Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that a California man was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport for allegedly attempting to check two suitcases with methamphetamine-soaked apparel, including a cow pajama onesie.
According to a Department of Justice news release, Raj Matharu, 31, has been charged by prosecutors with one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Matharu’s arraignment in U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles is set for Monday.
On a $10,000 bond, he is at liberty.
According to the circumstances of this case, drug dealers are constantly coming up with new and inventive ways to smuggle hazardous drugs in an effort to make illegal money, U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said in a statement. They are poisoning communities all around the world in the process. Law enforcement is dedicated to combating drug trafficking because they understand that every arrest can save lives.
On November 6, Matharu tried to check two pieces of luggage, a gray suitcase and a pink suitcase, as he was getting ready to board a late-night United Airlines aircraft from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia, according to court filings. After seeing an irregularity, screening authorities X-rayed the bags and removed them for further examination.
A criminal complaint filed in the Central District of California states that when law enforcement investigators opened the luggage, they discovered a variety of white or light-colored clothing articles that were dried rigid and covered in a white residue. When officers analyzed a sample of the residue on the field, they found meth in it.
The apparel items saturated in meth weighed about 71.5 pounds in total.
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