Prescription Drug Investigation Nets Four, Police Looking for Two More

Posted on: Thursday, 24 July 2008, 21:00 CDT By David Allen, The Shelby Star, N.C. The Cleveland County Sheriff's Office along with the State Bureau of Investigation made it a mission about four months ago to target prescription pill pushers and poppers. The operation has hit hard --four arrests this week, two other suspects and seizures of $33,000 in possible drug money and more than 1,000 pills. But officials are still on the hunt for more. "There will be more arrests," said Lt. Joel Shores, who heads the sheriff's office narcotics division. "We've been hitting crack houses, meth houses, and finding a lot of prescription medications. Come to find out a lot of people are really trying to get a hold of the medication, especially the pain medication." Hundreds of Xanax pills. Enough Hydrocodone to last months. Synthetic opium... [read full story]