Unusually large cushions on a motorized wheelchair piqued the interest of officers at George Bush Intercontinental Airport last month in Houston, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. Their suspicions were right.

The US Customs and Border Protection found 12 kilograms of cocaine hidden inside a motorized wheelchair seat cushion at George Bush Airport.

There have been more than 498,000 pounds of drugs seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection this year. That's compared to nearly 550,000 pounds last year, and a whopping 913,000 pounds in 2021, according to the agency's drug seizure statistics.