FIRST ON FOX: OXFORD, Miss. – Court documents uncovered by Fox News Digital reveal the owner of a vape shop near the Ole Miss campus was previously indicted for trafficking hundreds of doses of an illegal synthetic cannabinoid.

Fox News Digital first reported Amer Alowdi, 40, was indicted in 2022 and fled the country before he could face formal prosecution documents allege. He owns the Puffs Vape, Tobacco and Beer Store in Oxford.

Last week, law enforcement raided his shop following investigations into the deaths of two Ole Miss students where packaged kratom – which is illegal in Lafayette County, Mississippi – was found.

TWO OLE MISS STUDENTS…

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