Beaumont Woman Indicted After Customs Intercepted More Than 5 kg of Suspected Ketamine; Converted Glock Seized

A Jefferson County grand jury has indicted 43-year-old Jessica Renae White on charges connected to a large suspected ketamine shipment and the possession of a converted automatic firearm, according to court and arrest records.

Charges And Allegations

White faces one count of manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance in an amount of 400 grams or more — a first-degree felony — and one count of possession of a prohibited weapon, a third-degree felony, for allegedly possessing a machine gun, court records show. The weapon named in the indictment is a Glock 17 9mm fitted with an automatic conversion device.

How Authorities Intervened

On March 6, 2026, multiple law-enforcement agencies executed a controlled delivery and arrest at a home in the 3700 block of Buckingham Row in Beaumont after U.S. Customs and Border Protection intercepted two packages shipped from the Netherlands. One package contained about 2.1 kilograms of suspected ketamine and a second contained roughly 3.17 kilograms of suspected ketamine, a combined total of more than 5 kilograms, which investigators allege was intended for distribution in and around Jefferson County.

An undercover postal inspector delivered one of the packages to the residence, which a woman later identified as White accepted, according to an arrest affidavit. Investigators then executed an anticipatory search warrant at the home.

Items Recovered

Searches reportedly recovered the opened delivered package (with the suspected ketamine removed), approximately 30.29 grams of suspected alprazolam, 14 abuse units of suspected LSD and the Glock 17 fitted with the automatic conversion device. Subsequent inspection allegedly confirmed the handgun could fire in both automatic and semi-automatic modes.

Statements And Additional Charges

According to the affidavit, White admitted opening the package that contained the suspected ketamine and told investigators she owned the suspected alprazolam, suspected LSD and the handgun. At the time of arrest, investigators also sought additional charges related to possession of a controlled substance in Penalty Group 1-A and Penalty Group 3; available records did not immediately indicate whether those charges remain pending.

Federal Definition: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives explains that a "machinegun" is "any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger," and that the definition also covers parts designed to convert weapons to fire automatically. Conversion devices are generally prohibited to possess or transfer under federal law.

Agencies Involved: Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division, Homeland Security Investigations (including HSI’s Special Response Team), the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Beaumont police worked on the operation and subsequent arrest.

Note: An indictment is a formal accusation and is not evidence of guilt.