Raj Matharu is accused of attempting to smuggle more than 1kg of methamphetamine by soaking clothes in the drug solution. Customs officers detected the suspicious items through X-ray machines and found the clothes covered in a white residue.
US authorities allege Californian man Raj Matharu tried to conceal more than 1kg of drugs soaked into items of clothingAn alleged would-be drug smuggler soaked a cow onesie in methamphetamine, part of a whole suitcase full of clothes he tried to sneak aboard a plane, US justice officials have said.As the cases passed through X-ray machines, customs officers became suspicious and opened them up for a closer look.
There they found more than a dozen items of clothing – including the cow onesie – that were dried stiff and covered in a white residue, the department alleged.
“Drug dealers are continually inventing creative ways of smuggling dangerous narcotics in pursuit of illicit profit,” the US attorney Martin Estrada said.
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