Toxicology reports link two Ole Miss overdose deaths to same controlled substances sold at local vape shop
Federal court documents show that the same three Schedule I substances were found in the bloodstreams of two University of Mississippi students who died in September, and that the products were purchased from a local tobacco store linked to federal drug charges.
Federal court filings reveal that the blood of two University of Mississippi students who died of overdoses on Sept. 21 contained the same three controlled substances: Mitrogynine, MGM-15 and MGPI. The substances are identified as ingredients in Smax-Mango Breeze pills that investigators say the students possessed at the time of death.
Law enforcement traced purchases of the pills to Puffs Vape, Tobacco and Beer Store in Oxford, where 51-year-old Yahya Mohamed Mosleh and his 18-year-old son Islam Mohamed Mosleh were arrested on federal drug charges. Agents conducted a controlled purchase, obtained a search warrant, and seized additional packages of the same product, which laboratory testing confirmed contained the Schedule I substances.
The court documents state that there is probable cause to believe the seized drugs caused the two overdose deaths and note that Yahya Mosleh warned a confidential informant that “people were dying from similar products.”
Yahya Mosleh remains in custody pending trial after a judge deemed him a flight risk, while his son was released on a $20,000 unsecured bond with monitoring conditions. The store’s owner, previously indicted for controlled-substance distribution, is alleged to be operating the business remotely from Egypt.
Federal authorities have not released the full toxicology reports pending public disclosure.