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An arriving passenger who was ‘busting out of his pants’ after taping cocaine to his legs.An arriving passenger who was ‘busting out of his pants’ after taping cocaine to his legs.

What’s he wearing? Oh, a few kilos.

A man tried to smuggle 10 pounds of cocaine through customs at JFK Airport by taping it to his legs.

US Customs and Border Protection said Friday that officers arrested Juan Carlos Galan Luperon on last Saturday after they noticed he was “busting out of his pants.”

Luperon, a US citizen who lives in Manhattan, had arrived at JFK from the Dominican Republic.

Customs officials say officers noticed Luperon’s pants were snug and that he appeared to be nervous.

The officers took Luperon to a private room where they searched him and allegedly found packages of white powder taped to his legs. The agency says the powder tested positive for cocaine.

Luperon was arrested on federal narcotics-smuggling charges.

Authorities say the cocaine was worth about $164,000.

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