4 arrested in international drug smuggling ring - WCAX.COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports-

4 arrested in international drug smuggling ring - WCAX.COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports-: "Federal authorities have arrested four people in connection with a large international drug smuggling ring in Northern New York.
Investigators say two Canadians smuggled thousands of Oxycontin pills through the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation.
Neal Lauzon, 27, of Plattsburgh, and Shane Dustin, 20, of Fort Covington, then allegedly took the pills and distributed them throughout the North Country.
The feds say the smuggling operation had been going on since at least May and that hundreds of Oxycontin pills were smuggled in each week. Each pill had a street value of about $100.
'Again it is another example of narcotic traffickers taking advantage of the folks on the reservation to further their means,' said Agent James Burns of the DEA.
'This is a growing epidemic that we need to address, the abuse of Oxycontin pills and prescription drugs. They are easy to get, easy to distribute. Perhaps they don't have the stigma that harder drugs have, but they are equally as dangerous,' U.S. Attorney Richard Hartunian said."