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Sarasota News Leader September 27, 2013 Page 87 of this quantity of Oxycodone pills would have been about $300,000," the release notes. As of Sept. 19, the ringleader, Pedro Alcantara, 35, was being held in Miami, where he was wanted on unrelated charges, the release says. He is charged with Conspiracy to Traffic in Oxycodone. Another 60 people were arrested over the past several months and as recently as last week in Sarasota and Manatee counties. One woman was tracked to Tampa International Airport, where she tried to board a flight to Cuba, the release adds. The investigation is ongoing. Additional warrants have been signed, with most suspects facing multiple counts of Obtaining Oxycodone by Fraud and Trafficking charges. % Pedro Alcantara/Contributed photo A poster shows all the people arrested during Operation Main Pain. Image courtesy of the Sheriff's Office