Ridgeland resident accused of selling bogus Viagra | Crime

JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) - Attorney General Jim Hood says a Ridgeland woman has been arrested for selling counterfeit Viagra from her business.

Sixty-one-year-old Alicia Ospina is accused of selling the counterfeit drug at Botanica Yoruba located at 6610 Old Canton Road in Ridgeland.

Ospina is charged with two counts of intent to sell, distribute or dispense a substance that was falsely represented to be a prescription drug.

The arrest was the result of a multi-agency investigation in partnership with Mississippi's Operation Knock Out Knock-Offs Task Force. Twenty-six search warrants were issued at businesses statewide.

Every business was issued a warning letter to stop selling the counterfeit drugs.

Ospina was booked in the Madison County Detention Center. If convicted, she faces up to 10 years behind bars.

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