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DEA Announces Launch of Project Safeguard

… resulting in death by dangerous substances, such as fentanyl.  Under this initiative, we will tirelessly work … communities with deadly drugs, including opioids, heroin, fentanyl, meth and cocaine, are often the same criminals …
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Reno Doctor Robert Rand And Eight Others Indicted On Federal Prescription Drug Distribution Charges

… two count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, two counts of possession with intent to distribute … has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. fentanyl.pdf On …
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DEA Kicks Off Red Ribbon Campaign

… the annual National Survey on Drug Use and (NSDUH); Whereas fentanyl and its analogues have been devastating communities … Forensic Laboratory Information System reported 13,002 fentanyl exhibits tested by forensic laboratories across the country in 2015, a 1,392 percent increase from the 934 fentanyl exhibits in 2013; Whereas the presence of fentanyl …
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Insys Regional Manager Pleads Guilty To Kickback Conspiracy

… in exchange for their prescribing the instant-release fentanyl drug Subsys, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) … a sales representative in Florida for the instant-release fentanyl drug Subsys.  Prior to coming to Insys, Hill was a … where she gained experience selling another instant-release fentanyl drug under the brand name Actiq.  During the course …
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Tulsa “Pill Mill” Doctor Pleas Guilty to Opioid Drug Conspiracy

… prescription drugs such as Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, and Fentanyl. Defendant Moses’ medical clinic was located at … Task Force Unit for the Northern District of Oklahoma. Fentanyl Oxycodone On …
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Educational Program Launched at San Diego High Schools to Educate Teenagers about Drug Smuggling

January 28, 2019
… arrested numerous juveniles who have had drugs, including fentanyl, strapped on their bodies at both the San Ysidro … consequences. Information on the medical consequences of fentanyl, which can be dangerous if just inadvertently …
January 28, 2019
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Two Charged with Connection with Scheme to Operate Industrial-Scale Illegal Narcotics Pill Pressing Operations Throughout New York City

… located near a school in the Bronx.  Fake pills, laced with fentanyl and methamphetamine, like the ones seized this … Task Force does to remove the threat of lethal amounts of fentanyl-laced counterfeit prescription pills that are …
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Illegal Online Pharmacies

August 19, 2025
… pharmacies selling and shipping counterfeit pills made with fentanyl and methamphetamine to unsuspecting customers in … online pharmacy market to sell counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl and methamphetamine to unsuspecting victims.  These … money by driving addiction with deadly, highly addictive fentanyl. The DEA is relentlessly focused on saving lives by …
August 19, 2025
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DEA Launches Bold Bilateral Initiative to Dismantle Cartel Gatekeepers and Combat Synthetic Drug Trafficking

… are essential to cartel operations, directing the flow of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine into the United … to confront the cartels that are killing Americans with fentanyl and other poisons,” said DEA Administrator Terrance … collaboration with foreign counterparts. While fentanyl is the most urgent threat, Project Portero …
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DEA Executes Operation Profit Over Patients to Dismantle Health Care Fraud Networks

July 03, 2025
… to include oxycodone, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, and fentanyl.  In Texas, several individuals, including a … an anesthesiology resident allegedly secretly took fentanyl, hydromorphone, and other medications over the …
July 03, 2025
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Passaic County man admits participating in heroin conspiracy

… to distribute heroin and to distributing a quantity of fentanyl. Cequan Wharton, 26, of Paterson, New Jersey, … heroin and knowingly and intentionally distributing fentanyl. Wharton and his conspirators are members and … conspired to distribute narcotics, including heroin and fentanyl. Each count of the information carries a maximum …
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Milton Man Sentenced for Drug Distribution Activities

… be followed by 3 years of supervised release for possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute the drug. According … was found in possession of over 10,000 glassine baggies of fentanyl, a CZ 9-mm pistol, and  ammunition at his home in …
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Man Indicted for Taking Controlled Substances from Kansas Hospital

… with a consumer product, one count of possession of fentanyl by deception and subterfuge, and one count of … 30, a registered nurse, is accused of removing vials of fentanyl and hydromorphone from an automated dispensing …
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St. Charles Man Pleads Guilty to Multiple Counts of Drug Distribution

… to four counts of possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine. Trueblood appeared … more than six grams of heroin and more than four grams of fentanyl. Judge White has set sentencing for July 22, 2021. …
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Oneonta Woman Sentenced to Prison for Drug Trafficking

… federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl. The announcement was made by United States … Eckberg admitted she trafficked methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl from New York City to the areas of Tupper Lake, … 54 grams of heroin and approximately 90 grams of fentanyl. Chief United States District Judge Glenn T. …
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Leader of Rochester drug trafficking conspiracy going to prison for ten years

… to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and crack cocaine, was sentenced … 2019, Casado conspired with multiple co-defendants to sell fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and crack cocaine out of drug … at 467 Clifford Avenue. Investigators recovered 19 bags of fentanyl, nine bags of powder cocaine, nine bags of crack …
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Career Special Agent Derek S. Maltz Appointed to Lead U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

… for flooding the United States with dangerous drugs such as fentanyl. Today, DEA’s foreign footprint remains one of the … impact. Maltz has worked closely with families affected by fentanyl to spread awareness, and he vows to use the …
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Third Ward Narcotics Dealer Heads to Prison

… court considered the fact that Jerry admitted to dealing fentanyl and meth out of a drug house in Houston’s Third … the court noted the seriousness of the quantity of fentanyl. A joint law enforcement operation revealed Jerry … Ward. Jerry sold counterfeit Percocet pills containing fentanyl and ecstasy pills containing meth.  During the …
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Nineteen Indicted in Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… two pounds of methamphetamine, more than $160,000 in cash, fentanyl pills and a fentanyl pill manufacturing lab.  Today alone, law …
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Federal jury convicts Bryson City woman of distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death

… that White believed to be heroin, but that turned out to be fentanyl. According to trial testimony, J.F.’s use of the fentanyl resulted in J.F.’s overdose death. According to …
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Charleston area man given lengthy sentence on federal drug charges

… approximately four months prior to his arrest, Lee sold fentanyl to Lisa Cohen, who was previously sentenced in a … separate federal case. Cohen’s 17-year-old son died from a fentanyl overdose after using the drugs provided by Lee. The …
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Manchester Man Arrested on Drug Distribution Charges

… N.H. – A Manchester man was arrested for distributing fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Thomas … 37, was indicted on three counts of distribution of fentanyl.  Holland was arrested this afternoon in …
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Arizona Man Sentenced To 15 Years For Drug and Firearm Offenses

… Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Fentanyl Free America Campus Drug Prevention Just Think … of guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine, fentanyl and heroin, maintaining a drug-involved premises …
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Member of Narcotics Conspiracy Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Federal Prison

… to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl.  Salvi had pleaded guilty on January 21, 2021. In … April 14 and May 27, 2020, Salvi purchased two ounces of fentanyl from one of his co-defendants across a series of …
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Bradenton man sentenced to more than fifteen years for drug offenses

… and 8 months in federal prison for distributing heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine.  Yarrell had pleaded guilty on August … 4, 2019, Yarrell,a ten-time convicted felon, sold heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine to undercover officers on five …
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Manatee County drug trafficker sentenced to more than 13 years in federal prison

… the intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin and fentanyl. Cotton had pleaded guilty on Feb. 22, 2019.   … of the search warrants, the officers seized heroin, fentanyl, $30,000 and a firearm.   This case is the result …
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Houston Man Guilty of Trafficking Drugs through the Eastern District of Texas

… Inside the vehicle, officers discovered over a kilogram of fentanyl, which represented DEA’s largest fentanyl seizure in the Houston/Southeast Texas area at that … Cerda conspired with others to distribute 2.5 kilograms of fentanyl, one kilogram of heroin and over 21 kilograms of …
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Seven indicted on meth distribution conspiracy

… and seized 36 pounds of methamphetamine, 1 kilogram of fentanyl and 1 kilogram of heroin. Based on the drug seizure … pounds of methamphetamine, six kilograms of fentanyl, one kilogram of heroin and more than $130,000 in …
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Heroin dealer sentenced to 66 months in federal prison

… Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Fentanyl Free America Campus Drug Prevention Just Think … to 66 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine.  Jackson pleaded guilty to this …
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Yakima man sentenced to 188 months in prison for drug trafficking

… Peraza-Kissi also sold methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl in Yakima during that time. In April 2018, after … of heroin, over two pounds of methamphetamine, 20 grams of fentanyl, and four firearms. U.S. Attorney Harrington …