FLT ATTENDANT PAX APPARENTLY SNORTING DRUGS AND DISPLAYING ERRATIC BEHAVIOR. POLICE CALLED TO MEET THE ACFT. PAX ARRESTED FOR PAROLE VIOLATION.

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ON A REGULARLY SCHEDULED FLT FROM ST LOUIS; MO; TO HOUSTON; TX; A CABIN ATTENDANT INFORMED THE COCKPIT THAT A PAX HAD REPEATEDLY LEFT HIS SEAT WHILE THE FASTEN SEAT BELT SIGN WAS ON TO USE THE LAVATORY AND WAS SNORTING A SUBSTANCE IN HIS SEAT THAT APPEARED TO BE AN ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE; PRESUMABLY COCAINE. THE PAX'S BEHAVIOR WAS ERRATIC BUT NOT COMPLETELY DISORDERLY. THE CAPT INSTRUCTED ME (FE) TO CONTACT COMPANY MGMNT FOR A COORDINATED RESPONSE TO THE PAX ACTIVITY. THE CABIN ATTENDANT BROUGHT AN UNUSED PACKAGE OF THE SUSPECT SUBSTANCE TO THE COCKPIT AS EVIDENCE. COMPANY ADVISED US (THE CREW) TO CALL FOR POLICE TO MEET THE PLANE IN HOUSTON. WE DID. POLICE MET THE PAX AS HE DEPLANED AND LATER ARRESTED HIM FOR PAROLE VIOLATION. WE DID NOT LEARN WHAT HE AS SNORTING OR IF THE PACKETS OF SUBSTANCE WERE ILLEGAL. THE WHOLE SERIES OF EVENTS TRANSPIRED WITHOUT MUCH DISRUPTION TO THE SAFETY OF FLT. THE COCKPIT CREW; CABIN CREW AND COMPANY WERE INFORMED OF ALL EVENTS AND DECISIONS. THE NATURE OF THE PROB WAS DEALT WITH WITHOUT FLT DISRUPTION. ALL IN ALL; THE SIT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE AND ADDED TO THE WORKLOAD OF THE CREW; BUT DESPITE THE POSSIBILITY OF ILLEGAL DRUGS AND A PAX UNDER THEIR INFLUENCE; NO SAFETY INFRACTIONS OCCURRED.