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Former Texas Tech Professor Sentenced to 480 Months in Federal Prison for “Pink Flamingo” Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

… Professor Sentenced to 480 Months in Federal Prison for “Pink Flamingo” Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy October 23, … fentanyl — including a branded mixture known as “pink flamingo” — was sentenced to 40 years in federal …
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Robeson County Tienda Caught Selling Over 19 Pounds of Cocaine and Heroin; Leads to 12 Years in Federal Prison

… County. By August 2023, they began making controlled buys of cocaine and heroin from him. During this same … back to a cartel in Mexico. By conducting undercover buys, executing search warrants, and making a traffic stop, …
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Former Texas Tech Professor Pleads Guilty to Running Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

… Executive Inn,” said U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould. “With his pink flamingo and ghost branding of fentanyl, he also … female: white fentanyl powder, marketed as “ghost,” and a pink powder that the DEA laboratory determined to be a …
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Pink Cocaine

December 27, 2024
… Pink Cocaine Pink Cocaine Pink Cocaine What is Pink Cocaine? Pink cocaine …
December 27, 2024
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New Jersey Man Arrested in Sales of Eight Guns, Cocaine and “Pink Cocaine” in Manhattan

… New Jersey Man Arrested in Sales of Eight Guns, Cocaine and “Pink Cocaine” in Manhattan September 13, 2024 New York … man in connection with sales of eight guns, cocaine and “pink cocaine” in locations across Manhattan. Laboratory …
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Two Lockport men sentenced on cocoaine conspiracy

… Two Lockport men sentenced on cocoaine conspiracy September 13, 2018 New York Contact Info …
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Four Bergen County Residents Charged for Roles in Drug Trafficking Ring

… MDMA (ecstasy), Adderall, Xanax, psilocybin, tusi (aka “pink cocaine”), oxycodone, and marijuana. Joo was charged … of cocaine, 1 kilogram of ketamine, 250 grams of tusi (pink cocaine), 880 grams of MDMA (ecstasy), 1,675 grams of …
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DEA Warns: “Pink” Overdoses Discovered In Phoenix, AZ

… DEA Warns: “Pink” Overdoses Discovered In Phoenix, AZ January 10, 2017 … the synthetic opioid U-47700, commonly referred to as “Pink.”  The toxicology and investigative reports documenting …
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Repeat Offender in Spokane Sentenced To 180 Months in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

… On the other side of the bed, law enforcement located a pink backpack that contained high school paperwork. First …
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61-Year-Old Iowa Man Found Guilty of Distributing Meth, Heroin and Fentanyl

… law enforcement officers used a confidential informant to buy controlled substances from Harris. On April 13, 2022, …
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Judge Sentences New Bern Fentanyl Dealer to 12 Years in Federal Prison

… in October 2023. At that time, Brimmer sold bright purple-pink fentanyl from his garage. Deputies conducted a traffic …
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Monroe Man Convicted on Multiple Federal Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses

… made several visits to Johnson to conduct the controlled buys, which were corroborated through law enforcement …
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Antelope Valley Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Fentanyl, The Use of Which Resulted in Two Deaths

… who later died as a result. The victim had requested to buy “blues,” a slang term for Oxycodone pills. Morales sold …
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Antelope Valley Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Fentanyl, The Use of Which Resulted in Two Deaths

… who later died as a result. The victim had requested to buy “blues,” a slang term for Oxycodone pills. Morales sold …
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District Man Sentenced to 33 Months for Role in Southeast Washington Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

… including 96 pills used in an April 2025 controlled buy and another 163 pills supplied for a July 2025 purchase. …
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DEA St. Louis Division Breaks Fentanyl Seizure Record

… with fentanyl in Kansas in September. 20221107 DEA-SLD STL pink powder dea.gov_.jpg DEA seized this pink fentanyl in St. Louis. ST. LOUIS – The Drug Enforcement …
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Manchester Man Sentenced to a Decade in Federal Prison for Fentanyl and Cocaine Trafficking

… was selling drugs. The FBI conducted a series of controlled buys of drugs from Santana, first with a confidential … an undercover officer participate in additional controlled buys of fentanyl from Santana totaling over 2.5 kilograms. …
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Over 85 Pounds of Cocaine and Fentanyl, 8 Guns and $420,000 Cash Seized in Williamsburg, Brooklyn: Man Charged as Major Trafficker

… kilograms of fentanyl, a small portion of which was colored pink, and quantities of methamphetamine and heroin.   George … “Baby Yoda.” A small amount of fentanyl had been died pink. Laboratory analysis also identified a package of …
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Louisiana Man Sentenced to Mandatory Life in Prison for Fentanyl Overdose Murder

… from December 13, 2024, in which Fortenberry arranged to buy $100 of suspected heroin from Fairley, a known drug … December 16, 2024, undercover officers set up a controlled buy using the victim's phone. Upon arrival, officers …
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Washington Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl Resulting in Two Fatal Overdoses in Alaska

… in Skagway. The object of the conspiracy was to have Cotton buy fentanyl in Spokane for a cheaper price, ship it to …
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Former Santa Rita Jail Inmate Sentenced to 7 Years for Distributing Fentanyl that Killed Fellow Inmate

… 2021.  The day before Victim 1’s death, Reid distributed pink-colored fentanyl to Victim 1 and Inmate 2. After learning the pink fentanyl created little effect on the inmates, the next …
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Four Talladega Men Convicted of Drug-Trafficking Crimes

… along with co-defendants Fomby and Chatman, pooled money to buy approximately ten kilograms of methamphetamine for which … pooled their money and planned another methamphetamine buy to recoup their losses from the earlier …
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Former Aryan Brotherhood Member Sentenced to 18 Years for Meth Trafficking

… baggie of methamphetamine and a set of digital scales. Pinkly was also a passenger in a Pontiac Grand Prix that was … and drug paraphernalia. According to court documents, since Pinkly obtained his first felony conviction for possession …
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Synthetic Opioids

Synthetic Opioids

January 25, 2025
Synthetic opioids are substances that are synthesized in a laboratory and that act on the same targets in the brain as natural opioids (e.g., morphine and codeine) to produce analgesic (pain relief) effects. In contrast, natural opioids are naturally occurring substances extracted from the seed pod of certain varieties of...
January 25, 2025
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West Monroe Man Convicted on Multiple Federal Drug and Firearms Charges

… 112 grams of meth to a confidential source in an undercover buy. The day after the buy, agents executed a search warrant on Kelly’s residence, …
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Designer Drugs

Flakka (alpha-PVP)

October 08, 2024
Flakka (alpha-PVP), is a dangerous drug that is similar to the street drug commonly known as bath salts. Flakka is typically white or pink in color, and is found in crystal form.
October 08, 2024
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Hannibal man sentenced for possession of over 50 grams of meth

… Seabaugh in the roadway. Officers also saw a black and pink zip-up bag lying in the street. Inside the black and pink zip-up bag, officers found and seized several bags …
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Washington Square Park Drug Ringleader Convicted of Causing Lethal Overdoses as Part of Yearslong Drug Conspiracy

… to the countless customers who streamed into the area to buy their drugs of choice. LIVIGNI in particular supplied …
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FBI and DEA Announce Results of Operation Summer Heat 2.0 in Louisiana

… Cases were made using proactive patrols, controlled buys, surveillance and intelligence. Homeland Security …
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DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division Executes Search Warrant on Known Tren de Aragua Gang Location in Metro Denver

… agents seized drugs – including cocaine, crack cocaine, and pink cocaine – known on the street as “tusi.”  Several …