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Two Kansas City-based companies are at the center of a federal investigation and operation involving illegal products sold at gas stations and convenience stores across the metro.

Federal agents seized about 73,000 products suspected of containing 7-hydroxymitragine, or 7-OH, at three warehouses in Kansas City, Missouri. The U.S. Marshals Service and FDA agents seized the products from Shaman Botanicals, LLC (American Shaman) and Relax Relief Rejuvenate Trading, LLC.

KSHB 41 obtained court documents describing the FDA operation at American Shaman's warehouses on Nov. 12.

7-OH is a concentrated, synthetic derivative of the herbal plant kratom. It's sold in convenience and corner stores nationwide and is widely available in the Kansas City area.

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