Customs officials at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport found that some of the tamales inside a box of 200 homemade tamales brought to the U.S. by a man from El Salvador were stuffed with a very hot white powder – cocaine
When a traveler from El Salvador arrived at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport on August 20, customs inspectors found a box of 200 homemade tamales in his luggage that he had failed to list on the written declaration all airline passengers on international flights are required to fill out before landing in this country.
The 46-year-old unnamed man was taken aside for special attention by the welcoming committee of customs inspectors. They found some of the tamales were stuffed with a white powder. As the Houston Chronicle put it, “The gourmet filling in these hot tamales carried a particular strong kick as that white powder turned out to be cocaine.”
After a meticulous sampling of the tamales, overjoyed customs inspectors seized seven ounces of coke with a street value of up to $14,000, depending on the contraband’s purity.
The no-longer friendly customs officers turned an unhappy Salvadoran over to a Houston welcoming committee of city cops who promptly hauled his unhappy ass off to the guest accommodations at Hotel Pokey.
One could say that them thar Salvadoran hot tamales were extremely hot.
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