INDIAN POLICE SEIZE M'SIA-BOUND KETAMINE IN RICE COOKER

By P. Vijian

CHENNAI, Sept 1 (Bernama) -- Two Indian nationals found their goose cooked when they were caught attempting to smuggle seven kilogrammes of ketamine to Malaysia, via an electric rice cooker on Monday.

Chennai police found the crystal-like drug concealed at the bottom of the
rice cooker which one of the suspects was carrying in a box while on a
motorcycle in the Mannadi area.

The suspects, aged 22 and 26, one of whom is a graduate in commerce, are
being held under remand to facilitate investigations into international ketamine
trafficking.

Asst Commissioner of Police (Chennai Crime Branch) D. Kandasamy said the
street value of the drug was about RM100,000 (US$28,296).

"Upon interrogation, the suspects confessed the ketamine came from Bangalore
and they were sending the drug to Hyderabad before it was to be smuggled to
Malaysia," he told Bernama Tuesday.

Kandasamy said the suspects were previously involved in peddling pirated
CDs.
-- BERNAMA