2 Oxford Vape Clerks Face Federal Drug Charges After 2 Ole Miss Student Deaths

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 1

Federal prosecutors charged two Oxford vape store clerks with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance after investigators linked purchases by Aidan Hamilton and Robert Strang to products found at their death scenes.
DEA court filings said bank records tied Hamilton to Puffs Vape Tobacco & Beer and Strang to Express Mart #7, where agents later recovered similar suspected kratom products.
More than 500 suspected kratom-related products were seized from the Oxford vape shop, and investigators also cited undercover purchases in the affidavit dated Sept. 25.
Toxicology results were still pending at the time of the affidavit, leaving unresolved whether kratom directly caused the two University of Mississippi students' deaths.