A clinic long suspected of illegally selling prescription pills,
and reportedly with ties to drug-trafficking organizations in Russell and
neighboring counties, burned early yesterday morning.
According to reports, Dr. Bruce Coffey’s clinic, located in Oneida,
Tennessee, just across the Kentucky and Tennessee border, was raided in the
summer of 2018 as part of an investigation of whether Coffey was improperly
prescribing pain pills and other drugs.
Coffey has not yet been charged according to reports, but police
believe his clinic was a key supplier to drug traffickers in the southern part
of Kentucky and Tennessee for years. Federal officials did state
they had identified drug trafficking organizations in Russell, Pulaski and
McCreary counties that used Coffey’s clinic as the main source of prescription
drugs they sold. The clinic apparently closed two months ago.
Federal authorities said yesterday that the fire will not affect
their ongoing investigation.