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Police make largest ketamine seizure ever in the Netherlands

The police found more than 2,000 kilos of ketamine in a shed in Muiderberg. According to a spokesperson, this is the largest quantity of the drug ever found in the Netherlands. A 55-year-old man from Naarden who was in a house near the shed was arrested.

The discovery was made at the beginning of this month, but has only now been made public. The police had received an anonymous tip about a large shipment of narcotics that was allegedly on the site on Googweg. In a shed near a home, officers found dozens of boxes full of ketamine. Several kilos of hard drugs were also found.

According to the police, the drugs had a street value of almost 55 million euros. The narcotics have been removed and now destroyed.

The discovery was made at the beginning of this month, but has only now been made public:

Ketamine is a painkiller that is also used as a party drug. The drug is not on the lists of prohibited hard and soft drugs, but is a medicine that may not be traded without registration. Possession in large quantities is also not permitted. Anyone who deals in the drug without registration risks a prison sentence of up to six years.

The police say that the trade in ketamine is often accompanied by other forms of crime such as money laundering and weapons possession.