US arrests 17 in crackdown on 'rogue' Internet pharmacies
An AFP newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:
US drug agents arrested 17 people in a crackdown on what was described as a multimillion-dollar network of "rogue" Internet pharmacies selling a variety of controlled drugs.
Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Karen Tandy said Operation CYBERx targeted more than 22 Internet pharmacies and arrested the alleged ringleaders in Texas and Florida.
"This investigative effort is the first to target all levels of e-trafficking located solely within the United States," the DEA said in a statement.
"The alleged drug dealers who operated these rogue Internet pharmacies took orders for controlled substances over the Internet, which were then shipped to the doors of US citizens without a valid prescription."
These services collected an average of more than 50,000 dollars a day in profits from the operation, the DEA said.
posted by Fergie @ 9/21/2005 03:47:00 PM
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