Pharmacist Arrested in New Jersey, Charged with Assembling Illegal Drug Lab
| U.S. Attorney’s OfficeNovember 14, 2013 |
NEWARK, NJ—Special agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and FBI arrested a pharmacist early this morning in Jersey City, New Jersey, on federal charges alleging he assembled equipment for an illegal drug lab, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Jordan Gonzalez, 33, of New York and formerly of Jersey City, is charged by criminal complaint with one count of attempting to manufacture methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) and one count of possessing chemicals and materials to manufacture a controlled substance.
Law enforcement officers are executing search warrants in New Jersey and New York in connection with the ongoing investigation that led to the arrest.
Gonzalez will appear on the charges before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cathy L. Waldor in Newark federal court at a date and time to be determined.
According to the complaint:
Gonzalez made a series of purchases through an online auction website of materials associated with the