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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

… every U.S. state in unprecedented quantities. More than 9.5 million counterfeit pills were seized so far this year, …
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Six MS-13 gang members indicted for allegedly conspiring to commit murder

… Bail was set for Mejia Sandoval at $500,000 cash or $1 million bond.   If convicted of the top count, the …
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DEA Breaks Ground on New Laboratory in New Hampshire

… of fentanyl year-to-date, which equates to nearly 4.7 million deadly doses of fentanyl.  “Synthetic drugs, like …
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Coordinated Law Enforcement Operations Lead to Takedown of Portland-Area Transnational Drug Trafficking Cells

… 13 pounds of cocaine, nine firearms, and more than $1.4 million cash in drug proceeds. “At a time when communities …
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Four Pharmacy Technicians Charged With Stealing And Selling Prescription Drugs

… for by the Medicare and Medicaid programs costs taxpayers millions of dollars and deprives deserving beneficiaries of …
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Nine Members Of Eastern European Organized Crime Syndicate Charged With Racketeering, Extortion, Loansharking, Illegal Gambling, And Drug Trafficking

… acts.  To collect outstanding debts, worth in the aggregate millions of dollars, they regularly used threats of …
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The Dallas Diversion Program Engages the Community Virtually

… Diversion Program Manager Sullivan has presented to over 3300 registrants including Practitioner Opioid …
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DEA, SAMHSA Extend COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescribing Controlled Medications for Six Months While Considering Comments from the Public

… “Access to evidence-based treatment is a pillar of the HHS Overdose Prevention Strategy,” said Miriam E. … effective controls against diversion. The NPRMs received over 38,000 comments from the public and DEA, in …
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DEA Hosts the 27th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday to Remove Unneeded Medications from Homes

… expired, and unused prescription medications at over 4,100 collection sites across the United States to help …
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Indianapolis Pharmacy Technician Charged with Controlled Substances Violations

… Gaines admitted to diverting pills from the pharmacy over a period of several months. He also consented to a search of his vehicle, which led to the recovery of approximately 775 pharmaceutical pills. The joint … innocent and entitled to a fair trial, at which the government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a …
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DEA Announces Completion of Foreign Operations Review

… to enhance DEA’s effectiveness and integrity overseas. DEA accepts all of these recommendations and will immediately begin the process of implementing them. Over the past year, DEA has already instituted a number of …
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Chicago Woman Sentenced to 4 Years for Fentanyl Trafficking

… road. A search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of over one kilogram of fentanyl. This case was investigated by …
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Indiana Man Sentenced to 168 Months for Meth Trafficking

… August 2020, law enforcement searched Fowler’s home and discovered a kilogram of methamphetamine, over 350 grams of heroin, and nearly 150 grams of fentanyl …
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Man Sentenced to 110 Months for Distributing Methamphetamine in Sauk County, Wisconsin

… charge on February 2, 2021. In September 2020, an undercover police officer purchased methamphetamine from Savannah … Delton where he was staying. During the search, officers recovered a loaded Smith & Wesson 9mm handgun, a variety of drugs including heroin and crack cocaine, and over $7,000 in cash. In imposing the sentence, Judge …
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Boston man sentenced for laundering nearly $500,000 in drug proceeds

… transferred almost $500,000 worth of drug proceeds - over $398,000 in April and $90,000 in June.  DEA New England …
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Role in Drug Trafficking

… transported cocaine in interstate commerce in addition to over $100,000 cash from drug distribution activities.  Neal …
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Minnesota man sentanced to more than five years for distributing methamphetamine in the Eau Claire area

… on February 4, 2019, during his attempted delivery of over 900 grams of methamphetamine to an informant in Eau …
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DEA acts against dangerous, deadly designer synthetic drug linked to 151 overdose deaths since 2015

… dangerous, deadly designer synthetic drug linked to 151 overdose deaths since 2015 August 31, 2018 Headquarters … a dangerous designer synthetic cathinone linked to 151 overdose deaths in the United States between 2015 and 2018. … and by the same users as these substances. Based on the overdose numbers since 2015, the abuse of N-Ethylpentylone, …
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July 15, 2021
… To More Than 11 Years SEP 5, 2006 Three Sentenced To Over Ten Years Each In Drug Distribution Resulting In Death …
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DEA announces improvements to medication assisted treatment

… limited treatment options. “Thankfully, prescription opioid overdose deaths have declined more than 13 percent, but … use disorders, including opioid use disorder, has increased over the years, especially for services provided by NTPs. In …
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Georgia man indicted in Southeast Texas drug trafficking case

… Adams consented to a search of the vehicle and officers discovered over 4,000 oxycodone tablets hidden in a seat in his truck.  …
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DEA To Hold Its Third Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Month

… than 309 tons of pills at more than 5,300 sites manned by over 3,800 federal, state and local law enforcement … said DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart. “Americans overwhelmingly responded to the first two national Take-Back …
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Guilty Plea: Intent To Distribute 29+ Kilos Of Methamphetamine

… California man today admitted his intent to distribute over 29 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in a tractor … searched a tractor trailer driven by Beltran and recovered approximately 29 kilograms of methamphetamine and …
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Convicted Felon With Gun Range Membership And Ammunition Sentenced To Almost 10 Years

… Futch’s home in Middleburg. During the search, agents discovered over 50 rounds of 9mm ammunition, along with a drug scale … Futch shooting a pistol at a local gun range and later discovered that Futch was, in fact, a member of the gun range. …
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Woodland Man Pleads Guilty To Bath Salts Distribution Conspiracy

… salts.  On multiple occasions, Brown ordered bath salts over the internet from China for personal use and to sell to …
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Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Charges

… 24, 2015, Nieves was arrested while attempting to deliver over two kilograms of the narcotic controlled drug fentanyl …
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Presque Isle Man Pleads Guilty To Bath Salts Distribution Conspiracy

… salts.  On multiple occasions, Grivois ordered bath salts over the Internet from China for personal use and to sell to …
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Mars Hill Woman Pleads Guilty To Bath Salts Distribution Conspiracy

… salts.  On multiple occasions, Giggey ordered bath salts over the internet from China for personal use and to sell to …
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Man Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison For Possession Of Methamphetamine

… to serve 84 months in federal prison for possessing over 50 grams of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, … on October 18, 2014, Tulsa Police Department officers discovered approximately four pounds of methamphetamine …
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Operation “Dixie Crystal” Nets 30 Methamphetamine Traffickers In Ashe And Surrounding Counties

… with a street value of more than $4,000,000. Over the course of the investigation, law enforcement seized …