Netherlands: Record amount of party drug ketamine seized

2024-01-19T13:55:51.480Z

Highlights: Netherlands: Record amount of party drug ketamine seized. Never before had such a large amount of the narcotic been discovered in the Netherlands. The ketamine was found in a shed in Muiderberg, east of Amsterdam. A 55-year-old man was arrested. Ketamine is a prescription anesthetic that is also used illegally as a party drug. According to police, it has a sales value of around 55 million euros. The police received an anonymous tip and searched the shed. That was at the beginning of January.

Dutch investigators have confiscated around 2,000 kilograms of ketamine. The discovery of the anesthetic, which is also used illegally as a party drug, is said to be worth more than 50 million euros.