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Police: 500-pound inmate hid gun in his flab
Three separate body searches failed to locate 9mm pistol, officials say
 Houston Police Department / AP George Vera, 25, is charged with possession of a firearm in a correctional facility. |
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updated 4:22 a.m. ET Aug. 8, 2009
HOUSTON - An obese inmate in Texas has been charged after officials learned he had a gun hidden in his rolls of fat.
George Vera, 25, was charged with possession of a firearm in a correctional facility after he told a guard at the Harris County Jail about the unloaded 9mm pistol.
The Houston Chronicle reported Thursday that Vera was originally arrested on charges of selling illegal copies of compact discs.
The 500-pound man was searched during his arrest and again at a city jail and the county jail, but officers never found the weapon.
Vera admitted having the gun during a shower break at the county jail.
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