ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers were able to stop alleged smugglers from bringing in a massive amount of illegal substances through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport earlier this month.

On Oct. 11, officers found five large plastic bags containing crystal-like substances in the luggage of Daijanae Mitchell, a U.S. citizen who had arrived on a flight from Paris, France. The next day, they came across seven large plastic bags with a similar substance in the luggage of Ryan Mamboula Bokomba, a British citizen who also arrived from Paris.

CBP said officers used “a handheld elemental isotope analysis tool” to determine that the substance was ketamine hydrochloride.

According to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), ket

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