TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Aviation Police Bureau announced on Tuesday (May 14) that a Canadian woman was detained at Taoyuan International Airport with 25.3 kg of ketamine in her suitcase.

The street value of the category III narcotic was estimated to be worth more than NT$10 million (US$310,000). The Aviation Police Bureau said the woman declared her visit to Taiwan was for sightseeing. 

Aviation police said the woman is suspected of being part of a larger drug trafficking syndicate that makes use of foreign nationals to bring illicit drugs into Taiwan. Aviation police added that the 23-year-old woman was caught on March 23, per CNA.

Upon interrogation, aviation police learned that the woman was paid approximately NT$600,000 to bring the drugs into Taiwan in her checked luggage. After getting off the plane, she was instructed to check in at a hotel and await instructions from the drug trafficking group to deliver the drugs.

Aviation police said that the woman thought the ketamine would go undetected. Security and customs personnel spotted drugs as soon as she entered the country, with the case now transferred to the Taoyuan District Prosecutors Office for investigation.