Diego Fernandow Ocampo-Lasso
A truck believed to be smuggling various prescription medications, non-prescription medications and scheduled drugs from Mexico was stopped in Whitfield County on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015.A truck believed to be smuggling various prescription medications, non-prescription medications, and scheduled drugs from Mexico was stopped in Whitfield County on Jan. 22.
Authorities were alerted that a E450 Box Truck, traveling south on Interstate 75, failed to stop at a region one weigh station in Catoosa County. The Department of Public Safety pursued the truck and was able to stop it in Whitfield County, according to a press release from Sheriff Scott Chitwood.
An inspection of the truck found a large amount of items, worth thousands of dollars, all believed to have been smuggled from Mexico. Almost $10,000 in cash was also seized, according to Chitwood.
The driver, Diego Fernandow Ocampo-Lasso, 49, of Acworth, Ga., was the only occupant in the truck, and has been charged with unlawful practice of pharmacy without a license, sale/distribute possession of dangerous drugs and failure to register as a drug distributer, Chitwood said.
It is believed that Ocampo-Lasso was delivering the goods to different businesses in Tennessee, South Carolina, and Georgia. Some of the items seized from the truck were birth control, Viagra, and antibiotics. Other drugs have not yet been identified due to improper labeling, the release states.