New Delhi: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on two Indian nationals and an India-based online pharmacy for trafficking counterfeit prescription pills laced with fentanyl and other illicit substances into the United States.

The individuals sanctioned are Sadiq Abbas Habib Sayyed and Khizar Mohammad Iqbal Shaikh. Sayyed and Shaikh were linked to narcotics traffickers in the Dominican Republic and the U.S., and they marketed and sold counterfeit pills as legitimate, discounted pharmaceuticals. However, upon inspection, these pills were found to contain fentanyl, fentanyl analogues, and methamphetamine. Also Read: Severe Gum Disease Strongly Linked to Chronic Illnesses, Large U.S. Study Finds

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