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New Haven man sentenced to prison for trafficking heroin

… various offenses related to the distribution of heroin, fentanyl, cocaine and crack cocaine. Foster and several … 3,000 bags of heroin, 400 grams of cocaine, 350 grams of fentanyl/heroin mixed, 400 grams of heroin, 10 grams of crack, 20 pounds of marijuana, fentanyl patches, a one-kilogram press, four handguns, …
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Florida man sentenced to five years for trafficking cocaine to Connecticut

… Malbin Rubiera-Herrera, also known as “Chaca,” acquired fentanyl, heroin and cocaine from sources in Connecticut and … that involved the trafficking of kilogram-quantities of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine into Connecticut. In March … Claudio-Suarez and 11 other individuals with fentanyl, heroin and cocaine trafficking offenses. On …
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16 individuals charged or arrested as part of joint law enforcement effort

… residences, and seized approximately 700 bags of fentanyl and heroin, 100 grams of cocaine base, two … serve as an example to those who distribute poisons like fentanyl and heroin to the citizens of St. Johnsbury, that …
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Five Members of Pinellas County Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Charged and Arrested

… intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl. If convicted on all counts, Jovante Thomas faces a … to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl throughout the Middle District of Florida. An …
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Caldwell man sentenced for federal drug crimes

… for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl. Serpa was later charged with an additional count … were conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl. Serpa was arrested in April 2018, after Gonzales … grams of methamphetamine, 47 grams of heroin, 12 grams of fentanyl, a digital scale, drug packaging materials, $1,951 …
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Officials unveil Chicago’s action plan for attacking Mexican drug cartels

… Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Fentanyl Free America Campus Drug Prevention Just Think … stop the flow of dangerous illicit drugs like heroin and fentanyl into Chicago or to keep them from harming the … deaths in Illinois alone. In Chicago, seizures of illicit fentanyl and heroin have increased almost at record …
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DEA investigators seeking answers in small Tennessee town

… opioids, which include prescription painkillers, heroin, fentanyl and fentanyl analogues. Pill abuse and addiction is often the starting point for heroin and fentanyl addicts.   In recent years, DEA had dramatically …
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Arizona Man Convicted of Controlled Substance Offense

… of San Luis, Arizona of possession of methamphetamine and fentanyl with the intent to distribute. The guilty verdict, … revealed that the pills thought to be oxycodone contained fentanyl. “The guilty verdict demonstrates the outstanding …
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Florencia 13 Gang Member Sentenced to 160 Months in Federal Prison

… the distribution of thousands of deadly pills containing fentanyl in early 2019.  A partner of Leon, Miguel Candido' … was searched in March of 2019 where 5000 pills containing fentanyl, one pound of heroin, over $20,000 in US currency, … the distribution of large quantities of pills containing fentanyl and heroin.  Even after his arrest, this criminal …
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Glastonbury Man Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison For Distributing Heroin To A Minor

… Task Force investigation has focused on the distribution of Fentanyl-laced heroin that contributed to several heroin overdoses in the Hartford area.  Fentanyl is a powerful opioid analgesic used to treat …
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Attorney General Sessions And Acting DEA Administrator Patterson Announce New Tools To Address Opioid Crisis

… will produce more effective investigations on heroin, fentanyl, and prescription opioid trafficking, all of which … will produce more effective investigations on heroin, fentanyl and prescription opioid trafficking, all of which … intake of cases involving prescription opioids, heroin, and fentanyl;  convening a task force of federal, state, local, …
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Sinaloa Cartel Leader Charged with Narcoterrorism, Material Support of Terrorism and Drug Trafficking

February 26, 2026
… conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl, and marijuana, and money laundering. The … playing an integral role in the global distribution of fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin. On February …
February 26, 2026
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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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‘Avengers’ actor Jeremy Renner joins forces with 750 students for purposeful Northern Nevada Opioid Youth Summit

… drug poisonings are related to synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl; methamphetamine and other synthetic stimulants are … by the DEA, in Reno and much of the surrounding region, fentanyl is now involved in more than three out of every …
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Step Up. Speak Out. Fight Back

June 27, 2025
… seizures, to how early you should talk to your kids about fentanyl and explained how traffickers use popular social … power of the media, to bring attention to the dangers of fentanyl. 4057.jpg 4095.jpg 4129.jpg 4131.jpg 4147.jpg …
June 27, 2025
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Two Mexican nationals Removed to U.S. to Face Federal Drug Trafficking Charges in New Mexico

… indictment charging him with conspiracy, distribution of fentanyl, distribution of an analogue of fentanyl, and international money laundering conspiracy. …
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Homeland Security Task Force Investigation Takes Down Drug and Gun Trafficking Ring; Six Arrested

