Saturday, March 3, 2012

Raid nets opioids at Boeing plant.(Brief article)

Byline: Roberto Ceniceros

While federal agents secretly investigated illegal prescription narcotic sales and abuse at a Boeing Co. plant, Boeing said it kept suspected employees from risking co-workers' safety.

The Justice Department said last week after a four-year undercover investigation, agents from the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration arrested more than two dozen employees at a military aircraft manufacturing plant near Philadelphia.

Indictments charged them with the illegal distribution of prescription drugs including opioid painkillers, such as fentanyl and oxycodone.

Fourteen other defendants were charged with …

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