Cute cow onesie spotted at airport harbors a horrifying secret

Officers were stunned to find retired an adorable cattle onesie packed successful a flier's suitcase was covered successful methamphetamine. 

Raj Matharu, 31, was detained by LAX information and Customs and Border Protection aft employees noticed thing suspicious successful an X-ray astatine the TSA checkpoint. 

Officials got ahold of Matharu's suitcases and were alarmed astatine the achromatic pulverization allegedly recovered wrong 1 of the bags. 

Other than the cattle onesie, the hunt uncovered 18 pairs of socks and 'other stiff clothing' drenched successful meth.

Investigators removed much than 1 kilogram of meth residue from covering that weighed 71.5 pounds altogether.   

The California nonmigratory was attempting to alert to Sydney, Australia, with the meth-filled luggage earlier helium was caught by officials.

Officers arrested Matharu connected November 6 and charged him with one number of possession with intent to administer methamphetamine.

Matharu is escaped connected a $10,000 enslaved and volition beryllium arraigned successful a US District Court successful Los Angeles, California, connected December 2.

The National Drug Intelligence Center called meth 'the astir important cause menace successful Northern California' successful 2001.

The contented has gotten worse implicit the years, partially due to the fact that of the originative mode dealers person smuggled them successful and retired of the US.

'Drug dealers are continually inventing originative ways of smuggling unsafe narcotics successful pursuit of illicit nett - arsenic alleged successful the facts of this case,' United States Attorney Martin Estrada said of Matharu's meth possession and organisation charge.

'In the process, they are poisoning communities passim the world. Law enforcement is committed to warring cause trafficking, knowing that each seizure saves lives.'

Matharu was not the lone alleged cause trafficker attempting to alert to Australia from California this month.

British University pupil Myah Saakwa-Mante was arrested aft officials said they recovered 13 achromatic meth-soaked T-shirts from Target successful her suitcase astatine LAX connected November 2.

The 20-year-old pupil was attempting to smuggle them into Brisbane, Australia, according to the transgression complaint.

The combined value of each shirts covered successful meth was conscionable nether 30 pounds.

Saakwa-Mante cooperated with officials aft they asked her astir the suitcases, and claimed to person nary cognition of the shirts.

She besides claimed that she was flying to Australia to sojourn her fellow whom she'd ne'er met successful person. 

Officers seized her container and 2 iPhones and charged her with amerciable cause possession with intent to distribute.

Following the 2 cases, X users person fixed their honorable - and disgusted - opinions connected Matharu's incident.

'Wow, that's a caller low. People truly deliberation they tin sneak drugs done an airdrome successful cattle pajamas? This is conscionable ridiculous and dangerous. What were they adjacent thinking?,' an X idiosyncratic wrote.

Another idiosyncratic wrote: 'dude truly thought helium could get distant with wearing meth connected a plane. airdrome information indispensable person had a bully laughter erstwhile they recovered the cattle onesie.'

If convicted, Matharu would look a mandatory minimum condemnation of 10 years successful national situation and a statutory maximum condemnation of beingness imprisonment, according to the US Department of Justice (DOJ).

It is unclear if Matharu has entered a plea astatine this time.

Homeland Security Investigations is investigating the incidental with assistance provided by the United States Customs and Border Protection.