Apparently, it can be confusing (Picture: Getty)

A man says he was wrongly locked up for three days after police mistook his kitty litter for methamphetamine.

Ross Lebeau, 24, from Texas, was arrested on suspicion of possessing the illegal substance.

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Police stopped his car early in December. When they searched the vehicle, they found half a pound of what they believed to be meth, inside an old sock.

‘They thought they had the biggest bust in Harris County. This was the bust of the year for them,’ Lebeau told Eyewitness News.


However, it was actually cat litter which he kept in the car to prevent the windows misting up with condensation.

Ross Lebeau in his police mugshot (Picture: Harris County Sheriff’s Office)

The cat litter looked like something else (Picture: Harris County Sheriff’s Office)

His dad had given it to him, and had also given a sock full of cat litter to his sister to keep in her car.



Lebeau was kept in custody for three days before police realised the mistake.

‘I would like an apology,’ ABC reported he said. ‘I was wrongly accused and I’m going to do everything in my power, with my family’s backing, to clear my name.’

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According to the channel, initial tests of the kitty litter indicated it WAS meth.

However, more extensive testing showed that result was inaccurate.

In a statement, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said: ‘Regarding this incident all indication shows that the deputies followed basic procedures and followed established protocol related to this incident.

‘Because of the established procedures in place and this contraband was submitted to the Institute of Forensic Science it was determined not to be methamphetamine and charges were dismissed.’