Student arrested for allegedly carrying meth-soaked T-shirts through LAX airport

A 20-year-old student on her way to Australia was stopped at airport security after a shock discovery was allegedly found in her suitcase.

A student from the United Kingdom was nabbed trying to sneak more than a dozen meth-encrusted Target T-shirts through Los Angeles International Airport in her luggage earlier this month.

Myah Saakwa-Mante, 20, was on her way to meet her boyfriend for the first time in Australia when she decided to stop in LA for a couple of days, according to CBS News.

But airport officers noticed that an X-ray machine had flagged her luggage for anomalies on November 2 — and when they searched it, they allegedly found shirts “caked with methamphetamine” inside, the station said.

The white T-shirts — which according to court documents were “hidden under the suitcase’s internal lining” — likely contained several kilograms of the illicit drug that had become entwined with the fabric.

The T-shirt within the suitcase was soaked in meth.

The T-shirt within the suitcase was soaked in meth.

“Due to the moisture, the suspected methamphetamine was caked into the T-shirts and so could not be separated,” the documents said.

The meth-soaked shirts weighed nearly 13kg on their own, according to Fox News.

Customs officials stopped her at the gate and questioned her about the suitcase — but Saakwa-Mante allegedly denied any knowledge about the drugged-up tees.

Saakwa-Mante did admit to buying the shirts — she even had receipts, CBS said.

Authorities brought her to the bag screening area, seized her two mobile phones and arrested her, Fox added.

In court documents, Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent Omar Yasin wrote that the meth was allegedly “originally in a powder form and then the powder was ‘washed’ using a solvent and then blended /melded into the T-shirts.”

Saakwa-Mante has been charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and is currently in federal custody.

This article originally appeared on the New York Post and has been republished with permission