Brothers double-doctored Oxycontin prescriptions and got 67,000 pills

<p>CALGARY – Two brothers are accused of getting and filling more than 85 prescriptions of highly addictive Oxycontin in both Alberta and British Columbia, then selling the pills on the street for a profit.</p> <p>Calgary police say the men allegedly obtained prescriptions for various strengths of the narcotic painkiller from more than a dozen doctors in Alberta and B.C. </p> <p>The accused allegedly filled the prescriptions at pharmacies in Alberta and B.C., sometimes filling the same prescription in both provinces – known as double-doctoring.</p> <p>Police allege that between Feb. 4, 2009 and July 15, 2010, the accused were prescribed roughly 67,660 Oxycontin pills, worth an estimated $3.4 million.</p> <p>Sammy Sandy Habib, 46, was arrested Saturday at his home in Kelowna, B.C., while Michel Ferris Habib, 49, was arrested Tuesday near his southwest Calgary home.</p> <p>Both are facing numerous charges under the Criminal Code of Canada and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, including uttering a forged document, failing to disclose a previous prescription and fraud under $5,000.</p>