The drugs, hidden in latex pillows, were shipped from abroad to a courier facility near Taoyuan Int’l Airport
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/02/11
By: Central News Agency
TAIPEI (CNA) — A shipment containing more than 97 kilograms of ketamine, a fast-
Photo taken by the Aviation Police Bureau (By Central News Agency)
acting and powerful anesthetic often used as a date rape drug, was discovered on Friday at a courier facility near Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, law enforcement said Sunday.
Aviation police and customs officers discovered the drugs when they arrived in a shipment from Bangkok, Thailand using express delivery services, an officer from the Aviation Police Bureau said at a press conference.
Officers found suspicious white powder weighing 97.035 kg hidden in 71 boxes of latex pillows in the shipment that was declared to customs as clothing at the Taiwan Air Cargo Terminal warehouse, which is dedicated to express courier services, according to the officer. [FULL STORY]