WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Federal authorities say they've have broken up a Palm Beach County drug trafficking ring that sent more than 175,000 oxycodone tablets from South Florida pain clinics to the Appalachian Mountains.
At least 20 people were indicted on drug selling charges in an operation that reportedly ran from January 2006 to Oct. 14. Court documents partially unsealed Thursday show that 10 of the people charged are from Palm Beach County and two from Broward.
Authorities say the scheme earned at least $5 million by selling painkillers in Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina.
The trafficking case began as a probe by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office but expanded to include the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
