CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office stated deputies arrested a Clearwater infectious illness doctor accused of trafficking in codeine and oxycodone.
Detectives stated they had been tipped off by a number of sources that Dr. Neelam Uppal, 62, was writing illegitimate prescriptions. Specifically, the sheriff’s workplace stated Dr. Uppal offered 550 prescriptions for promethazine codeine syrup and tons of of oxycodone prescriptions.
Pinellas deputies stated undercover detectives had been in a position to acquire prescriptions for each the syrup and oxycodone with out ever seeing, analyzing, or chatting with Uppal. Detectives stated they paid $650 for every syrup prescription and $450 for every oxycodone prescription.
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The sheriff’s workplace stated deputies served a search warrant on Uppal’s dwelling and workplace and discovered a number of prescription pads, minimal affected person information, a number of handwritten ledgers, prescriptions crammed out with a number of sufferers’ names, $1.9 million in money, and gold bars and jewellery price $175,000.
Uppal was arrested Tuesday and faces three counts of trafficking in codeine and three counts of trafficking in oxycodone. She additionally was served with a civil injunction by the DEA revoking her capability to prescribe medicine.