Coimbatore, April 08: A Singapore-bound passenger was today arrested at the airport here for attempting to smuggle 14.5 kg of ketamine, a misused anesthetic, to Thailand, police said.
Customs and immigration officials seized the drug, concealed in cloth bags, during baggage checking of Selvamani, a native of Chennai.
The drug, valued at Rs 1.5 crore in the international market, was meant to be delivered in Thailand where the substance has a good market, they said.
Ketamine is usually used as a legal anaesthetic but can be illegally synthesised to produce recreational drugs.
–PTI