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Pharmacist and Baltimore County Pharmacy Indicted for Illegal Oxycodone Distribution
Diversion of Prescription Drugs Termed Leading Drug Enforcement Challenge

JUN 30 -- Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted pharmacist Ketankumar Arvind Patel, age 47, of Eldersburg, Maryland and Deepa, Inc. d/b/a The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy (the “Medicine Shoppe”) for illegally distributing oxycodone products, announced Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Ava Cooper-Davis and United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, Rod J. Rosenstein. The indictment was returned on June 23, 2009 and unsealed today upon Patel’s arrest.>> Full Story

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Ava A. Cooper-Davis


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