Driver asleep at wheel busted for 3 pounds of marijuana in Spring

What started out as deputies checking on a driver asleep in his car led to a big drug bust in Spring.

SPRING, Texas (KTRK) -- A man approached by deputies for being asleep at the wheel led to a big drug bust Saturday morning in Spring.

Harris County Sheriff's deputies reported they found the driver in the Champion Forest neighborhood around 3 a.m.

They searched the vehicle and reported finding more than three pounds of marijuana, along with a stolen gun.

The driver was arrested and taken to the hospital to be evaluated.

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