Amarillo authorities arrest man after bust finds $250,000 of meth in suitcase

AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Authorities arrested a man in Amarillo after officials say they found about $250,000 worth of meth in his suitcase on a Greyhound bus.

Court documents state on Dec. 20, an Amarillo Police Department K-9 unit conducted a free air sniff on the luggage compartment of a Greyhound bus at a maintenance barn.

The K-9 alerted to a white suitcase in the luggage compartment.

Documents state an officer found a false compartment in the lining of the suitcase and found three bundles wrapped in black plastic and tape.

The officer cut the packaging and found a white substance that tested positive for meth.

Documents state the drugs weighed about 2.6 gross kilograms. According to street value estimates, the drugs are worth about $250,000.

After the officer secured the meth in a patrol car, the white suitcase was placed back in the luggage area of the bus.

Documents state the bus was taken to a passenger terminal where passengers were instructed to retrieve their luggage.

According to documents, authorities observed Theodore James Jerry removing the white suitcase from the luggage area.

Authorities in uniform then arrested Jerry. Documents state Jerry told officers the suitcase was his.

Court documents state during an interview, Jerry told authorities he took the suitcase with him on a flight from Tulsa to Los Angeles. He then took the suitcase on a Greyhound bus from California to Amarillo, where authorities found the drugs.

Jerry was booked into the Randall County Detention Center on a federal hold.