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€2.3 Million Ketamine Seized in Unusual Smuggling Attempts

3/3/2026

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German customs officials at Cologne/Bonn Airport seized 25 kilograms of ketamine hidden inside five gold-painted garden gnomes, valued at about €1 million, after irregularities were detected in X-ray images.
Separately, a British passenger in a Dutch taxi on the A3 motorway was found with 30 vacuum-sealed bags of ketamine in his luggage.
The combined street value of the drugs from both seizures is estimated at €2.3 million.

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German customs officials at Cologne/Bonn Airport seized 25 kilograms of ketamine hidden inside five gold-painted garden gnomes, valued at about €1 million, after irregularities were detected in X-ray images.
Separately, a British passenger in a Dutch taxi on the A3 motorway was found with 30 vacuum-sealed bags of ketamine in his luggage.
The combined street value of the drugs from both seizures is estimated at €2.3 million.