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A Year of Impact: DEA Recognizes its Success in Combatting Drug Cartels and Saving Lives

… America in 2025 resulted in the seizure of: 47 million fentanyl pills  9,938 pounds fentanyl powder  567,668 pounds cocaine 172,853 pounds …
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Dozens arrested in and around City of Lawrence as part of Project Safe Neighborhood Sweep

… officers bought or seized approximately 10 kilos of fentanyl. Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the … and possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl; Sabrina Aixa Ramos, 27, of Lawrence, charged with …
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Operation Engage Spokane

March 28, 2025
… Operation Engage Spokane Spokane Spokane May 10 -- Fentanyl, What You Need to Know! Date:  May 10, 2023 Time:  … us for a free informational night and learn the facts about fentanyl, America's #1 drug threat. There will be free …
March 28, 2025
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Overdose Death Investigations Challenge DEA Agents to Bring Justice

February 08, 2023
… of a residence. Deaths from illicit drugs, especially fentanyl, are at historic highs. It’s why Drug Enforcement … i] The chief cause is synthetic opioids, primarily illicit fentanyl. “Fentanyl is the single deadliest drug threat our …
February 08, 2023
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Brevard, N.C. Woman Sentenced to 15 Years on Drug Charges

… - (919) 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Defendant sold fentanyl that resulted in victim’s overdose death Fentanyl Powder.jpg Aaron Broussard placed a drug order for …
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Drug Kingpin Indicted In New York

… 426-5300 Westchester - (914) 682-6256 Trafficked enough fentanyl into NYC to kill ten million people NEW YORK - … conspiracy to smuggle multi-kilogram quantities of fentanyl and heroin from Mexico for distribution in the New …
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Prolific Whatcom and Skagit County Drug Dealer Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison

… - (509) 454-4407 Was Arrested With More Than 8 kilos of Fentanyl Pills and More Than 2 Kilos of Fentanyl Powder Whatcom Pic 1.jpg Seized fentanyl Whatcom …
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

… that led to 235 arrests and the seizure of nearly 2 million fentanyl pills, 87 pounds of fentanyl powder, 974 pounds of methamphetamine, 278 …
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San Francisco Woman Who Helped Sell Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills Sentenced

… distribute, and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex Tse … guilty on November 8, 2016, to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and conspiracy to launder drug proceeds.  According …
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DEA issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico

… 863-2992 Jackson - (601) 965-4400 Oxford - (662) 234-8542 Fentanyl Pills_1.JPG Fentanyl Pills1_1.jpg Fentanyl Pills2_1.jpg NEW ORLEANS – …
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Leader of Lawrence Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Prison

… yesterday in federal court in Boston for trafficking fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, carfentanil (a fentanyl analogue) in and around the Lawrence area and for …
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Operation Cash Out Launched Across Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana

… Casper - (307) 261-6200 Cheyenne - (307) 778-1500 DENVER – Fentanyl continues to be the leading cause of death for … Administration (DEA) seized nationally more than 77 million fentanyl pills and nearly 12,000 pounds of fentanyl powder. …
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“M30 King of Fresno” and 17 Members of His Drug Trafficking Ring Charged

… Tatum King announced the results of an investigation into fentanyl-related overdoses in the Fresno area, which … of 18 drug traffickers, charging them with trafficking fentanyl powder, fentanyl pills, cocaine, and …
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Thirteen individuals charged for their involvement in six fatal opioid overdoses across Hillborough, Pasco, and Pinellas Counties

… with the intent to distribute and distribution of fentanyl resulting in death; possession with the intent to distribute and distribution of fentanyl.   Minimum mandatory term of 20 years, up to life, …
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Joint Operation Targets Drug Distribution Ring in Whatcom, Skagit, and Snohomish Counties

… Kennewick - (509) 374-3444 Yakima - (509) 454-4407 Fentanyl Pills, Fentanyl Powder, Heroin, Meth, and Cash Seized DSC_0393.JPG …
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Deadly Contaminated Cocaine Widespread in Florida (2018)

February 01, 2018
… 2017 revealed the widespread adulteration of cocaine with fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances. Fentanyl, a Schedule II opioid …
February 01, 2018
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DEA issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico

