Northern Division Task Force (NDTF) officers are continuing investigations into the seizure of $44,590 worth of Ketamine at a courier company.
In a statement yesterday, the TTPS said at 2.30 pm on Thursday, NDTF police officers responded to information which suggested that a package carrying narcotics was in transit in the Aranguez area. Upon arrival at a courier shipping company, relative to a suspicious package received from the United States, police questioned the employees and a search was conducted.
During the search, police allegedly found a yellow-coloured packet containing 15 sachets of 'ginger tea.’ The sachets were further examined and three were found to each contain a plastic bag with a white crystal-like powdered substance. A field test was conducted on the substance and a positive reading for Ketamine was obtained. The three bags were weighed and amounted to 63.7 grammes with an estimated street value of $44,590. Ketamine is a controlled substance that is a dissociative anaesthetic that has some hallucinogenic effects.
PC Hernandez is continuing enquiries.