Woman charged with selling black market weight loss drugs in West Tennessee [Video]

Investigators said Emily Brooke Arnold sold through a website and to at least two clinics, and customers would pick up drugs from her porch or have them shipped.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The West Tennessee Violent Crime and Drug Task Force is warning anyone who may have bought weight loss drugs in Medina or Brownsville to check if they may have black-market drugs.

“We have no idea what’s in them – if they are what they say they are on the vials,” said Johnie Carter, Director of the West Tennessee Drug Task Force, during a news conference Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024.

Carter said 41-year-old Emily Brooke Arnold has been charged, accused of selling hundreds of vials of black-market weight loss drugs from her home and to at least two clinics.

He said the investigation began after investigators received complaints from people ordering weight loss drugs but weren’t sure if they were …