Feds Seize Ketamine Shipment From Italy That Was Headed For Worcester

WORCESTER (CBS) -- Federal authorities said Monday that they stopped a shipment of Ketamine that was on its way to Worcester from Italy.

U.S. Customers and Border Protection said officers made the interception on June 10 in Philadelphia. They seized a 13-pound box labeled "stainless steel bar cocktail sticks" that contained 36 metal tubes with a white substance inside. It was tested and determined to be ketamine hydrochloride.

Customs describes ketamine as a "dangerous substance used as a club drug and in sexual assaults." It can distort perceptions, cause amnesia and temporary paralysis.

Authorities said the package had a Worcester address and are continuing to investigate.