NJ: Tractor trailer driver caught driving $11 million in meth from Mexico
July 12, 2009 by Meth Lab Homes · Leave a Comment
December 2, 2008 – A man driving a tractor trailer was arrested by federal agents for having $11 million dollars worth of meth inside the trailer of his truck; meth that agents say originated in Mexico. Hidden among a truck full of produce, the DEA found plastic containers filled with methamphetamine – a record breaking
Operation Mexican Ice freezes 2.5 million dollar meth operation in Philadelphia
June 10, 2009 by Meth Lab Homes · Leave a Comment
PHILADELPHIA – Three men accused of running a $2.5 million meth operation, which stretched from Mexico to Philadelphia, are in custody following a 10-month investigation by the Attorney General’s Bureau of Narcotics Investigation (BNI). Attorney General Tom Corbett said the investigation, known as “Operation Mexican Ice” began in September 2008 and focused on the distribution [...]
Rite Aid fined for pseudoephedrine tracking violations
January 19, 2009 by Meth Lab Homes · 2 Comments
Rite Aid has been fined $5 million dollars for violating government regulations that require pharmacies to track the sale of controlled substances that include pseudoephedrine. Fifty-three Rite Aid pharmacies in California, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Virginia were not tracking the sale of products containing pseudoephedrine and ephedrine according to state [...]