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Statewide Initiative Targets Distributors Of Heroin And Opioids That Cause Overdose Deaths

April 13, 2016
… targeting narcotics dealers who distribute heroin, fentanyl or opioids that cause death or serious injury to …
April 13, 2016
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New York Man Pleads Guilty To Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy And Failure To Appear In Court

August 23, 2016
… abuse of opiates; it is the gateway to heroin and fentanyl addiction, and is devastating our communities.  …
August 23, 2016
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Multiple Defendants Charged In Allegheny County-Beaver County Prescription Drug Ring

July 23, 2013
… a number of Schedule II controlled substances, including: fentanyl, oxymorphone, including in the form known as Opana, …
July 23, 2013
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Nine Defendants Charged With Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin And Oxycodone In Staten Island, New York

February 22, 2017
… prescription medication, to heroin, to heroin mixed with fentanyl. By collaborating resources with our state, local …
February 22, 2017
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Sixteen Members Of Own Every Dollar Gang Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Racketeering And Narcotics Offenses

August 02, 2022
… assaults, and also dealing dangerous drugs, including fentanyl.  The defendants charged today include OED’s … to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine, oxycodone, …
August 02, 2022
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Alleged Sinaloa Cartel Methamphetamine Trafficker Extradited from Mexico

November 18, 2025
… more than 180 kilograms of methamphetamine; 19 kilograms of fentanyl; 2 kilograms of heroin; along with firearms and …
November 18, 2025
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Season 5 of Awkward Conversation Launches on YouTube Wednesday, September 24

September 22, 2025
… Mar 4: One Pill Can Kill  – A deep dive into the fentanyl crisis. New to this season are short, animated …
September 22, 2025
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DEA New Orleans Division Delivers Major Blow to Sinaloa Cartel, Securing Dozens of Arrests and Seizures

September 02, 2025
… 6 pounds of methamphetamine, 100,000 deadly doses of fentanyl, 19 firearms, and more than a quarter of a million …
September 02, 2025
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Fort Walton Beach Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug and Money Laundering Conspiracy

August 26, 2025
… organization who provided large quantities cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine, and marijuana to other dealers in …
August 26, 2025
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Gang Member Sentenced to 40 years for Role in Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Operation

August 21, 2025
… role in multi-kilogram drug seizures, including heroin and fentanyl at the Laredo port of entry, cocaine in …
August 21, 2025
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H-Block Gang Member Sentenced For Drug Distribution And Firearm Offense

August 12, 2025
… over 500 grams of cocaine, cocaine base (crack cocaine) and fentanyl, as well as over 20,000 doses of drug-laced paper …
August 12, 2025
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Slidell Man and Woman Indicted for Conspiracy, Wire Fraud, False Statements in Loan Applications, Money Laundering, and Federal Controlled Substances Act Violations

June 16, 2025
… of carfentanil, a Schedule II controlled substance and fentanyl analogue. If convicted of Conspiracy to Commit …
June 16, 2025
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H Block Gang Member Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution And Firearm Offense

May 29, 2025
… over 500 grams of cocaine, cocaine base (crack cocaine) and fentanyl, as well as over 20,000 doses of drug-laced paper …
May 29, 2025
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San Diego Tunnel Task Force uncovers sophisticated cross-border drug tunnel under the U.S./Mexico border

March 31, 2020
… 3,000 pounds of marijuana and more than two pounds of fentanyl from the tunnel.   The large seizure of mixed drugs …
March 31, 2020
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Nearly 45 Pounds of Cocaine Seized from Interstate Traffickers

March 15, 2024
… surging supplies of it in our city, sometimes mixed with fentanyl and other dangerous substances." DEA Special Agent …
March 15, 2024
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Man Charged in Sales of Nearly 50 Pounds of Crystal Meth in Manhattan and Queens

May 13, 2022
… said DEA Special Agent in Charge Frank A. Tarentino III.  "Fentanyl and methamphetamine are man-made synthetic drugs …
May 13, 2022
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Pharmacy owner charged with illegally distributing oxycodone and operating a health care fraud and kickback scheme

September 12, 2019
… those responsible for pushing diverted pills, heroin, and fentanyl into our communities.” As alleged, the defendant …
September 12, 2019
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12-Person Cocaine Trafficking Ring Dismantled

September 09, 2021
… and we know that a common trade among dealers is mixing fentanyl and cocaine, which is causing overdoses and death. …
September 09, 2021
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Two Men Arrested with 100 Pounds of Cocaine Stamped with the Nickname of One of the World’s Greatest Soccer Players

April 01, 2021
… we know that local organizations are mixing cocaine with fentanyl which have added to the alarming overdose rates …
April 01, 2021
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Member of Violent Bridgeport Gang Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison

July 09, 2024
… thousands of glassine bags typically used to package fentanyl and heroin; five Glock handguns; three empty boxes …
July 09, 2024
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Four Sentenced in Federal Court for their Role in Meth Trafficking Ring and Related Firearms Crime

March 25, 2024
… Southern District of New York for his role in an unrelated fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. Alice Hortencia Velazquez …
March 25, 2024
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Two MS-13 Leaders Convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy and Conspiring to Commit Multiple Murders

November 24, 2021
… Synthetic drugs Drug Trafficking Cocaine Heroin Fentanyl Marijuana (Cannabis) On On …
November 24, 2021
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Two Former Western Colorado Doctors Indicted For Illegally Prescribing Controlled Substances

August 09, 2011
… (such as Percocet and OxyContin), Morphine, Methadone and Fentanyl; Schedule III pain killers, (such as Vicodin); and …
August 09, 2011
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Northwest Indiana Man Sentenced to 8 Years for Meth, Cocaine Trafficking

December 03, 2025
… gas station in Gary, Indiana. He also sold methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine on several occasions in Dolton, …
December 03, 2025
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DEA Omaha Field Division Welcomes New Special Agent in Charge

September 08, 2025
… the year and removed close to four million lethal doses of fentanyl in both pill and powder form.  “I am honored to …
September 08, 2025
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U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration To Participate in National Night Out Events Across the Country

August 05, 2025
… drug crisis. DEA is committed to removing poison, like fentanyl and methamphetamine, from our streets; saving …
August 05, 2025
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

October 19, 2021
… where they are converted to dangerous substances like fentanyl and methamphetamine and then pressed into pills. …
October 19, 2021
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Homicides in Buffalo Down Over 50% Following Implementation of VIPER

September 09, 2021
… Enforcement Operation Press Conferences Drug Trafficking Fentanyl Cocaine Off On …
September 09, 2021
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Licensed pharmacist charged with hoarding and price gouging of N95 masks in violation of Defense Production Act

May 26, 2020
… thousands of controlled substance pills/patches, including fentanyl, oxycodone, and oxymorphone.  These substances were …
May 26, 2020
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70 kilograms of cocaine worth over $10 million seized in Hunts Point

August 30, 2019
… major public health threat and is commonly being mixed with fentanyl. Along with an increase in cocaine seizures in …
August 30, 2019