THE number of people arrested for ketamine-related offences has been revealed by a Freedom of Information (FOI) request.

In 2025, Devon & Cornwall police arrested 27 people for possession of the Class B drug, the FOI request shows.

The FOI request also shows that the force arrested seven people for possession with intent to supply.

In total, 37 people were arrested for ketamine-related offences.

By comparison, in 2024, the total number of people arrested was 32.

Ketamine is a widely used human and veterinary medicine indicated as a dissociative anaesthetic and analgesic agent and, more recently, prescribed for the management of treatment-resistant depression.

Ketamine misuse has been recognised internationally since the 1970s and in the UK since the 1990s, when it became popular as a club drug.