U.S. and Canadian authorities arrested 115 people and broke up four distribution rings in the first crackdown on Internet traffickers of "date rape" drugs, officials said on Thursday.
Asa Hutchinson, director of the Drug Enforcement Administration, said DEA agents and law enforcement officials began "Operation Webslinger" on Wednesday and were following up on Thursday. It has resulted in 115 arrests in 84 cities across the United States and in Quebec City, Canada.
The two-year investigation targeted individuals and organizations supplying large quantities of GHB, GBL and/or 1,4 Butanediol ordered over the Internet and delivered by mail. It was advertised on Web sites and on Internet chat lines. --Reuters
