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A Chicago woman was sentenced to six months in prison for her role in an international counterfeit pharmaceutical drug network that federal authorities said had planned to distribute $8 million worth of tablets from Houston.Amal Alrub, 28, was arrested in Houston in April after meeting with authorities and arranging to buy about 800,000 loose counterfeit Viagra tablets hidden in cardboard boxes filled with stuffed animals that were shipped from China. Alrub, who is not a United States citizen, also faces the possibility of deportation.

Federal agents learned that a cargo container with the counterfeit drug was en route from China to California, and ultimately, to Houston, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.

Alrub was scheduled to pick up 100,000 of the tablets, federal officials said, and arrange for the remainder to be transported to New York.

After arriving in Houston and inspecting the tablets, she gave an undercover agent $30,000 in cash, federal officials said.

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