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Boeing Philadelphia Employees Busted in Prescription Drug Sting
DEA and FBI agents yesterday arrested 22 employees and former employees of Boeing’s Ridley Park, Pa.
Federal agents arrested 22 employees at Boeing’s Ridley Park plant, which manufactures CH-47 Chinook helicopters and V-22 fuselages.
Federal agents arrested 22 employees at Boeing’s Ridley Park plant, which manufactures CH-47 Chinook helicopters and V-22 fuselages.

DEA and FBI agents yesterday arrested 22 employees and former employees of Boeing’s Ridley Park, Pa. plant, and one non-employee, in an undercover sting aimed at prescription drug abuse at the manufacturing plant, according to Vito Guarino, DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge. 

The 23 people were charged with the illegal distribution of prescription drugs, which included fentanyl (brand name: Actiq), oxycodone (Oxycontin), alprazolam (Xanax) and buprenorphine (Suboxone). These drugs were being distributed at the Boeing plant that manufactures CH-47 Chinook helicopters and V-22 fuselages, the DEA said.