PeoplesMind
07-29-2003, 07:36 AM
A Carnegie Mellon University student arrested recently at Pittsburgh International Airport for drug possession has become embroiled in what court papers describe as a "large-scale" federal drug investigation spanning the nation.
An attorney for 20-year-old Mark Parraway, however, said the arrest could be a "very big foul-up" and claimed his client was transporting legal substances as part of a legitimate business.
A further search of Parraway's luggage yielded a plastic bag weighing 790 grams containing suspected Ecstasy, according to a field test by a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent. Also confiscated were several empty baggies and a digital scale.
Parraway told police that through an online company, he buys large quantities of a substance called dextromethorphan, repackages it and sells it.
"Our position is this is legitimate business," Parraway's attorney, William Krzton, said. "At the end of the day, this could be a very big foul-up."
Article : http://www.post-gazette.com/localnews/2003...usted0729p3.asp (http://www.post-gazette.com/localnews/20030729busted0729p3.asp)
An attorney for 20-year-old Mark Parraway, however, said the arrest could be a "very big foul-up" and claimed his client was transporting legal substances as part of a legitimate business.
A further search of Parraway's luggage yielded a plastic bag weighing 790 grams containing suspected Ecstasy, according to a field test by a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent. Also confiscated were several empty baggies and a digital scale.
Parraway told police that through an online company, he buys large quantities of a substance called dextromethorphan, repackages it and sells it.
"Our position is this is legitimate business," Parraway's attorney, William Krzton, said. "At the end of the day, this could be a very big foul-up."
Article : http://www.post-gazette.com/localnews/2003...usted0729p3.asp (http://www.post-gazette.com/localnews/20030729busted0729p3.asp)