WA man nabbed trying to sneak meth into hotel quarantine inside a burger
A man has been charged by police after allegedly attempting to sneak meth and syringes into a Perth quarantine hotel hidden inside a fast food takeaway order.
It is the second time police have foiled a plot to smuggle drugs into a city quarantine hotel inside a food order after a man was found with illicit drugs stashed inside a bag of french fries in November.
The drugs were hidden inside a hamburger. Credit:
According to police, the courier arrived at the Adelaide Street hotel at 12.15pm and told staff he wanted to drop some takeaway food off for a person isolating in one of the rooms.
After noticing the man looked nervous, police and security guards searched the order and found four syringes hidden inside a thickshake and a bag containing 1.2 grams of meth stashed in a hamburger.
"Further evidence was located which indicated he had been communicating with a person in quarantine in relation to delivering a quantity of methylamphetamine to the hotel," a police spokesperson said.
The courier, a 52-year-old man from Beaconsfield, was arrested by police and charged with possessing a prohibited drug with the intent to sell.
He will face Perth Magistrates Court on January 29.
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