Woman claims she was spiked by ‘zombifying’ drug ‘Devil’s Breath’ on Tube

A Tube passenger claims she was spiked with a terrifying memory-erasing drug named ‘Devil’s Breath’ on the London Underground.

Deborah Oscar, 30, described how she was approached by a woman slowly waving a newspaper in an empty carriage on the Elizabeth Line.

She said she then began feeling ‘high’ and ‘sleepy’ within moments of the stranger sitting beside her.

Deborah fears she had been targeted for robbery, after running into two suspicious men in another carriage as she fled.

Devil’s Breath is a date-rape drug which can ‘zombify’ a victim and is used by crime groups to kidnap and rob tourists.

The drug, with a scientific name of scopolamine, was reportedly used in the death of London scientist who was found chopped up in suitcase in Columbia.

Deborah, a content creator from Abbey Wood in south east London, is convinced she was targeted by Devil’s Breath on that Tuesday morning, June 17.

Deborah said: ‘This train was fairly empty, and this woman was walking slowly wafting this newspaper staring at me.

‘I assumed she was a confused tourist about to ask for directions.

‘But she just maintained eye contact.

‘It felt eerie and very odd but shew was quite well dressed, so I didn’t feel scared really, she just looked like a tourist.

‘Then she came and sat down next to me and I felt like I needed a deep sleep, I suddenly felt very peaceful.

‘Like the first few seconds when you have anaesthesia before a surgery.

‘I thought I had low blood sugar, maybe I was about to faint – that’s when I remembered videos I had seen about the ‘Devil’s Breath’ drug.

‘She walked away eventually but kept staring at me the whole time.’

The content creator then moved to another carriage after feeling unsafe and that her ‘mind was working faster [her] body’.

However just as she hopped over, she then saw two men staring at each and her.

She added: ‘I decided its better to be paranoid and safe than risk it.

‘I got off at the next stop and these two men looked straight at each other – I knew they knew each other.

‘The doors closed behind me and I got away – once I stepped into the fresh air outside, the feeling began to subside too.

‘If I hadn’t seen those videos, I would probably have just sat there and I don’t know what would have happened.

‘I had my Yves Saint Laurent bag on me, maybe they thought I was wealthy. But I was wearing a dress from Primark too.’

Deborah fears her experience could be the start of a worrying new trend where robbers use the drug to target Londoners.

The 30-year-old warned: ‘London would be the perfect place for it, there are so many people and an already very busy police force.

‘But if people are aware this might be a new method, they can have it in their minds and be more prepared.’

When contacted, the Met Police were unable to comment on whether this is a wider issue across London.

A TfL spokesperson said: ‘Everyone should feel safe and be safe when travelling in London and we’re very sorry that Ms Oscar experienced what must have been an extremely frightening incident for her.

‘We take all reports of crime seriously and are investigating this incident.

‘We ask anyone who witnesses or experiences a crime to report it to British Transport Police on 61016.’

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