Two charged with manufacturing ‘Charley Sheene’ bath salts
SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE January 13, 2012 12:40PM
George Rantis / photo from Dupage County Sheriff's office
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Updated: February 15, 2012 8:06AM
Two men have been arrested and more than $1 million worth of synthetic cannabis and bath salts — some sold under the brand name Charley Sheene — were seized from a west suburban store after a three-month undercover drug investigation.
Investigators with the DuPage County Sheriff’s multi-jurisdictional Tactical Narcotics Team confiscated the synthetic cannabis and bath salts from Sergio’s Discount Smoke Shop in an unincorporated area near Lombard, police said.
Bath salts are powders containing hallucinogenic stimulants that some law enforcement agents say are as powerful as methamphetamine. The seized bath salts were being sold under the names Charley Sheene and Ultra, the synthetic cannabis under the names K2, Spice, and Red Magic, police said.
The store owner, George Rantis, 49, of St. Charles, and manager, Sergio Delcid, 46, of Chicago’s Northwest Side, were arrested and each charged with manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance over 200 grams, a Class X felony.
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