OFFICERS AT WORK: Footage shows law officers at medical clinic in western Little Rock where arrests were made in investigation of illicit prescriptions.
Law officers have been rounding up criminal suspects at medical clinics around the state this morning, the product of a joint federal/local investigation of bogus prescriptions for narcotics in four states.
A news conference is scheduled this afternoon by U.S. Attorney Chris Thyer, who'll give a summary of Operation Pillution.
UPDATE: Authorities announced that 22 doctors and pharmacists were among some 300 arrested following 15 months of investigation in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma for improper prescription and sale of such painkillers as oxycodone, hydrocodone and xanax. The probe targeted states where abuse of prescription drugs is high. At least one pharmacy, the Bowman Curve Pharmacy, and the KJ Clinic in Little Rock were among those raided today.
Here are all the local particulars on the operation.