360 lbs. of marijuana found in Henry County

By Marcus K. Garner

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A College Park man was arrested Monday afternoon in Henry County for transporting 360 pounds of marijuana.

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Henry County Sheriff's Office Three hundred sixty pounds of marijuana was found in the back of a truck driven by Roberto Huff during a routine traffic stop on I-75.

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Henry County Sheriff's Department Henry County police arrested Roberto Huff, 43, for transporting 360 pounds of marijuana Monday after a routine traffic stop. Huff, of College Park, was charged with trafficking - a felony.

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Roberto Huff, 43, was stopped  on I-75 in Stockbridge on a routine traffic stop just before 2 p.m., police said.

During the traffic stop, a police dog alerted officers that drugs were in the Ford F250 pick-up Huff was driving, Bolton said.

The officer on the scene lifted the hard top on the bed of the truck and discovered 18 packages of marijuana each weighing about 20 pounds, police said.

Huff had been pulled over for following too closely.

"He was going about 70 mph and was about five feet behind the car in front of him," Henry County police spokesman Capt. Jason Bolton said.

Huff was charged with trafficking marijuana and is being held at the Henry County Jail.