From Iceland — 20.000 Oxycontin Proxy Tablets Confiscated At Keflavík Airport

A newly synthesized opioid that is feared to have arrived in circulation in this country is a thousand times stronger than morphine, according to a forensic chemist. The substance has been screened for in recent years, but the substance is very similar in appearance to other opioids and is considered highly dangerous.

The person who was arrested at Keflavík Airport with a huge amount of dangerous drugs is a teenage girl. The case is believed to be part of an organized crime operation. The Minister of Justice says that action will be taken and that the first step is to maintain police readiness in the city center on weekends. The shipment included twenty thousand tablets of counterfeit eighty milligram Oxycontin opioids. The tablets are extremely dangerous and…

From Iceland — 20.000 Oxycontin Proxy Tablets Confiscated At Keflavík Airport

In late March, customs officers at Keflavík Airport confiscated around 20.000 nonprescription tablets. At first glance, they seemed to be Oxycontin pills, valued at 115 million ISK, RÚV reports. The Suðurnes Police claimed that the tablets were labelled by the pharmaceutical company Mundipharma A/S and should have contained oxycodone. Upon further inspection, the pills included no traces of the chemical, but a substance in the category of nitaze…