Microgram: The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) Orlando Regional Crime Laboratory recently received a submission of 137.7 grams of blue and 33.2 grams of green tablets, 9 millimeters in diameter, with an elevated cross on one side and single-scored on the reverse [...], all suspected Ecstasy. The numbers of tablets were not determined; however, the blue and green 'cross' tablets weighed approximated 270 milligrams each [...]. The exhibits were seized by the Orange County Sheriff's Office as a result of a buy/bust operation in the Pine Hills area of Orlando. Analysis of the blue and green 'cross' tablets by GC/MS, however, indicated not MDMA but rather phencyclidine (PCP). The amount of PCP was not quantitated; however, the green tablets had approximately three times as much PCP as the blue tablets. [...] This is the first time this laboratory has seen 'cross' logo PCP tablets.
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