- Devin Michael Tew was found guilty of selling homemade drug kits.
- Tew operated an illegal business, poppyseedwash.com, selling opium-infused tea kits.
- Tew’s product contained morphine, codeine and thebaine, confirmed by FDA tests.
SALT LAKE CITY — A West Jordan man was found guilty in federal court last month of selling homemade drug kits across the country that instructed people on how to make opiate tea.
Devin Michael Tew, 40, was indicted in March 2024 and accused of possessing, marketing and selling ‘PoppySeed Wash” kits, which were designed to enable customers to get high from a “home-brewed, opiate-rich tea,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office of Utah said.
Tew was charged with unlawful possession of drug manufacturing paraphernalia, introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce, failing to follow regulations on manufacturing and distribution of the products, and three counts of structuring transactions to evade reporting requirements…