Taoyuan: A Canadian woman found with 35.11 kilograms of ketamine in her luggage at Taoyuan Airport has been indicted on drug smuggling charges. The drugs were discovered hidden in the 33-year-old suspect’s checked luggage during a routine X-ray screening on April 9, according to Chang Tsung-lung of the Aviation Police Bureau (APB), who informed local media on Wednesday.

According to Focus Taiwan, initial investigations indicate that a trafficking ring had instructed the woman to travel first to Vienna, then smuggle the drugs into Taiwan under the pretense of tourism. Chang stated that the trafficking ring provided the woman with CA$1,000 (approximately NT$ 21,600 or US$733) in cash, in addition to covering her airfare and accommodation.

The woman was indicted under the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act in May and faces a minimum seven-year prison sentence if convicted of transporting a Schedule III narcotic.