A Florida deputy was arrested last week after he was caught trying to sneak MDMA pills onto a cruise ship in Skittles bags, authorities said.

A sheriff's deputy was arrested after he allegedly attempted to bring dozens of MDMA pills disguised as Skittles into a music festival on a cruise ship.

According to an arrest report, in December, detectives had a confidential informant purchase drugs from Deputy Francisco Javier Melo.

Before he went inside the boat, a K9 dog sniffed the drugs disguised as Skittles candy. Detectives began searching Melo's luggage and found 60 pills hidden inside candy bags, acco

A Florida cop is being accused of drug trafficking and police say he planned to take narcotics onto a cruise and sell them in Skittles packets. Deputy Francisco Melo with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office was arrested last week on the charges.

A Florida sheriff’s deputy was arrested last week as he was getting ready to board a cruise ship, where police say he planned to sell ecstacy he was smuggling aboard in Skittles packages. The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said a confidential informant bought pills in December from Francisco Melo,

( NewsNation) — A Miami-Dade sheriff’s deputy was arrested and stands accused of trying to smuggle MDMA pills onto a cruise ship. Francisco Melo, 36, was behind bars on Friday morning after detectives arrested him at the Royal Caribbean terminal in PortMiami before boarding the Allure of the Seas, according to NewsNation affiliate WFLA.

A Miami-Dade sheriff’s deputy is accused of smuggling narcotic pills by hiding them inside bags of candy. Francisco Melo, 36, is suspected of being a narcotics dealer, and instead of being on a cruise at sea, he found himself behind bars Friday morning, according to arrest reports.

Investigators said Deputy Francisco Javier Melo purchased 12 MDMA pills from an informant for $240. Investigators say Melo planned to attend a music festival on Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas cruise ship.