hillbilly heroin woman arrested in Young yesterday was illegally pedalling thousands of powerful pain relieving drugs for up to $50 a hit.

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Woman arrested in Young yesterday was illegally pedalling thousands of powerful pain relieving drugs for up to $50 a hit.
The prescription-only drug, Oxycodone, is known on the street as hillbilly heroin because it has a similar effect to morphine and is highly addictive.It is alleged the 47-year-old woman had legitimate access to more than 10,400 tablets including 2500 Oxycodone pills which she bought for $1.50 each and then sold on the black market for as much as $50 each.Potentially, the sale of 2500 pills at $50 per pill would have netted the accused $125,000.“It is believed to be the first time a person in NSW will be charged with the significant supply of a prescription medication for financial reward,” Cootamundra Superintendent Shane White said.“Police will allege the accused person has been at the highest level of the supply chain within the Young area for quite some time.”The woman is not employed in the health sector and is known to have a medical condition which has not been disclosed.Police assembled Strike Force Craigland last year to investigate an increase in the illegal sale of prescription medicines in the Riverina.Yesterday’s arrest was the third under Craigland with two women already charged and convicted by the courts for stolen and forged scripts.Last night police said they expected to charge the woman with four counts of supply prescription drugs and the ongoing supply for a prohibited drug.