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.Robert Strang pictured in an undated family photo.The 20-year-old University of Mississippi junior died under suspicious circumstances.
(Strang family)TWO OLE MISS STUDENTS FOUND DEAD AS PACKAGED KRATOM IS RECOVERED AT TWO SITES: OFFICIALSAidan Hamilton, an 18-year-old University of Mississippi freshman, appears in these images that his mother posted to Facebook.He is one of two Ole Miss students who died under suspicious circumstances last week.
(Facebook/ Kathie Mac Donald Hamilton)Police said they discovered 500 units of the drug and arrested two men in connection to the bust, Yahya Mohamed Mosleh, 51, and Islam Mohamed, 18.General view of Puffs Vape store, September 25, 2026, in Oxford, Mississippi.(Rashid Umar Abassi for Fox News Digital)All three men charged were born in Yemen, a Department of Homeland Security source told Fox News Digital.
They are all naturalized citizens.DOJ MOVES TO STRIP CITIZENSHIP FROM 17 PEOPLE ACCUSED OF HIDING DISTURBING CRIMES"Yahya Mohammed Ali Mosleh entered the U.S.in 1992, Alowdi entered the U.S.
in 2014 and Islam Yahya Mohamed Mosleh entered the U.S.in Feb.
2024," the source said.Interior view of Puffs Vape store, Sept.25, 2026, in Oxford, Mississippi.
(Rashid Umar Abassi for Fox News Digital)Prior to the recent arrests, Alowdi had been on the radar of narcotics investigators.An incident report says ...