Department of Health charges Whatcom pharmacy tech who received fentanyl from China
A Whatcom County pharmacy technician was charged with unprofessional conduct by the Washington State Department of Health after he pleaded guilty in federal court to receiving fentanyl from China and delivering it to an associate to be manufactured into fake oxycodone pills.
Adrian C. Bergstrom’s certification as a pharmacy technician is currently pending, according to the department of health, after it charged him in June, according to a media release Friday, July 24.
Department of health records show that on Nov. 25, 2019, Bergstrom pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle.
In Bergstrom’s plea deal, he admitted to agreeing to receive two packages from China that contained furanyl fentanyl in exchange for $1,000 to $2,000, department of health records show.
Bergstrom received one of the two packages at his home in July 2018, and he delivered it to an associate, according to records. The fentanyl reportedly was used to manufacture counterfeit M30 Percocet/oxycodone pills.
Law enforcement intercepted a second package addressed for Bergstrom’s home in August 2018, records show.
Bergstrom never received payment for accepting the packages, records state, but he conspired to distribute 198 grams of furanyl fentanyl.
