Man flees hurricane with wife, baby and 7 kilos of cocaine

Posted: Monday, January 29, 2018 8:09 am | Updated: 8:36 am, Mon Jan 29, 2018.

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A man piled his wife and baby boy into a car to escape a hurricane barreling toward Texas last year and headed for Atlanta. They never made it.

The Sun Herald reports , 26-year-old Rodolfo Ortuno, of Houston was pulled over in Mississippi by a deputy for careless driving. Court documents say the deputy then searched the car and found 7 kilos (15.4 pounds) of cocaine in the trunk.

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