An Austin guy was busted with about two lbs of meth taped underneath his dresses after Border Patrol brokers noticed him suspiciously consuming a cheeseburger at a checkpoint, the U.S. Attorney's Business office for the Southern District of Texas introduced this 7 days. 

Yen-Tsun Huang, who is at first from Taiwan, was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in federal jail followed by three a long time of supervised release. 

Huang was in the backseat of a auto with two other folks as they tried to go via a Border Patrol checkpoint in Falfurrias, a town about 75 miles north of the border, in July 2020. 

FILE: A U.S. Border Patrol agent sits in a truck on a road outdoors a ranch gate in Texas. (Eddie Seal through Getty Pictures)

The agent checked the IDs of the other two passengers then turned his consideration to Huang. 

"[The Border Patrol agent] appeared inside the passenger-facet rear window and notice Huang opening what looked to be a Big Mac burger from McDonald's and took a 1st bite. [The Border Patrol agent] imagined it was strange that someone would hold out right up until the specific second they acquired to the checkpoint to begin feeding on, presented that the nearest McDonald's is above 60 miles south," the original legal grievance mentioned. 

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As Border Patrol ongoing the immigration inspection, a K-9 alerted on the vehicle, indicating that there may be medication within. 

Huang was busted after Border Patrol brokers imagined it was bizarre that he would get started consuming a McDonald's Huge Mac cheeseburger at a checkpoint.  (iStock)

A Border Patrol agent felt a "brick-like item strapped all-around" every of Huang's thighs all through a pat down, then noticed "black tape close to his shorts keeping three bundles to his legs" in a extra thorough research.

Huang admitted to the officers that the material was meth, in accordance to the felony complaint. The offers contained 735.56 grams of meth, which is a tiny additional than 1.6 lbs.

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Huang, a citizen of Taiwan, will have his authorized permanent resident status revoked and be issued an immigration detainer following completing his jail sentence.