In Oxford, Mississippi, two young men — eighteen and twenty years old — died on the same September day, their lives cut short by substances hidden inside products sold at a neighborhood vape shop. Federal court documents now reveal that toxicology and lab testing trace identical Schedule 1 drugs in both students' bloodstreams to pills purchased at the same store, on the same day, for the same price. Two men have been charged, one of whom allegedly continued selling the product even as he acknowledged people were dying from it — a detail that places this case at the intersection of commerce, co
Toxicology reports link identical substances to deaths of two Ole Miss students
Two University of Mississippi students, Aidan Hamilton (18) and Robert Strang (20), died on September 21 from overdoses linked to contaminated products sold at the vape store.
People were dying from similar products. He kept selling anyway.
Mark
So these two students bought something they thought was kratom or a vape product, and it killed them?
Mimi
That's what the toxicology reports and bank records suggest. They purchased Smax-Mango Breeze pills from Puffs Vape on the same day, and both had the same three substances in their systems when they died.
Luke
But we should be clear: the court documents say there's probable cause the drugs caused the deaths. That's not the same as a confirmed cause of death from a medical examiner. Do we have the full autopsy results?
Mimi
The source says the full toxicology report is coming. What we have now is what's in the court filing—the substances matched, the products matched, the timing matched.
Mark
And the store owners knew? They knew people were dying?
Mimi
According to the court documents, yes. Yahya Mosleh allegedly told an undercover buyer to be careful because people were dying from similar products. He kept selling anyway.
Luke
He told an informant that after the students had already died, though. So he knew about deaths in general, but we don't know if he knew specifically about Hamilton and Strang.
Mark
What about the store owner—the one who's supposedly in Egypt?
Mimi
He'd been indicted years ago for distributing controlled substances. He disappeared, and investigators believe he's running the operation from overseas now.
Luke
That's an investigator's belief, not confirmed fact. But the point stands—this wasn't some accidental contamination. There's a pattern of knowing sales of banned substances.
Mark
And the Moslehs are facing federal charges?
Mimi
Yes. Yahya's being held as a flight risk. His son got released on bond with monitoring.
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- Two University of Mississippi students, Aidan Hamilton and Robert Strang, died on the same day from overdoses linked to contaminated pills sold at a local vape shop — their deaths now confirmed by matching toxicology and lab results.
- The substances found in both men's systems — Mitrogynine and two Schedule 1 drugs — had been banned by local ordinance for over four years, yet were still being sold hidden in a locked container at Puffs Vape Store in Oxford.
- Yahya Mosleh allegedly warned an undercover buyer that people had been dying from the product, then completed the sale anyway — a moment that federal prosecutors say speaks directly to knowing and willful conduct.
- Father and son Yahya and Islam Mohamed Mosleh now face federal drug charges, with Yahya held as a flight risk and the store's original owner believed to be running the operation remotely from Egypt.
- Bank records, matching price tags, identical packaging, and lab-confirmed substances form a chain of evidence that investigators say establishes probable cause linking the sales directly to the two students' deaths.
In Oxford, Mississippi, two young men — eighteen and twenty years old — died on the same September day, their lives cut short by substances hidden inside products sold at a neighborhood vape shop. Federal court documents now reveal that toxicology and lab testing trace identical Schedule 1 drugs in both students' bloodstreams to pills purchased at the same store, on the same day, for the same price. Two men have been charged, one of whom allegedly continued selling the product even as he acknowledged people were dying from it — a detail that places this case at the intersection of commerce, concealment, and moral reckoning.
On September 21, two University of Mississippi students — Aidan Hamilton, eighteen, and Robert Strang, twenty — died on the same day. Federal court documents now reveal that both had identical substances in their bloodstreams: Mitrogynine and two Schedule 1 drugs designated MGM-15 and MGPI. Toxicology and laboratory testing traced those substances to Smax-Mango Breeze pills sold at Puffs Vape, Tobacco and Beer Store in Oxford.
Bank records placed both students at the store on the day of their deaths. When investigators executed a search warrant, they found the same product — same packaging, same ingredients, same $39.99 price tag, down to a smudge on the nine. Lab analysis confirmed the seized pills contained the same controlled substances found in Hamilton and Strang's systems. The substances had been banned by local ordinance for more than four years.
Two men were arrested: Yahya Mohamed Mosleh, fifty-one, and his son Islam, eighteen. Court documents allege that Yahya kept the product in a locked container and, during a controlled purchase with an undercover agent, warned the buyer to be careful because people had been dying from similar products — then completed the sale after other customers left the store.
A federal judge ordered Yahya held pending trial as a flight risk. Islam was released on a twenty-thousand-dollar bond with curfew and monitoring conditions. The store's owner, previously indicted by a Lafayette County grand jury for controlled substance distribution, is believed to have fled and is now operating the business remotely from Egypt.
Two University of Mississippi students died on the same day in September, and federal court documents now show they had identical controlled substances in their bloodstreams. Aidan Hamilton, eighteen, and Robert Strang, twenty, both tested positive for Mitrogynine and two Schedule 1 drugs labeled MGM-15 and MGPI. The toxicology reports, revealed in court filings obtained by Fox News Digital, trace those substances to pills sold as Smax-Mango Breeze at a local vape shop called Puffs Vape, Tobacco and Beer Store in Oxford.
Investigators determined that Hamilton and Strang had purchased the Smax-Mango Breeze pills from Puffs before their deaths on September 21. Bank records showed both men made purchases at the store on the same date. When law enforcement searched the shop after obtaining a warrant, they found the identical product—same packaging, same ingredients, same price tag of $39.99, even down to a smudge on the nine in the price. Lab testing confirmed those seized products contained the same Schedule 1 controlled substances found in the two students' systems.
Two men were arrested in connection with the sales: Yahya Mohamed Mosleh, fifty-one, and his son Islam Mohamed Mosleh, eighteen. Both face federal drug charges. According to court documents, the substances they sold had been banned by local ordinance for more than four years. Federal agents conducted a controlled purchase from Yahya Mosleh, who allegedly kept the product hidden in a locked container and warned the undercover buyer to be careful because people had been dying from similar products. He then attempted to conceal the transaction when other customers entered the store, completing the sale only after they left.
The court documents state there is probable cause to believe the drugs caused the two overdose deaths. The government established that the laboratory-tested substances taken by Hamilton and Strang matched the drugs seized from the Moslehs during the search warrant. Despite knowing people were dying from the product, Yahya Mosleh continued selling it.
A federal judge ordered Yahya Mosleh held in custody pending trial, finding him a flight risk with ties to another country. His son Islam was released on a twenty-thousand-dollar unsecured bond with conditions including a curfew and location monitoring. The store's owner, who had been indicted years earlier by a state grand jury in Lafayette County for distribution of a controlled substance, absconded and is believed to be operating the business remotely from Egypt, according to court documents.
Citations marquantes
Yahya Mosleh told an undercover informant that people were dying from similar products and warned them to be careful, then attempted to conceal the sale when other customers were present.— Federal court documents
There is probable cause to believe these drugs caused two overdose deaths in Oxford, Mississippi.— Federal court documents
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