TAMPA, FL \u2014 Three people are facing charges in connection with an illegal narcotics operation that was discovered in Tampa following an investigation by Hillsborough County authorities. <\/p>\n
According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, authorities first received a tip about the operation in January.<\/p>\n
Following the report, deputies went undercover and purchased products containing 7-hydroxymitragynine, as well as substances that tested positive for synthetic cannabinoids.<\/p>\n
According to authorities, 7-hydroxymitragynine was classified as a controlled substance in Florida last August, making it illegal to possess or distribute. It is estimated to be 13 times more potent than morphine.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, deputies executed a search warrant at an unspecified location and seized synthetic cannabinoids, marijuana, more than 100 7-hydroxymitragynine tablets and more than $11,000 in cash.<\/p>\n
The following three people were arrested and charged in connection with the investigation:<\/p>\n
Mohammad Al Youssef, 22, was charged with delivery of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a church and possession of a controlled substance.<\/p>\n
Samantha Gerts, 19, was charged with delivery of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a church, possession of a controlled substance, and possession of counterfeit personal identification information. <\/p>\n
Abdallah Abdel-Kader III, 21, was charged with delivery of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a church and possession of a controlled substance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, FL \u2014 Three people are facing charges in connection with an illegal narcotics operation that was discovered…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-205086","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\/205086","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=205086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}