Deputies: Florida woman, Colorado man arrested on I-75 in Houston County with large amount of drugs

HOUSTON COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Two people were arrested Friday morning on Interstate 75 in Houston County after a deputy reported finding marijuana, THC wax and vape cartridges during a traffic stop, according to a news release from the Houston County Sheriff’s Office.

The stop happened around 9:56 a.m. near mile marker 138, when a deputy pulled over a 2024 Range Rover traveling southbound for following too closely, the release said.

The driver was identified as 35-year-old Claudia Mendez Saldana of Sanford, Florida, and the passenger was 35-year-old Fernando Espinoza of Pueblo, Colorado…

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