The court documents for a darknet xanax and oxycodone vender remain sealed, but a recent pre-trial bond hearing testimony had shed some light on a drug trafficking with roots in Georgie and South Carolina. The bond hearing had resulted in a decision that was unfavorable to the alleged drug dealer : U.S. Magistrate Judge Paige Gossett had opted to keep the defendant in custody until his next court appearance.
U.S. Attorney Jim May had argued that the man had access to bitcoin of which had an unknown value and had also had fake identities, and could very easily flee the country or state in an attempt to avoid facing a potential life sentence. The defendant is currently sitting at Lexington County Jail with two co-conspirators (of which i could not find any information on).
According to Richland County Sheriffas deputy William Cobia, Eric Hughes, who is 36, had ran a counterfeit pill pressing operation from vacation homes on the East Coast in Hilton Head, South Carolina; the Fripp Islands, South Carolina; Kiawah, South Carolina; and Tybee Island, Georgia. With assistance from his co-conspirators, Hughes allegedly rented homes, set up his pill pressers, and had pumped out pills. He had sold the pills on the pills on the darknet, while continuing the process at other beach houses.
He had also imported powders from china used in the pill presses. The powders had included powdered Alprazolem, powdered Oxycodone, various pill fillers, and pill binders. He had allegedly ordered nine pounds of Alprazolem and Oxycodone at a time. They all face charges of drug distribution and endangering lives through drug distribution.