24 charged with dealing K2 in downtown Austin, 18 remain on the run

AUSTIN (KXAN) — In an Austin police warrant roundup on Monday, 24 people were arrested in connection to dealing the drug known as K2. Eighteen warrants are still outstanding.
In August, Austin-Travis County medics and Austin firefighters responded to numerous call for people who became violently ill after taking K2, also known as synthetic marijuana. The vast majority of the incidents happened near the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless (ARCH) at East Seventh Street and Neches St