In a joint operation, the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) and the Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks (Cofepris) closed five pharmacies located on Fifth Avenue in Playa del Carmen, after detecting they were operating as fronts for the illegal sale of psychotropic drugs and the distribution of adulterated medications.
The intervention took place on Thursday morning and lasted approximately four hours in one of the country’s busiest tourist corridors. According to the investigation, the establishments directed their sales primarily to foreign tourists, offering them controlled drugs without a prescription or, in more serious cases, counterfeit pills that posed a risk to their health.
Authorities secured the five premises, removed the evidence, and placed the alleged perpetrators under investigation. Corresponding legal actions are expected to be formalized in the coming hours.
The operation aims to stop practices that, in addition to violating health regulations, affect visitor confidence and damage Playa del Carmen’s tourism image.
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