Posted on 08/25/2025 9:25:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A man who manufactured illegal electronic vaporiser pods containing etomidate, or Kpods, with the intent to sell them was sentenced to 16 months' jail on Tuesday (Aug 26) in the first case of its kind. The case came to the attention of the authorities when a Lalamove deliveryman collecting a parcel for delivery found vape pods inside and handed the items to the police. Mohammed Akil Abdul Rahim, a 41-year-old Singaporean, had pleaded guilty to three charges linked to the vapes and related components, and one charge of making a false statement in a passport application.
Four other charges were taken into consideration. Mohammed Akil, who has been remanded since June, met a person called "Joe" at a mall in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. He said that Joe offered him a job preparing Kpods for customers in Singapore. The materials required - such as e-liquid, empty pod casings and bottles of etomidate powder - would be couriered to Mohammed Akil's home for mixing and filling.
He was to keep the filled pods at home to prepare for upcoming orders. Joe would link Mohammed Akil with potential customers, and Mohammed Akil was paid S$10 (US$7.80) for each pod he prepared and provided to them.
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Why jail? Deport.
Can somebody translate this?
Yes; the older I get, the more things I’ve never heard of :-)
When I saw the headline, I thought someone went to jail for selling knock off Keurig Cups. I have a reusable one, and I get better coffee and save scads.
“ knock off Keurig Cups”
My first thought, too.
Sounds like some nasty stuff
[[I have a reusable one, and I get better coffee and save scads]]
Huh? Are you saying you brew twice? Or do,you mean a refillable k-pod container for grounds? We tried one of those and it didn’t work well.
Singapore law is usually quite harsh. Sounds like this fellow was helping junkies somehow. The drug will put you unconscious but only temporarily. Why would someone would want that ?
Are they used for K-Pop?
Used in hospitals to induce sedation during medical procedures, etomidate is meant to be injected into the veins under clinical supervision and is never intended to be inhaled.
“Etomidate is a powerful, short-acting intravenous anesthetic and hypnotic agent used for the rapid induction of general anesthesia and procedural sedation.”
CC
Same here. Aren’t the Keurig K cups also called K Pods? Confused...
Mine too
KPods are vape cartridges filled with synthetic drugs, apparently.
Bill Cosby might be in the market
Using the same criteria as the "Maryland man"?
VAPING????? WHY?????
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