Who is Bhavesh Lathiya, a Gujarati businessman dealing with 'Vitamin C and antacid', sentenced to 4.5 years in a US prison in a first-of-its-kind case?

Indian businessman Bhavesh Lathiya sentenced to 54 months in prison for distributing and smuggling fentanyl precursor chemicals. An Indian chemical company executive has been sentenced to 54 months in a US federal prison in what the US Department of Justice called the first-of-its-kind case as Bhavesh Lathiya is not an American, he does not operate in America; his company is in Surat. But Lathita, the founder and leader of Surat-based Raxuter Chemicals, pleaded guilty in April to smuggling and distributing fentanyl precursor chemicals.He was sentenced on September 2 by US District Judge Pamela K Chen in federal court in Brooklyn. Lathiya was also ordered to forfeit $24,560 and will be deported after completing his prison sentence, the US Department of Justice said. Prosecutors said Lathiya and his company illegally sold and shipped more than 50 pounds of chemicals used in fentanyl production to customers in the US and Mexico. The chemicals included materials capable of supplying all the ingredients needed to manufacture fentanyl through commonly used production routes.Packages disguised as Vitamin C and antacidAccording to court filings, Lathiya used deceptive shipping practices to...