Mississippi Gas Station Owner Denies 200 mg Pills Came From Store as DEA Seizes Kratom Stock
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 2
Mississippi Gas Station Owner Denies 200 mg Pills Came From Store as DEA Seizes Kratom Stock
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 2
Summary
Express Mart #7 owner Ibrahim Aydah said the 200 mg “Smax” pack found near 20-year-old Robert Strang’s body did not come from his store, citing a price label and dosage he says he does not carry.
Court records say Strang’s roommates told investigators he bought Smax pills at the Water Valley store, and an undercover Mississippi agent later purchased similar Smax Pseudo pills there labeled with “pseudoindoxyl.”
DEA agents executed a search warrant Friday and seized all kratom products from the store; a DEA spokeswoman said the Aug. 26 Schedule I order covers products labeled “pseudoindoxyl.”
The dispute sits inside a wider death investigation after Strang, 20, and Aidan Hamilton, 18, were found dead Sept. 21 near similar synthetic-kratom packaging, while toxicology and lab results are still pending.
Aydah has not been charged, and local investigators have stopped short of saying kratom itself was found at either scene, describing the evidence only as packaging tied to kratom-related products.