BAD EGG! Texas Drug Dealer Hides Weed in Easter Eggs, and a Kid Found One

If you're looking for the dumbest criminal idea of 2025, we might already have a winner—and it happened right here in the Lone Star State.

The Eggs Were Supposed to be a 'Promotion' for His Customers

In a head-scratching act of stupidity, a drug dealer over in Lufkin, Texas decided to celebrate Easter by stuffing plastic eggs with weed and hiding them around town for his "customers" to find. Seriously. You can’t make this stuff up.

According to police, 26-year-old Avante Nicholson posted the brilliant idea all over Facebook, offering "hints" to people who had “shopped” with him on where they could find the eggs. Unfortunately for Avante, the Easter Bunny wasn’t the only one watching—law enforcement caught wind of the promotion real quick.

Police Were on the Case--QUICK!

Police managed to track down four of the five eggs he hid, but not before things got a whole lot worse: a man and his granddaughter stumbled across one of the eggs while playing at a local park the day after Easter. Imagine grampa trying to explain THAT one to her parents!

The eggs were mostly hidden in public places, including multiple parks and even behind a Motel 6. Because if you’re going to combine drugs, holidays, and bad decisions, you might as well throw in a questionable motel for good measure.

In total, the five eggs contained about a quarter-ounce of weed. Not exactly a kingpin operation, but enough to earn him a very awkward conversation with police.

They Still Haven't Caught Him!

At last report, authorities were still trying to track down Avante, who is now facing multiple charges.

Moral of the story, folks? Stick to chocolate and jellybeans for your Easter hunts... not felony charges.

(Props to KTRE and Fox8Live for first spotting this masterpiece of criminal genius.)

Stay classy, Texas.