{"id":202344,"date":"2026-03-23T12:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/202344\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:32:18","slug":"illegal-narcotics-operation-shut-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/202344\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal Narcotics Operation Shut Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/img_5624.jpeg\" alt=\"Illegal Narcotics Operation Shut Down\" class=\"pr-3 pb-3\" aria-label=\"Illegal Narcotics Operation Shut Down\"\/><\/p>\n<p>#teamHCSO shut down an illegal narcotics operation in Tampa.<\/p>\n<p>What started as an anonymous tip on January 28, 2026, turned into a multi-week undercover investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies went undercover, purchasing products containing 7-hydroxymitragynine and substances that tested positive for synthetic cannabinoids.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2025, 7-hydroxymitragynine was classified as a controlled substance in Florida, making it illegal to possess or distribute. It is estimated to be 13 times more potent than morphine.<\/p>\n<p>On March 21, 2026, deputies served a search warrant and seized synthetic cannabinoids, marijuana, more than 100 7-hydroxymitragynine tablets, and more than $11,000 in cash<\/p>\n<p>Mohammad Al Youssef, 22, Samantha Gerts, 19, and Abdallah Abdel-Kader III, 21, were arrested and are now facing charges.<\/p>\n<p>                                Additional Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"#teamHCSO shut down an illegal narcotics operation in Tampa. What started as an anonymous tip on January 28,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-202344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}