'Biggest ever ketamine haul' turns out to be stain remover leaving officials red-faced
dailystar.co.ukillegal drugs” at 28.7bn baht – just over £710m.But now, red-faced police chiefs have admitted that the “ketamine” now appears to be trisodium phosphate – a perfectly legal chemical that an effective stain remover and is also sometimes used as lubricant, food additive, stain remover, and degreaser.The chemical is listed on food packaging as E339 and is often used to prevent clumping or excess acidity in processed foods.But it’s commonly shipped in white powder form, which is what led to what Thai police acre cling a "technical error” in this case.Over eleven 11.5 tonnes of the powder were seized from a Thai warehouse after a tip-off from Taiwan.In a triumphant press conference, Mr Chaimongkhol said it was the largest amount of illegal drugs.
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