Overview
- 110 pounds of ketamine, with a street value of $4 million, were discovered in a passenger's luggage at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
- The passenger, a UK citizen, arrived on a flight from France and claimed the suitcases containing the drugs were given to him by a family member.
- US Customs and Border Protection seized the drugs and the suspected smuggler was returned to France.
- Ketamine is a Schedule III controlled substance, used medically for short-term sedation and anesthesia, but is increasingly abused as a party drug.
- Actor Matthew Perry's autopsy revealed he died from the acute effects of ketamine, which he had been receiving as treatment for depression and anxiety.