… from redistributors totaling more than one kilogram of fentanyl, more than 200 grams of methamphetamine, and 17 firearms.  Laboratory analysis of the purchased fentanyl revealed that some of it was mixed with bromazolam, …
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Three Defendants in Significant Gun and Drug Involved Cases in Western Washington Sentenced to Prison

… Dodd, 36, of Seattle. Dodd was  convicted of possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute and possession of a … that the offense was very serious, given the danger of fentanyl in our communities, and that it was compounded by …
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$5 Million Reward Offered for Sinaloa Cartel-Linked Drug Trafficker

… responsible for distributing millions of dollars’ worth of fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin from Mexico … of dollars’ worth of narcotics, particularly cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine, and heroin, from Mexico to the … in 617 arrests, the seizure of multiple quantities of fentanyl pills, fentanyl powder, cocaine, methamphetamine …
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DEA Surge Targets Sinaloa Cartel Networks Worldwide

… cartels, responsible for flooding the United States with fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin. In February, … resulted in: Arrests: 617 Drug Seizures: 480 kilograms of fentanyl powder, 714,707 counterfeit pills, 2,209 kilograms … of illicit drugs including counterfeit pills, cocaine, fentanyl powder, marijuana, MDA/MDMA, Meth, and PCP. DEA …
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Indiana Man Sentenced to 6 Years for Drug Trafficking, Gun Crimes

… Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Fentanyl Free America Campus Drug Prevention Just Think … of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, and marijuana. Ellis was …
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Third Defendant Charged with Federal Narcotics Offenses Resulting in Death in Connection with the Poisoning of Four Children at a Bronx Daycare

… that our determination to eradicate the threat of illicit fentanyl and save lives cannot – and will not – stop.  The … Mendez and Carlisto Acevedo Brito, conspired to distribute fentanyl, including at a children’s daycare center in the … large quantities of narcotics, including a kilogram of fentanyl stored on top of children’s playmats, and large …
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176 pounds of cocaine seized in New York City – one of the largest cocaine seizures in NYC in recent years

… have always been the headline drugs of choice. Ever since fentanyl hit the streets, traffickers have been creating their own trends. The mixture of heroin and fentanyl has become public health’s most potent enemy; and … evident in recent statistics, the mixture of cocaine and fentanyl is following in its footsteps. Because of DEA …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office and DEA announce charges against Rochester Drug Co-operative and two executives for unlawfully distributing controlled substances

… officer, for unlawfully distributing oxycodone and fentanyl, and conspiring to defraud the DEA. Mr. Berman’s … Pietruszewski, RDC supplied large quantities of oxycodone, fentanyl and other dangerous opioids to pharmacy customers … the direction of Doud, increased its sales of oxycodone and fentanyl exponentially. From 2012 to 2016, RDC’s sales of …
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“Operation Bread, White and Blues” shuts down drug distribution ring in Orange and Rockland Counties

… were represented to contain oxycodone, but which contained fentanyl, a highly addictive and frequently lethal narcotic. … two motorcycles, over 2.5 pounds of cocaine and 1300 Fentanyl pills.   Paul Smith, 48, of Deerpark, a paid …
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U.S. Attorney Byung “BJay” Pak issues progress report

… distributing fake Roxicodone pills that actually contained fentanyl. The distribution of the fake pill resulted in one … Nathans pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl on Aug. 13, 2018, and has a sentencing hearing … minutes after taking a fatal mixture of heroin and fentanyl. The PSA ran a total of 76,887 times and was seen …
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Indictment Charges Alleged Members of Drug Trafficking Organization in Drug, Gun and Money Laundering Charges

… to distribute several controlled substances, including fentanyl, cocaine base and marijuana, and utilizing … and rooting out these types of operations: whether it be Fentanyl poisonings or the violence that typically …
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Two Mobile Pain Doctors Convicted After Seven-Week Trial

… Schedule II and III Controlled Substances, including fentanyl, outside the usual course of professional practice … importance in the trial were two brand name instant-release fentanyl drugs - Subsys and Abstral. Both Subsys and Abstral … practice; (3) Conspiracy to prescribe more than 40 grams of fentanyl outside the usual course of professional practice; …
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Education and Prevention

September 30, 2025
… use prevention and education efforts in a variety of ways. Fentanyl Awareness Publications Together for Families Get …
September 30, 2025
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Hermandad de Pistoleros Latinos Gang Member Sentenced to 100 Months for Heroin Trafficking

… when law enforcement learned Garcia may have been selling fentanyl in the Laredo area. Over the next three months, … The searches also revealed methamphetamine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, marijuana, money and stolen firearm.  At the time …