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Virginia Law Enforcement reports 11 indictments in Northern Virginia involving Heroin ring,  Prosecutors indicate that old-fashioned follow-up by interviewing Emergency Room admissions for OD treatment was what led to the arrests.  Drugs, cash and vehicles seized.

The below article identifies how law enforcement effectively back-tracked from the user/purchaser, to low-level sales and "climbed-the-ladder" up to the Racketeering Coordinators.  No opioids were mentioned in the article; only heroin and cocaine.

http://wtop.com/local/2017/03/11-arrested-major-heroin-ring-shut-va-police-say/