Area news in brief: Oct. 14, 2010

Published October 16, 2010

Area news in brief: Oct. 14, 2010
HOUMA — A Houma man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a federal court to three counts of distributing methamphetamine, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Orleans said.
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Billings man gets almost 16 years for dealing meth
BILLINGS — A 60-year-old man accused of distributing about 32 pounds of methamphetamine in Billings and on the Crow and Northern Cheyenne reservations has been sentenced to nearly 16 years in prison.
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U.S. drug chain admits fault in meth scandal
The largest operator of pharmacies in the U.S. has admitted that it knowingly allowed criminal crystal meth traffickers to buy large amounts of pseudoephedrine, an active ingredient in the highly addictive drug.
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