BUENOS AIRES –– A former Missouri high school valedictorian was busted smuggling a massive stash of the party drug nitrate “poppers” into Argentina in his suitcase — in what sources said could be the largest seizure of the drug by customs agents.

Braiden John Wilson, 27, was caught by Argentine customs officers with around half a gallon of butyl nitrate — a chemical compound that produces a brief euphoria when inhaled — at Ezeiza airport in Buenos Aires on Sept. 13, 2024.

The bust, which had not previously been reported, came to light as the former whiz kid from the Bismarck High School class of 2017 completed a sweetheart probation deal last…

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