Trio charged after suspected ketamine found in baby formula tins

A man and woman, both 30, were charged (1 September, 2026), after the AFP executed a search warrant in Sydney’s south-west, and found the suspected ketamine in a home where young children were living. 

The AFP investigation commenced in July 2026 after Australian Border Force (ABF) officers allegedly detected ketamine and cocaine in a man’s luggage. Further inquiries by the AFP linked the attempted importation to a property in Sydney’s south-west, where the AFP executed a search warrant.

The man, 26, from the Czech Republic, was charged with importing a commercial quantity of border controlled drugs, namely ketamine and cocaine.

When AFP investigators searched the home in Sydney’s south-west, they allegedly found vacuum-sealed bags of a white powder suspected to be ketamine stored inside a tin of baby formula. 

Investigators also allegedly located another 1kg of coloured crystalline substances suspected to be ketamine in foil packets in a suitcase, about 2kg of suspected ketamine in plastic containers, multiple tablets suspected to be MDMA, about $30,000 cash, a replica firearm and other items suspected to be linked to drug trafficking. 

Police will allege the substances suspected to be drugs were found in rooms accessible by two young children who lived at the home.

AFP Detective Superintendent Morgen Blunden said ketamine was a powerful dissociative substance and its use could result in memory impairment, a sense of disconnection from the body, reduced breathing and an inability to recognise or respond to risks. 

“It is particularly concerning to find what we suspect is ketamine at a home and within reach of young children,” Det. Supt Morgen Blunden said.