Pam Bondi: Busted Pill Mill Ring Ran as Modern-Day Drug Cartel

"Pill Street Blues," the name of a yearlong, multi-agency investigation resulted in the closing of a statewide ring of pill mills, the attorney generals office and other state agencies announced Wednesday at the Indian River County sheriffs office.

Attorney General Pam Bondi compared the ring to a modern-day drug cartel on her Facebook page.

"The cost of prescription drug trafficking is people's lives. I am proud to have partnered with all levels of law enforcement to bring down a drug trafficking ring that prescribed millions of oxycodone pills in just one year, Bondi stated.

Warrants were served at clinics, a pharmacy and five residences across the state, with Florida Department of Health officials issuing 12 suspension orders for seven doctors and for five clinics.

Arrests included manslaughter charges against men from Delray Beach and Plantation for the death of a Sebastian man who was prescribed pills at the Stuart Pain Management Center Inc. clinic in Vero Beach, according to TCPalm.com.