A Dallas, Texas, flight attendant pleaded responsible to drug trafficking after she was caught smuggling fentanyl taped to her abdomen at San Diego International Airport.

Terese L. White, 41, pleaded responsible in federal courtroom, admitting she used her privileges as a flight attendant to get via Transportation Security Administration screening to smuggle fentanyl.

The Department of Justice said White admitted that on Oct. Four, 2022, she become off-obligation and flew from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to San Diego International Airport.

She exited the comfortable area of the airport after arriving, and when she back to trap a scheduled flight to Boston, Massachusetts, White attempted to pass regular TSA screening using the Known Crew Member queue.

Texas flight attendant pleads guilty to smuggling fentanyl in California

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Despite being inside the queue, she turned into decided on for regular screening, that’s while TSA officers observed she had hid applications taped to her stomach.

The packages, the DOJ stated, contained extra than three kilos of fentanyl.

White is scheduled to be sentenced on March 24, 2023, by US District Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo and faces up to twenty years in prison.