Drugs and Public Safety

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday it seized about 92,000 pounds of illegal kratom‑derived substances and an arsenal of weapons and explosives from a Palm Bay operation, arresting 26‑year‑old Maxwell Horvath. Sheriff Wayne Ivey alleged Horvath’s firm, Overseas Organics, produced a 7‑hydroxymitragynine product far more potent than morphine; Horvath faces 36 counts of felon‑in‑possession, plus charges for two short‑barreled machine guns and a short‑barreled rifle, with additional explosive‑device charges pending. Officials called it the largest seizure of its kind nationally and displayed IEDs, suppressors, thousands of rounds, and other “military‑grade” items.