(DNAINFO)  Ben Fractenberg — Federal and city investigators nabbed 10 people for their role in a citywidesynthetic marijuana ring, selling packets of the drug with names like “Psycho,” “AK-47,” and “Blue Caution,” the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.

The crew imported about 1,300 kilograms of the dried synthetic drug, also known as “K2” or “spice,” from China, which they divided into about 260,000 packets that sold at about $5 a piece at dozens of stores and bodegas throughout the city starting last September, federal prosecutors charge.

“Today, we launch an aggressive assault on a public health crisis that is reaching epidemic proportions: the scourge of dangerous new drugs that are killing people and sending thousands upon thousands to emergency rooms in New York City and around the country,” U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement.

Source: 10 Busted in Citywide Synthetic Marijuana Ring, Feds Say – Civic Center – DNAinfo.com New York