Late last month, over 22 pounds of ketamine were seized at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. The drugs were located in cargo and had been disguised as board games.

Big drug bust

Earlier today, United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that in late April, over 22 pounds of ketamine were seized at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). According to a press release, CBP officers were suspicious of a package arriving from London and on its way to Miami. Officers from the Advanced Targeting Unit (ATU) worked with the National Targeting Center (NTC).

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After intercepting the cargo, CBP officers examined the contents and found several packages of a crystalized white substance, and further tests were positive for Ketamine. As mentioned above, the drugs had been disguised as children’s board games.

Dallas Area Port Director Jayson Ahern said,

“Global criminal networks utilize a wide array of tactics to smuggle dangerous and deadly drugs into the United States, but our CBP officers are highly trained in detecting and stopping these schemes. Our drug interdiction efforts are vital to protecting American communities from the scourge of dangerous and deadly drugs.”

What is ketamine?

Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic hallucinogen because users feel detached from their pain and environment. The drug alters the user’s perception of sight and sound and makes them feel out of control. It can bring a state of relaxation, relief from pain, and even amnesia. Because there is no memory of events while under the influence, Ketamine has been used in several cases of sexual assault.

Abuse of Ketamine may cause unwanted side effects such as: agitation, depression, cognitive difficulties, unconsciousness, and amnesia. Involuntarily rapid eye movement, dilated pupils, salivation, tear secretions, and stiffening of the muscles, possible nausea.

Other recent airport incidents

The ketamine seizure was not the only unlawful thing to have been found at DFW this year. In January, police arrested a Turkish Airlines passenger at the airport after they stole an item from a store. Even though there was surveillance footage showing what the passenger had done, he attempted to lie to the police and make up a story.

View of the control tower at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).

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The passenger in question was on his way to India when he took some items from the COACH store. He made a purchase, but after he left, employees noticed a missing wallet and found footage of the item being slipped into the bag. The passenger was denied boarding and taken to jail.

In recent weeks, several American tourists have been arrested in Turks and Caicos for transporting ammunition. Though the passenger’s name in the most recent incident was not disclosed, authorities did say that the ammunition had been discovered during a routine inspection. As of February, tourists face a minimum of 12 years in prison for transporting firearms and ammunition into the territory.

Five Americans have now been arrested, and three governors sent a letter to the Governor of Turks and Caicos, Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam, demanding the prisoners be released. The governors claim that ammunition was left in their luggage after legal recreational activities in the United States.

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