151kg of ketamine seized

[enquirewithin]

Record haul of ketamine as police break syndicate

Police have charged two men after a record seizure of more than 151kg of ketamine worth HK$37 million Tuesday.

Andrea Chiu

Thursday, January 05, 2006

Police have charged two men after a record seizure of more than 151kg of ketamine worth HK$37 million Tuesday.

Narcotics Bureau acting chief superintendent John Ribeiro said arrests were the result of an investigation of a ketamine trafficking syndicate that started in December.

He said they believed suspects were about to distribute the drugs to retail- level traffickers but intercepted the supply in Sai Kung, where it was stored in Ho Chung New Village.

"The local ketamine supply will be affected for a long time," Ribeiro said.

A police spokesman added that the operation is continuing.

Ribeiro said police had seized 385 kg of ketamine between last January and November. In the whole of 2004, only 46kg was seized.

A study released by the Action Committee Against Narcotics in November shows drug use decreased between 2000 and 2004. "In 2000, there were many big rave parties in Hong Kong, which made drugs easily available to teenagers," said committee chairman Choi Yuen-wan in the report. "We believe the decreasing percentage [of drug use] is attributable to the efforts of the police."

Ketamine - also called "K" or "Special K" - is a party drug often used in clubs and at parties.

Police believe that a portion of the seizure was for distribution in local entertainment venues.

"According to abuse records, statistics indicate that ketamine is still the drug of choice for people under 21," Ribeiro said. While the trend for ketamine use is declining, cocaine is becoming more popular.

Ribeiro said he expects a 100 percent increase in cocaine-related arrests when figures become available for 2004/05. But he added: "Cocaine abuse in 2005 only accounted for four percent of drug users."

http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_d...sear_year=2006

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interesting article

[enquirewithin]

Apparently most of the ketamine in China/ Hong Kong comes from five factories which are licensed to produce it. There are illegal factories as well.

[Aopocetx]

Wow, that would last me a while.

[JewishNazi]

what a waste

[U-NiQUE]

I always aks myself: How do they get such amount of money to buy that stuff? Even if u have like 2 million, u can put it on the back and live a good life of the rent...

[mixmike007]

Originally Posted by U-NiQUE

I always aks myself: How do they get such amount of money to buy that stuff? Even if u have like 2 million, u can put it on the back and live a good life of the rent...

they sell drugs and they sell and they sell ...etc.

[kemistudent]

Damn, that IS a lot of K..

I bet you could dose every person in the US who has tried K before 10x before you run out!

[Psych0naut]

Originally Posted by kemistudent

Damn, that IS a lot of K..

I bet you could dose every person in the US who has tried K before 10x before you run out!

So that would mean there were 151.000 people in the U.S. who did Keta?
SWIM doesn't think so, because Ketamine is a rare drug.

[enquirewithin]

The drug was seized in Hong Kong, not the US. Ketamine is a popular 'club drug' in South China.

[arman]

SWIM missed ketamine so much,

can you please give SWIM only 0.05% of that,
I bet no one will notice.

CHEERS

[devil]

If I ever want to suicide, taking 151kg of K at once would not be a bad way to go