Liquor store sold Viagra, Tampa police say

By TBO.com
Published: July 06, 2011
Updated: July 07, 2011 - 7:33 AM

TAMPA --

Tampa police say they busted a liquor store Wednesday afternoon where the prescription pill Viagra was being sold from its drive-thru window.

Police said they searched OK Liquor, 3607 N. Nebraska Ave., and recovered 43 Viagra pills and nine Cialis pills. Also seized from the store was $20,000 because it came from the illegal sales of the pills, police said.

The pills were being illegally mailed to the liquor store from Canada, police said.

Police had gotten a tip that prescription pills were being sold at the liquor store. Undercover officers made three separate purchases at the drive-thru window, paying $16 for each Viagra pill, police said.

Police arrested liquor store employee Douglas Dale Arp, 55, of Tampa. He was charged with possession of drugs without a prescription and possession of marijuana.

The store's liquor license is expected to be revoked, police said.

The case remains under investigation.