Authorities confiscate 7,400 pills, break up Westmoreland counterfeit pill supply chain | TribLIVE.com

A suspected cross-country supplier of counterfeit pills containing deadly opioid fentanyl was jailed Friday in the largest bust of its kind in Westmoreland County, according to court papers. Police said they confiscated from an East Huntingdon home 7,400 pills designed to look like legitimate OxyContin

A suspected cross-country supplier of counterfeit pills containing deadly opioid fentanyl was jailed Friday in the largest bust of its kind in Westmoreland County, according to court papers.

Police said they confiscated from an East Huntingdon home 7,400 pills designed to look like legitimate OxyContin but lab testing showed they contained fentanyl, said county detective Tony Marcocci. The Drug Enforcement Administration issued a warning last year of an increase in seizures of counterfeit pills nationwide.

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