Merchant Barred From Drug Sales
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Federal prosecutors said Wednesday that they obtained a judgment -- thought to be the first of its kind in the nation -- against a Stockton convenience store that bought extraordinary amounts of decongestant that could be used to manufacture methamphetamine.
The government sued the market and owner Dien Jim Nguyen, 42, settling the case for $50,000 and a lifetime injunction against his sale of the decongestant or any other drug that could be used to make methamphetamine.
In six months, the Cherokee Market bought more than 544,000 tablets of the drug.
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