FBI bust

[oswald]

Just read on the net that the FBI just busted 10 people on selling drugs over the net.

[JUICE]

u got the link brother

[Knoxville]

I saw it on CNN.com

[oswald]

I saw it on yahoo

[michael]

Here it is:

U.S. National - AP
AP
20 Arrested in Crackdown on Internet Drugs

Wed Apr 20,11:54 AM ET

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By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Twenty people in the United States and abroad were arrested on charges they ran Internet pharmacies that illegally shipped narcotics, steroids and amphetamines to teenagers and other buyers around the world, federal authorities announced Wednesday.



The arrests were the result of a yearlong investigation by six federal agencies of online pharmacies that often operate in the shadows of the Internet, with no fixed address and no way to track where they are located, Drug Enforcement Administrator Karen Tandy said.

The drugs were shipped to buyers with little or no effort to verify ages or medical need, allowing teenagers or drug abusers easy access to addictive and dangerous drugs, officials said.

Tandy and officials from the FBI, Customs, the Internal Revenue Service, Food and Drug Administration and the Postal Service were to formally announce details of Operation Cyber Chase at a news conference Wednesday.

Among the organizations targeted was a Philadelphia-based Internet pharmacy that allegedly smuggled prescription painkillers, steroids and amphetamines into the United States from India, Germany, Hungary and elsewhere, repackaged them and sold them throughout the world, Tandy said.

U.S. arrests took place in Fort Lauderdale and Sarasota, Fla.; Abilene and Tyler, Texas; New York City and Rochester, N.Y.; Philadelphia; and Greenville, S.C. Authorities also made arrests in Australia, Costa Rica and India.

A study by the Government Accountability Office last year found it was easy to order drugs online. Some drugs received from foreign pharmacies were counterfeit and many came with no instructions or warnings, the GAO said. Others arrived in damaged or unconventional packaging.

The FDA has led the government's enforcement efforts against Internet pharmacies as part of its strenuous opposition to the legalization of imported prescription drugs.

[shiko24]

damn !

[Primal Instinct]

"The FDA has led the government's enforcement efforts against Internet pharmacies as part of its strenuous opposition to the legalization of imported prescription drugs."


That last statement in the above article says it all. That's REALLY what is driving these types of investigations- big pharmaceutical companies don't want cheap drugs available for US consumers from Canada or elsewhere so they buy the FDA's policy makers and order them around as their proxy to keep imported drugs (authentic ones) from being sold to the US consumer and continue their record profits gained from gouging us. Fucking bastards...

[JUICE]

Originally posted by michael
Here it is:

[CreepingDeath]

The amphetamines & narcotics is where they mess up....most every online seller gets busted because of that stuff 90% of the time that you read about it. Not JUST for steroids....mostly. And this is a time to be very careful.

[CiViC SpiKeS]

What the hell is going on.. thats the second bust thread ive read in two weeks... Damn cops

[hitmansb]

Oxycontin and Vicodin over the net with no script? No wonder!

[THE BOUNCER]

Originally posted by CreepingDeath
The amphetamines & narcotics is where they mess up.

Everyone says this. Its like some kind of denial that you cant get in trouble for steroids alone. Guys, wake up, you can get in big trouble for steroids. Shit, just a few months ago the feds worked with Thailand to bust a huge GH dealer. They went to Thailand for GH!! You better be damn sure that they can and will bust someone here in america for steroids.

[JUICE]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7582787/

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp.../drug_survey_1