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Aug 28, 2026 Regulatory
UK Border Force Seized a Record 1,300kg of Ketamine — in Just the First Three Months of 2026
Border Force seized 1,300kg of ketamine in Q1 2026 alone — on pace to blow past the previous full-year record. That prior record, set in the year to March 2025, was itself 1.3 tonnes, a 55% jump from the year before, per Home Office data. If the pace holds, 2026 could roughly double the seizure total in a single year. We're covering the demand side of this the same week: why ketamine's patent-free, already-generic status has kept it out of the psychedelic industry's speculative gold rush even as use — and now interceptions — climb.
Read at ITV News