Woman arrested at Haneda airport in record ‘zombie cigarette’ drug haul
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TOKYO – A Taiwanese woman has been arrested at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on suspicion of smuggling about 4kg of etomidate, a regulated substance also known as a “zombie cigarette”, in a suitcase, in what police said was a record seizure.
Ms Liu Ting-yu, 50, who was arrested on April 16, has denied the allegation, saying she had borrowed the suitcase and was unaware it contained etomidate.
Abuse of the sedative-laced vape liquid has spread among young people in Japan, with overdoses causing loss of consciousness and spasms in the hands and legs. KYODO NEWS
