Hubdovan Special Police Seize Foreign Drug Factory

30 August 2025

VÄHÄSUO, AVÄTHÄE – The Hubdovan Special Police (HSP) conducted a raid on a factory in the southern Aväthäen town of Vähäsuo this evening. The factory, owned by a man with the name of Rondel Villard, was suspected of smuggling illegal, military-grade weapons and stashes of illegal substances, including the extremely dangerous and valuable form of the drug ketracel, ketracel-white. Ketracel by itself is a weak component used in many energy powders and drinks, providing an energy boost to the consumer. By itself, ketracel is beneficial and not harmful if taken in reasonable amounts. But when it is combined with a white chemical called tetralone, it is made ten to fifty times more potent. This also makes the drug extremely deadly if taken in even moderate amounts.

Shots were exchanged between sides and one factory worker was shot in the shoulder. He is in stable condition at a nearby hospital. No police officers were injured. In all, All twenty-six factory workers and Mr. Villard were detained and taken to the Vähäsuo Police Post for interrogations.

Rondel Villard has no known files in Hubdova’s citizen database, meaning he is not of Hubdovan origin. The Hubdovan Ministry of Investigations has made a ⳩1,000 offer for any information on Mr. Villard’s country of origin.

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