HOUSTON – Security agents found crystal methamphetamine earlier this month stuffed inside a passenger’s breakfast burrito during a screening at Houston’s Hobby Airport, officials said.
According to officials at the Transportation Security Administration, an agent was conducting an X-ray screening of carry-on luggage April 2 when the agent noticed some sort of lump inside a burrito. The agent flagged the item and requested an additional screening of the food, officials said.
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Officials said other agents asked the passenger to unwrap the burrito so they could see what was inside. Officials said the passenger insisted it was just a burrito, but once it was opened agents could see a dark object in the middle of it. A second X-ray of the food revealed black tape and a large organic mass, officials said.
Agents called Houston police, who determined the substance was crystal meth, officials said.
The passenger, whose identity was not released, was arrested.