Malaysian Man Arrested After Ordering Ketamine to his Hotel

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Re: Malaysian Man Arrested After Ordering Ketamine to his Hotel

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John Bingham wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 10:23 pm
Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 9:25 pm OK, I'm speculating here - If the package had KETAMINE written on it in huge letters - would that have made a difference ? Would anyone at the hotel know what that means ?
Well back in the old days it used to be sold like this in pharmacies. It still is but it's restricted, it's an essential medication. :

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These days much of it is manufactured illicitly in a country a bit to the north. It seems to be usually sold in a powdered form.
I can't imagine anything worse than taking K in a club/KTV here with crazy local techno/rap etc blasting. Fuck that. :?
Back in the nineties Ketamine also came in pencil-thin glass vials in Phnom Penh. Once you snapped/cracked the top off it couldn't be closed. The thin vials also made a distinctive "clinking" sound as they hit each other when you walked. I was going to suggest that noise may have tipped someone off, but then considered Ketamine probably doesn't come like that any more.

The image you showed is how morphine was also bottled.
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I think you mean a glass ampoule? It seems they still exist.
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The ones I remember were thinner and longer with ml marker lines running down one side. I looked for an image but couldn't find it.
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I spent my most recent quarantine at this hotel, their security procedures were tight and they were very strict on what outside deliveries were permitted, and clearly stated in the welcome pack that all deliveries must be pre-approved by hotel management and are subject to inspection...what a fkn idiot 🤦🏽‍♂️
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