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Three Defendants Arrested During 2023 Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad Plead Guilty to Federal Drug Offenses

April 03, 2024
… seized the methamphetamine and cocaine from the vehicle overnight. After learning that the drugs were no longer in …
April 03, 2024
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Fentanyl Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Federal Distribution Charge for 30,000 Fake Pills

March 31, 2022
… Smyth County, Virginia that resembled pharmaceutical-grade oxycodone pills, but were inconsistent in size, shape, and … fentanyl pills. Law enforcement conducted a controlled delivery of the package, at which time Hutton was arrested …
March 31, 2022
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United States Files Lawsuit Against PharMerica Corporation For Violations Of The False Claims Act And The Controlled Substances Act

August 09, 2013
… the Controlled Substances Act.  Schedule II drugs, such as oxycodone and fentanyl, can cause significant harm if used … vigorously-to protect taxpayer monies and to promote the delivery of professional health care to all of our …
August 09, 2013
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Judge Sentences St. Louis Drug Dealer Known to Carry a Gun During Drug Deals

April 01, 2021
… distributor known to carry a firearm. One source confirmed buying methamphetamine daily from Burns-Jackson over a six-month period. The other source confirmed buying methamphetamine from Burns-Jackson over a two-month …
April 01, 2021
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

September 27, 2021
… to look like real prescription opioid medications such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); or …
September 27, 2021
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

September 27, 2021
… to look like real prescription opioid medications such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); or …
September 27, 2021
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

September 27, 2021
… to look like real prescription opioid medications such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); or …
September 27, 2021
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

October 01, 2021
… to look like real prescription opioid medications such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); or …
October 01, 2021
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DEA Los Angeles Field Division Makes Historic Seizure of Approximately 1 Million Fentanyl Pills

July 14, 2022
… replicate real prescription opioid medications such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); or …
July 14, 2022
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

September 27, 2021
… to look like real prescription opioid medications such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); or …
September 27, 2021
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Counterfeit Pills Laced with Fentanyl Get Burgaw Man 16.5 Years in Prison

June 18, 2024
… like a variety of prescription drugs, including Percocet, Hydrocodone and Oxycodone.  Blackmon pled guilty on August 15, 2023. …
June 18, 2024
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

September 28, 2021
… to look like real prescription opioid medications such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); or …
September 28, 2021
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

September 27, 2021
… to look like real prescription opioid medications such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); or …
September 27, 2021
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 05, 2025
… fentanyl powder 355 counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl 3.29 kilograms of methamphetamine 253.43 kilograms of …
December 05, 2025
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DEA One Pill Can Kill Social Media Campaign

October 09, 2024
… Learn more at www.dea.gov/onepill #DYK that you cannot buy a legitimate pharmaceutical drug on social media?  Not … use. Parental Resources Fake Pills: What You Need to Know Buying Drugs Online: What You Should Know Wyatt’s Story Drug …
October 09, 2024
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New Haven Man Sentenced To 14 Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Cocaine, Crack Cocaine And Oxycodone

June 23, 2014
… Federal Prison For Distributing Cocaine, Crack Cocaine And Oxycodone June 23, 2014 New England Contact Info Contact Us …
June 23, 2014
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Parcel Interdiction Leads to Guilty Plea

June 15, 2021
… Later that day, investigators arranged for a controlled delivery of the parcel.  Prior to the controlled delivery, investigators removed and replaced the original … of the original bricks.  An undercover officer posing as a delivery employee approached Avalos’s listed Baltimore …
June 15, 2021
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Drug dealer who sold out of his home sentenced to 72 months

September 06, 2018
… the Niagara County Drug Task Force conducted a controlled buy at Thompson’s residence on Elmwood Avenue. The drug sold … March 4, 2015, the task force conducted a second controlled buy at Thompson’s residence. The drug sold by the defendant during the second buy tested positive for heroin. On March 10, 2015, a New …
September 06, 2018
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Lockport Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Fentanyl

