Police in Western Australia have charged a 39-year-old man after they say they found approximately 3.5 grams of methamphetamine hidden between the bacon and egg in a McDonald’s McMuffin during a search of his car.
The arrest on Sunday was part of an investigation into the buying and selling of illegal drugs in Broome, Western Australia, Senior Counsel. Ben Lucas said to WA Police Confidential Podcast.
A bag of “fresh, hot, warm and smelling good” food from the Chicken Treat chain was discovered in the suspect’s car; At the bottom, police identified a “discarded cold McMuffin burger,” which caught officers’ attention, Lucas explained, adding that when it was unwrapped, it was found to contain a sealed bag with methamphetamine inside.
In body camera footage of the search, officers can be seen digging through a paper bag filled with fast food before finding a breakfast sandwich filled with methamphetamine, from which it appears to have been removed.
The video, which was shared on a Western Australian Police Facebook page, includes a snippet of the gingerbread man a partner Asks: Do you know the Muffin Man?
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“She surprised us all,” Lucas said on the podcast.
The man was charged with possession with intent to sell or display. He is next scheduled to appear in District Court on September 9.
Police also arrested a woman who was in the car. Lucas said she was released after being interrogated.
In a message to listeners and users of synthetic drugs, Lucas said: “It is unacceptable within society, and it leaves a blight on society, and you will always be on your shoulder because we can be there at any time.”
Methamphetamine use in Australia has doubled in the past decade, according to the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission Annual reportwhich was released in April.
Australia is the second largest consumer of methamphetamine in the world, after the United States The committee says; Consumption is tracked through wastewater monitoring.
Statistics Canada data She says Canadian cities also showed very high levels of methamphetamine compared to cities in other countries around the world, even though fentanyl caused… Three quarters of all accidental deaths resulting from opioid poisoning From January to September 2024, while cocaine accounts for the largest share of illicit drug trafficking violations.
Methamphetamine is a close second.
In 2025 World Drug ReportThe United Nations estimates that as of 2023, 316 million people worldwide have used drugs in the past year. It also found that seizures of amphetamine-type stimulants worldwide broke records in 2023 and account for nearly half of all synthetic drug seizures.
The report says that North America and East and Southeast Asia are the largest and most active methamphetamine markets, with those regions accounting for nearly 80 percent of the 482 tons of methamphetamine seized globally in 2023.
In 2023, 8,049 people died in Canada from obvious drug poisoning, including those related to opioid use, according to Canadian Mental Health Association.
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