A student from the United Kingdom was arrested earlier this month at Los Angeles International Airport after trying to smuggle more than a dozen Target T-shirts dotted with methamphetamine into his luggage.
Mya Saakwa Mante, 20, was on her way to meet her boyfriend for the first time in Australia when she decided to stay in Los Angeles for a few days. According to CBS News.
But on Nov. 2, airport staff noticed that an X-ray machine had flagged her luggage as unusual, and when they searched it, they found a shirt “caked with methamphetamine” inside, the airport authority said. said.
According to court documents, the white T-shirt was “hidden under the lining of the suitcase” and may have contained several kilograms of illegal drugs entangled in the fabric.
“Due to the humidity, the substance believed to be methamphetamine stuck to the T-shirt and could not be separated,” the document said.
The meth-soaked shirt alone weighed nearly 30 pounds. According to Fox News.
Customs officials stopped her at the gate and questioned her about the suitcase, but Saakwamante denied knowing anything about the drug-laced T-shirt.
According to CBS, Sakwa Mante admitted to purchasing the shirt and had the receipt.
Authorities took her to a baggage check area, confiscated two cellphones and arrested her, Fox added.
Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent Omar Yassin said in an affidavit that the methamphetamine “originally came in powder form, but the powder was 'cleaned' using a solvent and mixed or dissolved into T-shirts.” I did,” he said.
Sakwa Mante was charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and is currently in federal custody.
