The FDA, but with guns: How far should a little-known office go to track down counterfeit drugs?

Sun seekers at the iconic Caribe Hilton on a secluded beach in San Juan would have had no idea what was afoot in a hotel room upstairs.

A special agent posing as a venture capitalist from Texas was negotiating with two Turkish businessmen for pricey chemotherapy drugs that had been smuggled into the country.

Listening in from the adjoining room were another special agent, a U.S. attorney, and a team of translators. Soon after the deal was sealed, the Turkish suspects left the Hilton, only to be surrounded by local police and federal agents wielding guns.

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