Man accused of selling fake pills throughout U.S., running operation out of a garage turned "lab" in Connecticut

In a nondescript garage in Connecticut, a New Haven man manufactured hundreds of thousands of counterfeit pills containing methamphetamine, a powerful opioid and other illicit drugs that he shipped around the U.S. and gave to local dealers to sell on the streets, new federal grand jury indictments allege.

Federal law enforcement officials announced the criminal indictments against the man and six other people on Monday, calling the case one of the largest counterfeit pill busts ever in New England.

Kelldon Hinton, 45, is accused of running the operation from a rented garage he called his "lab" in East Haven, about 5 miles from downtown New Haven, using drugs and pill presses he bought from sellers in China and other countries, federal authorities said.