Saugus man facing federal charges for trafficking fake pills containing fentanyl, other drug, in Essex County
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Krabey's going rate for 1,000 counterfeit Adderall pills laced with methamphetamine was $1.50 per pill, charging documents said.
Krabey and the informant met at restaurants in Saugus, including Kowloon Restaurant on Route 1, and Tens Show Club in Salisbury, to make their transactions, according to the complaint.
On April 21, federal investigators arranged for a State trooper to pull over a vehicle Krabey was riding in, records show.
During the traffic stop in Danvers, police found a Nike shoe box in the back seat with five plastic bags inside of it containing 5,296 pills laced with narcotics, the complaint said.
At Krabey's initial appearance hearing on May 13 in federal court in Boston, the judge assigned a federal public defender to represent Krabey.
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Krabey agreed to voluntary detention, court records show.
His next court date has not yet been scheduled.
Krabey's lawyer could not be reached for comment Wednesday evening.
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