Post by pavel on Feb 5, 2016 1:16:40 GMT -6
GA hospital CEO, 5 suspects arrested in prescription drug bust
A north Georgia hospital was the target of a prescription drug bust and raided by federal agents Thursday.
Six arrests were made including the hospital CEO and five other suspects, Channel 2 Action News reported.
Mike Gower, CEO of the Union County General Hospital in Blairsville, was apprehended after a nine-month long, multi-state Drug Enforcement Agency investigation that involved fraudulent prescriptions painkillers, authorities said.
Union county deputies, DEA agents, and North Carolina law enforcement said they served six arrest warrants and in addition to Gower’s arrest, four of his family members and two doctors were apprehended in the sting.
Read more: news.blog.ajc.com/2016/02/04/ga-hospital-ceo-5-suspects-arrested-in-prescription-drug-bust/
A north Georgia hospital was the target of a prescription drug bust and raided by federal agents Thursday.
Six arrests were made including the hospital CEO and five other suspects, Channel 2 Action News reported.
Mike Gower, CEO of the Union County General Hospital in Blairsville, was apprehended after a nine-month long, multi-state Drug Enforcement Agency investigation that involved fraudulent prescriptions painkillers, authorities said.
Union county deputies, DEA agents, and North Carolina law enforcement said they served six arrest warrants and in addition to Gower’s arrest, four of his family members and two doctors were apprehended in the sting.
Read more: news.blog.ajc.com/2016/02/04/ga-hospital-ceo-5-suspects-arrested-in-prescription-drug-bust/