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Prescription pill bust nets 7 in Alger County

ALGER COUNTY, MI--   The Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team has arrested seven Alger County residents on charges related to the distribution of prescription pills. 

UPSET and Homeland Security officials began an investigation in 2017 after bulk amounts of pills being shipped through the U.S. Postal Service were seized. Detectives identified several suspects who received a large amount of illegal prescription pills from other countries.

On Monday law enforcement arrested seven people from Alger County on charges related to delivery of prescription pills and using a computer to commit a crime.

All are lodged in the Alger County Jail.

The investigation is ongoing and additional arrests are expected. 

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.