Police have arrested two Chinese women and a man in Paris suspected of using a powerful Colombian drug, dubbed "the devil's breath", that turns victims into "zombies" easily duped into giving away their valuables. It is thought the three are part of an international Triad-style gang.The women, aged 42 and 59, approached strangers in Paris and blew the substance into their faces. It is thought to contain scopolamine, a hazardous drug extracted from a South American tree related to deadly nightshade.The Soviets and the CIA reportedly used it as a truth serum during the Cold War.The drug also induces powerful hallucinations, and is lethal in strong doses.Once they inhaled, all the victims recounted falling into a kind of "hypnotic state under the total sway of their handlers", a source close to the investigation told Le Parisien newspaper."They then took advantage by getting the victims to take them to their homes, where they asked them to put all their jewellery and money into a bag and hand it over to them."One Parisian victim lost €100000 (over R1.5-million) in valuables and cash, police said. ..