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WASHINGTON — Twenty people in Texas and elsewhere were arrested on charges they ran Internet pharmacies that illegally shipped narcotics, steroids and amphetamines to teenagers and other buyers around the world, federal authorities announced today.

In addition to arrests in Tyler and Abilene, U.S. arrests took place in Fort Lauderdale and Sarasota, Fla.; New York City and Rochester, N.Y.; Philadelphia; and Greenville, S.C. Authorities also made arrests in Australia, Canada, Costa Rica and India.