… - 571-362-1180 Tucson - 571-324-7218 Yuma - 571-324-7324 Fentanyl Pills.JPG IMG_1042.JPG PHOENIX – The Drug … quantities of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl, a dangerous synthetic opioid that is lethal in …
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Indicted Man Accused of Being Part of Drug Trafficking Organization

… Tucson - 571-324-7218 Yuma - 571-324-7324 20 kilograms of fentanyl powder, 74,000 fentanyl pills, 6.5 pounds of heroin, and 85 pounds of meth …
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15 Individuals arrested on federal drug trafficking and firearms charges

… possess with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl;    Christopher Stearns, 46, Rochester, NH  - … possess with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl;   Amy Patch, 37, Rochester, NH - conspiracy to …
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State and Local Task Forces

January 22, 2025
… and Local Task Forces State and Local Task Forces * 2 mg of fentanyl equates to a potentially deadly dose DEA Fentanyl Seizures in 2026 In 2025, DEA seized more than 47 …
January 22, 2025
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Eight East Bay residents charged with crimes related to drug distribution scheme

… to San Francisco to supply the Tenderloin district with fentanyl and other drugs SAN FRANCISCO – A federal grand … Francisco’s Tenderloin District with narcotics, including fentanyl and heroin, announced United States Attorney David …
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Federal Authorities Announce 11 Cases Charging Alleged Drug Dealers with Providing Opioids that Led to Fatal Overdoses

… Lead to Cases in which 12 People Died, Most from Acute Fentanyl Intoxication Press Conference images Press … to users who suffered fatal overdoses from opioids such as fentanyl or fentanyl analogues. As a result of the operation …
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A Message From DEA Administrator Anne Milgram

October 06, 2023
… October 06, 2023                      2 milligrams of Fentanyl   Washington, D.C. –  The U.S. Drug Enforcement … lives by defeating the cartels responsible for bringing fentanyl into our country.     The threat of fentanyl is …
October 06, 2023
STORY

“Trash Can” Drug Threat in Mid-Atlantic

August 13, 2021
… how these plastic capsules, haphazardly packed with deadly fentanyl, can kill. What are “trash cans”? On local streets, … different drugs, they are often haphazardly packed with fentanyl, an opioid so potent that just a tiny amount can … They hold powdered drugs, often contain the deadly drug fentanyl, and are seen in sizes smaller than a penny to …
August 13, 2021
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

… Platforms Play Significant Role in Cartels’ Ability to Get Fentanyl and Methamphetamine into American Communities … and Jalisco Cartels responsible for the last mile of fentanyl and methamphetamine distribution on our streets and …
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Administrator Anne Milgram Remarks on the Overdose Epidemic

… And it continues to get worse. This crisis is driven by fentanyl and methamphetamine. Today drug cartels in Mexico are mass-producing fentanyl and methamphetamine largely sourced from chemicals …
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Federal Indictment Names 14 Defendants in Drug-Distribution Conspiracy Coordinated from Inside a Georgia Prison

… conspiracy distributed methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl since as early as 2018 in at least seven South … or More of Methamphetamine, and a quantity of Heroin and Fentanyl, a charge that carries a minimum statutory penalty …
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DEA Establishes Six New Heroin Enforcement Teams

… teams focused on combatting the flow of heroin and illicit fentanyl. “At a time when overdose deaths are at … will enhance DEA’s ability to combat trafficking in heroin, fentanyl, and fentanyl analogues and the violence associated with drug …
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Three Drug Traffickers Convicted of Drug and Money Laundering Conspiracies

… Kennewick - (509) 374-3444 Yakima - (509) 454-4407 Imported fentanyl from China and produced and distributed pills that … yesterday of multiple federal felonies for distributing fentanyl disguised as oxycodone pills in Snohomish, Skagit …
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Drug Dealer Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for One Fatal, Two Nonfatal Drug Overdoses

… pay $8,544 for his victim’s funeral. Craig first supplied fentanyl to a man in the bathroom of the Ameristar Casino in … While that victim was on the brink of death, Craig sold fentanyl in the parking garage to another man, identified in …