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A 20-year-old student from the United Kingdom, Myah Saakwa-Mante, was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) after customs agents discovered methamphetamine-soaked T-shirts in her luggage. The incident occurred earlier this month as she was en route to Brisbane, Australia, following a two-day stay in Los Angeles.
Court documents revealed that Saakwa-Mante's suitcase was flagged for further inspection by TSA security officers on November 2. An X-ray scan detected anomalies in the bag's contents. Inside the suitcase were jeans, shoes, a Louis Vuitton bag, and a concerning discovery: a white powder residue visible on officers' gloves. Upon closer examination, agents found 13 wet T-shirts "caked with a white, powdery substance," according to an affidavit cited by The LA Times.
The T-shirts appeared to be ordinary Target-brand garments but had been soaked with methamphetamine in liquid form. Fox News reported that the shirts weighed nearly 30 pounds and likely contained several kilograms of the drug. Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent Omar Yasin explained that the methamphetamine was "originally in a powder form and then washed using a solvent before being melded into the fabric," according to an affidavit cited by CBS News.
