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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Karen Matthews

Criminals set up fake online pharmacies to sell deadly counterfeit pills, prosecutors say

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A network of illegal drug sellers based in the U.S., the Dominican Republic and India packaged potentially deadly synthetic opioids into pills disguised as common prescription drugs and sold millions of them through fake online drugstores, federal prosecutors said Monday.

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