Mass. man accused of manufacturing pills for ‘high-level drug trafficking scheme'
John Dinius, 30, was charged with trafficking cocaine and methamphetamine, possession of oxycodone with intent to distribute and conspiracy to violate drug laws, the district attorney's office said in a press release. His arrest was part of a joint investigation with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency with the goal of disrupting large-scale drug distribution efforts in Middlesex County.
Following a two-month-long investigation, federal, state and local law enforcement officers executed a search warrant in a Medford home on June 10, the district attorney's office said. The search was focused on the basement of an apartment in which they discovered illicit drugs, counterfeit drugs and a pill press that can be used to make imitation prescription pills.
During the search, they seized 571 grams of counterfeit Xanax, 1,454 grams of a different type of counterfeit Xanax, 466 grams of counterfeit Adderall, 80 grams of cocaine, 138 grams of crystal meth, 18 grams of oxycodone pills and a mechanically-operated pill press, the district attorney's office said.
Dinius is alleged to have been manufacturing the counterfeit pills out of illegal drugs such as meth, the district attorney's office said. The counterfeit pills were made to look like prescription drugs, but field testing revealed that they all contained meth.
Dinius was arraigned on the drug charges in Somerville District Court and ordered held on $75,000 bail, the district attorney's office said. He is due back in court on July 10 for a probable cause hearing.
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