Snickers Bars Filled With Methamphetamine Get Man Arrested At LAX

This candy bar has a methamphetamine core.




LOS ANGELES -- A California man faces federal drug charges for allegedly trying to smuggle more than 4 pounds of methamphetamine to Japan in what looked like dozens of Snickers bars.


U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Monday that 34-year-old Rogelio Mauricio Harris of Long Beach was arrested last week at Los Angeles International Airport as he prepared to board a flight to Japan.


Harris was charged in Los Angeles with drug possession and faces at least 10 years in prison if convicted.


Federal agents conducting routine baggage inspections found 45 full-sized Snickers bars inside Harris' luggage. Each bar was coated in a chocolate-like substance to make it look like a candy bar, but tests revealed the so-called candy contained methamphetamine.


Authorities estimate the 4 pounds of meth is worth about $250,000.

I suppose drug users and drug dealers are some of the most creative people your might ever meet. If the person had not had so many Snicker Bars on his person when searched, maybe they get away but that is just speculation. Fewer Snicker bars would have less suspicious or you would think it would be less suspicious anyway.

yeah agree, it's possible if he mixed it up with some Milky ways and KitKats he might have gotten away with it... maybe

Those sleeves of candy bars for around $1 at Wal Mart or Dollar General are the way to go. You get 10 mini Snickers, Butter Fingers, Twix etc for your cash but would be hard to smuggle drugs in however, but fortunately I do not have such problems.