Gainesville Police arrested three people Wednesday morning on Interstate 75 after finding more than two pounds of meth in their car.
Officers arrested Jesseca Wedekind, 34, of California, as well as Trinidad Madrigal, 42, and Guillermo Alcazar, 36, on charges of trafficking more than 14 grams of methamphetamine and conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine, according to a GPD arrest report.
At about 8:15 a.m., Alcazar was pulled over on I-75 south of Gainesville for driving behind a tractor-trailer too closely, according to the report. The officer observed that Wedekind seemed nervous, and each person had a different story about their travel plans and relationships to each other.
A police dog smelled drugs coming from the car, according to the report. Upon searching the car, police found 2.7 pounds of meth in the trunk under the spare tire.
A dashboard camera video showed Alcazar telling Wedekind and Madrigal that he was going to prison because of the dope in the car, according to the report. He asked one of them to bail him out.
During questioning Wedekind told police they’d been smoking meth during the trip out of a bag in the trunk.
Officers booked Wedekind, Madrigal and Alcazar into jail at about 3:30 p.m. Wedekind and Madrigal remained Thursday night with a $600,000 bond each. Alcazar was transferred to a different facility.
A version of this story ran on page 1 on 10/4/2013 under the headline "Police find 2.7 pounds of meth in trunk of car on I-75"
