Albion (NY) man sentenced for importing drugs from China

http://www.thedailynewsonline.com/bdn01/albion-man-sentenced-for-importing-drugs-from-china-20160324

BUFFALO -- An Albion man who repeatedly ordered dangerous synthetic drugs from China and had them mailed to his post office box was sentenced Wednesday to four years in federal prison.

Donald Stirk, 36, pleaded guilty in December to importing a-PVP into the United States. He had faces up to 20 years in prison.

A federal investigation began on March 5, 2015, when Customs and Border Protection officers in Memphis conducted a routine inspection of a package from China, addressed to Stirk in Albion.

U.S. Attorney Frank Pimental said the package, which were labeled as dietary supplements, contained a-PVP, also known as "Flakka."

Another package was inspected a week later and found at the Albion Post Office, also containing the drug.

After several more packages arrived, investigators set up a sting, performing "a controlled delivery of several of the packages" to Stirk's house.

A search warrant was executed and Stirk was arrested.

Stirk told investigators he used the drugs to help him with a mental illness. He also sold drugs to another person.

Flakka is similar to bath salts, the synthetic drugs that were banned in 2012.


Comments


[6 Points] an_illegal_smile:

I read this as "albino man sentenced for importing drugs from China"

Edgar Winter, noooooo


[4 Points] al_eberia:

Stirk told investigators he used the drugs to help him with a mental illness.

Good luck with that.


[1 Points] Elmo-Fud:

Flakka makes me totally mental! http://d3go1nrr5l7vi0.cloudfront.net/size_578xH/1bC_3we8lsRVwFVeabVE287X82J


[1 Points] want2vape:

So did they know what was in the packs and still deliver them? Im guessing no right? So that would mean this idiot kept ordering shit even when multiple packs werent arriving. Wakka flakka indeed.


[1 Points] Lolsteroids:

I tought china made A-PVP illegal?


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