Ben Gurion Airport detectives thwart smuggling attempt of ketamine, 2 arrested. 8kg seized in shampoo bottles. Israel.
Jerusalem, 10 October, 2025 (TPS-IL) — Ben Gurion Airport’s 747 Detective Unit foiled the smuggling into Israel of approximately eight kilograms of ketamine. Two tourists in their 30s who arrived on a flight from England were arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling.
The drugs were discovered hidden in bottles of shampoo.
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