SINGAPORE, Oct. 5 -- Three people, including a 17-year-old girl, have been charged in Singapore with trafficking electronic vapour pods containing the anaesthetic drug etomidate - a substance that authorities say poses serious health risks when abused.

According to a report by CNA, Singapore's Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said yesterday that it had tracked down the suspects after investigating a male etomidate user earlier in the week.

The case marks one of the first known prosecutions involving "Kpods", a slang term for the sedative-laced vapes circulating online.

The Singapore-based media organisation reported that the teenage suspect, who cannot be named under Singapore's Children and Young Persons Act, was charged with possessin...