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‘Devil’s breath,’ a powdered drug that
turns victims into unresponsive zombies for up to 24 hours, is reportedly on
its way to British streets. Criminals
use the drug to immobilize victims, steal their valuables and assault them
while they are dazed.
Offenders
blow the dangerous powder into their victim’s face, leaving them paralyzed and
helpless. The substance derives from a South American plant, and the potent
chemical is scopolamine, which can be powderized or turned into an essence.
Warning
social media users about the drug, horror writer S.E. Rise tweeted: “Pls if
anyone stops you in the parking lot of a mall, Walmart or the home of depot and
ask if you’re interested in some perfume and gives you paper to smell, please
don’t it’s a new scam.
RT
report continues:
“You’ll
pass out so they can kidnap, rob or do worse things to you. Please forward to
all friends and family,” the writer said.
Describing
the drugs’ effects, French police sources said affected victims fall into a
“hypnotic state under the total sway of their handlers” after the powder is
blown in their face.
According
to the Daily Mirror, the ‘Devils breath gang’ has been known to get drugged
victims to take them to their homes and locate their valuables.
Speaking
to the MailOnline, a police source said: “They got the victims to take them to
their home, where they asked them to put all their jewelry and money into a bag
and hand it over to them.”
Up to 20
people in Paris have been scammed by the gang using the drug, the paper claims.
Two
Chinese women and a European man who belong to the gang have been arrested, but
authorities still fear the trio are part of a bigger network operating across
the US and parts of Europe, including the UK.
Some
50,000 people a year have allegedly fallen victim to the Devil’s Breath gang in
Columbia.
Gang members are also using
the drug to rape victims by slipping it into their drinks.
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