and another individual meet in separate vehicles Saturday at a store parking lot in Stonecrest. …