Overview

• On July 23, 22-year-old Aysin Cilek says a stranger offered her a paper “stamp” to lick aboard a train headed to Birmingham Moor Street in an alleged scopolamine drugging attempt.
• Cilek posted a TikTok video of the encounter that has drawn more than 3 million views and prompted public warnings from fellow commuters.
• British Transport Police confirmed they received her complaint and are investigating after four other spiking reports filed this year, though no cases involving scopolamine have been verified.
• Transport for London is reviewing safety alerts to assess whether the latest incident connects to other alleged “Devil’s Breath” spiking attempts on its network.
• Scopolamine, sourced from Borrachero tree seeds, is reputed to cause memory loss and a “zombie-like” state, but experts caution that its unpredictable potency makes covert application especially dangerous.