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SoCal Doctor Accused of Storing $2M in Diet Pills, Narcotics

Investigators say they discovered 500,000 diet pills and powerful narcotics, including hydrocodone

A Southern California neurologist was arrested for the third time on Tuesday after the DEA and police say they found $2 million worth of powerful diet pills and narcotics in a Long Beach storage locker, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office.

Dr. Gerard Geoffrey Goryl, 59, who works in Redondo Beach, has also been charged in two other drug cases, officials said.

Goryl was first arrested in May and charged in June after allegedly selling powerful narcotics out of his Redondo Beach clinic, A Better Weigh, to undercover police, prosecutors said.

He was arrested again in August after police said he continued to sell the drugs despite a court order forbidding him to do so.

Investigators later discovered 500,000 diet pills and powerful narcotics, including hydrocodone, in a storage facility, and arrested Goryl on Tuesday, officials said.

The most recent charges against Goryl include 10 counts of possession for sale of a controlled substance, alleging that he did so while out on bail, and eight counts of possession of narcotics with a restricted license.

Goryl is due in court Oct. 29 and Nov. 17. If convicted in all three cases, he faces up to 36 years and eight months behind bars. Because of his pending complaints, Goryl is barred from possessing narcotics.

Phone calls by NBC4 to Goryl's attorney were not returned by time of publication.

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