4 Arrested for Distributing Illegal Prescription Drugs in Framingham

4 Brazilians arrested in Framingham for running illegal prescription drug ring - Boston News, Weather, Sports

Four Brazilian nationals were arrested in Framingham, accused of running an illegal prescription drug ring. Prosecutors said the four were in the country illegally. Authorities said the group imported drugs from Brazil and illegally distributed them. They said one suspect was a pharmacist who hired the other three to deliver orders. All four face distribution and possession charges and could be deported. They are expected in court Thursday.

Framingham apartment set up like pharmacy leads to 4 arrests, authorities say

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Massachusetts says 40-year-old Douglas Reis de Souza posed as a legitimate pharmacist, but had no license

4 Arrested for Distributing Illegal Prescription Drugs in Framingham

FRAMINGHAM – The office of the U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Leah Foley announced on Tuesday, March 11, the arrest of four individuals for allegedly conspiring to import pharmaceutical-grade controlled substances and other misbranded drugs from Brazil and distribute them throughout the greater Framingham area. Douglas Reis de Souza, 40; Dekny Marcos de Carvaleho Reis, 33; Dekmara de Carvalho Reis, 34; and Wandiscleia Ferreira de Souza Guimarae…

Black market doctor’s office discovered inside Mass. apartment complex, feds say

Federal authorities executing search warrants in Framingham Tuesday discovered a black market doctor’s office operating inside of a large apartment complex, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, where four Brazilian nationals had been peddling illegal prescription drugs to the Portuguese-speaking community.

According to the authorities, the group posed as pharmacists and served mainly the Portuguese-speaking community in the Framingham region of Massachusetts. Four Brazilians living in Framingham, in the city of Massachusetts, in the United States, were arrested on suspicion of being part of a network for importing and distributing controlled and falsified drugs, illegally taken from Brazil to the American country. They were arrested this Wednesday…

Four people were arrested in Framingham, Massachusetts, for running an illegal drug sales network that was imported from Brazil, according to authorities. Massachusetts’s Attorney General’s office says the four undocumented Brazilian citizens lived in a residential complex in Framingham and imported controlled pharmaceutical grade substances and other medications from Brazil for distribution throughout the city’s metropolitan area.