AUTHORITIES in Hyderabad, India, have busted an illegal online pharmacy that has been selling psychotropic medicines to US-based consumers for recreational use.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) raided the home and office of the pharmacy's boss, Aashish Jain, seizing almost $700,000 in cash, Inc 42, reported.
The agency alleged that Jain was a key player in an international drug trafficking network, claiming he had overseen the diversions of more than 1,000 shipments of medications from India to the US over the last two years.
NCB Deputy Director-General, Sanjay Kumar Singh, said once customers had ordered a product, they would be given the option of paying using Bitcoin, PayPal or credit card, with the drugs shipped once the funds hit Jain's account.
The medications being diverted included, oxycodone, hydrocodone, alprazolam, diazepam, lorazepam, clonazepam, zolpidem and tramadol.
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