Girl, 13, among 3 probed for offences linked to ‘Kpod’ drug-laced vapes: HSA

An e-vaporiser (left) seized from the girl and e-vaporisers and pods seized from the 25-year-old male seller. PHOTOS: HSA

Ian Cheng

UPDATED May 13, 2025, 11:45 AM

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SINGAPORE – The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) raided a teenager’s home after she was seen behaving erratically while vaping in public outside the State Courts on April 24 .

In a statement on May 13, HSA said it had been alerted then to the 13-year-old girl , who was observed to be “unsteady in gait and appeared to be oblivious of her surroundings; a sign of possible drug intoxication”.

The authority subsequently identified her, and in the raid on her residence, seized one e-vaporiser that was tested and found to contain etomidate – a medicinal ingredient used in clinical practice as an anaesthetic agent.Vapes that contain vape juice mixed with potent ingredients like etomidate or ketamine are known as Kpods.

HSA later identified and caught the 25-year-old man who sold the e-vaporiser to the girl. One e-vaporiser and three pods seized from him were also found to contain etomidate.