Newcastle Man Arrested After Drug Prescription Fraud At Pharmacy
/A 41-year-old Newcastle man is facing charges including fraud and drug possession after an incident at a pharmacy on Thursday evening.
Photo by David Tuan Bui.
At roughly 7:30 p.m., officers were called to a pharmacy about a man attempting to pick up a fraudulent prescription. They learned that the prescription had been used several times since August. They located the man inside the store and took him into custody.
During a search after arrest, officers seized:
2.6grams of Methamphetamine
Two knives
The man was arrested and charged with:
Use, deals, acts on forged document
Possession of a Schedule I Substance - Methamphetamine