May 10, 2018
… the Niagara County Drug Task Force conducted a controlled buy at Thompson’s residence on Elmwood Avenue. The drug sold … March 4, 2015, the task force conducted a second controlled buy at Thompson’s residence. The drug sold by the defendant during the second buy tested positive for heroin. On March 10, 2015, a New …
May 10, 2018
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Former Health Care Center Nursing Supervisor Pleads Guilty To Selling Fentanyl And Other Pain Killers

October 09, 2014
… to possession with intent to distribute and distribution of hydrocodone and fentanyl before U.S. District Judge Richard … patient in some cases. The prescription narcotics included hydrocodone and fentanyl. On at least two separate occasions in October 2013, the defendant sold hydrocodone and fentanyl to a confidential source working …
October 09, 2014
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Bitcoin Exchangers, Including CEO Of Bitcoin Exchange Company, For Scheme To Sell And Launder Over $1 Million In Bitcoins Related To Silk Road Drug Trafficking

January 27, 2014
… 720-431-8836 Defendants sold Bitcoins to be used to buy and sell illegal drugs anonymously on the Silk Road drug … Road," the underground website that enabled its users to buy and sell illegal drugs anonymously and beyond the reach … form of payment accepted on Silk Road - to users seeking to buy illegal drugs on the site. Upon receiving orders for …
January 27, 2014
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Final Defendant Sentenced In Nayarit, Mexico Based Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

March 28, 2018
… a tip that co-defendant Cory Jaques was selling heroin and oxycodone from his residence in southwest Portland. Using controlled buys, surveillance and phone toll analysis, investigators …
March 28, 2018
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$5 Million Reward Offered for Sinaloa Cartel-Linked Drug Trafficker

September 16, 2025
… to  RusoTips@dea.gov or contact 52-55 2312 3768 through +WhatsApp or signal.  Identities are kept strictly …
September 16, 2025
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Washington Man Sentenced for Involvement in Shooting Death of Coeur d’Alene Teen

July 22, 2023
… pills are made to look like prescription opioids such as oxycodone (Oxycontin, Percocet), hydrocodone (Vicodin), and alprazolam (Xanax); or stimulants …
July 22, 2023
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Spokane Man Sentenced for Involvement in Shooting Death of Idaho Teen

December 21, 2022
… pills are made to look like prescription opioids such as oxycodone (OxyContin, Percocet), hydrocodone (Vicodin), and alprazolam (Xanax); or stimulants …
December 21, 2022
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

September 27, 2021
… to look like real prescription opioid medications such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); or …
September 27, 2021
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DEA Washington Chief Issues Public Safety Alert: Dangerous Increase in Fake Rx Pills Containing Fentanyl

September 27, 2021
… to look like real prescription opioid medications such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); or …
September 27, 2021
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Clarence surgeon sentenced on drug charge and lying to the DEA

December 17, 2019
… ordered and received bulk quantities of Adderall XR, hydrocodone, both Schedule II controlled substances, and … the defendant told DEA agents that he ordered quantities of hydrocodone, which he dispensed to patients. In truth and fact, Leone was transporting the hydrocodone from his medical office in Cheektowaga to his …
December 17, 2019
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Niagara Falls man going to prison for more than 11 years on cocaine conspiracy and gun charges

October 22, 2020
… December 2016, co-conspirator John L. Maye arranged for the delivery of a U.S. Postal Service parcel to a residence on … Stewart and Maye offered to pay another individual to take delivery and safeguard the parcel. Unbeknownst to Stewart, … by the U.S. Postal Service and was searched prior to its delivery. Five separately wrapped kilogram-sized bricks of …
October 22, 2020
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U.S. Postal Service Employee Sentenced To 46 Months In Prison For Mailing And Receiving Packages Of Cocaine Husband Who Was Charged With Her Sentenced Last Month

July 18, 2013
… packages of cocaine, which were mailed from Puerto Rico to delivery addresses along her mail route. Nunez intercepted … despite never delivering the packages to their actual delivery addresses, and ultimately transported them to … arrived in Kearny, N.J., law enforcement noted that the delivery address on the package would be assigned to Nunez’s …
July 18, 2013