Police raid Dry Ridge clinic

Agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency, FBI, U.S. Marshal Service, Kentucky State Police and Grant County Sheriff’s Department raided the el Amin Clinic on U.S. 25 in Dry Ridge at 11:15 a.m. today (June 16) after an eight-month investigation.

Jamie Baker-Nantz

El-Amin clinic in Dry Ridge was raided by law enforcement officials on June 16, 2011. An undercover agent helped build a case that alleges the doctor, Sundiata el-Amin was over-prescribing pain pills and other medications.

Jamie Baker-Nantz

Dr. Sundiata el-Amin speaks with police officers outside the el-Amin Clinic on June 16, 2011 after police raided the Dry Ridge clinic. No charges have been filed against the doctor, but the investigation is continuing.

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The clinic is operated by Dr. Sundiata el-Amin.

Police executed a sealed federal search warrant. An undercover agent helped build a case that alleges the doctor over-prescribed pain pills and ohter medication.

A couple of patients at the clinic were arrested on outstanding warrants and were lodged in the Grant County Detention Center.

The investigation is continuing.

For more information and photos, see the June 23, 2011 issue of the Grant County News.