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Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Causing Fentanyl Death

… Ralls gave Michael Marsalla, 35, a pill that Ralls knew was laced with fentanyl. Ralls admitted knowing that Marsalla …
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Auburn, Washington Man Who Converted Garage to a Fentanyl Pill Manufacturing Lab Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

… to produce thousands of counterfeit M30 Oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl for distribution throughout Western …
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Fentanyl Deaths Climbing, DEA Washington Continues the Fight

February 16, 2022
… overdose deaths occurring due to “bad batches” of fentanyl-laced drugs being distributed to hard-hit communities. Based …
February 16, 2022
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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

… potentially lethal doses).   The seizure of fentanyl-laced pills along the Southwest border increased more than …
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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

… potentially lethal doses).   The seizure of fentanyl-laced pills along the Southwest border increased more than …
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Mexican National With Ties to the Jalisco Cartel Sentenced to 19 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking in Hundreds of Pounds of Fentanyl, Heroin, Meth, and Cocaine in Eastern Washington and Montana

… total, investigators seized approximately 161,000 fentanyl-laced pills (to include Mexi-blues and rainbow-colored …
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Heroin Ring In The Bronx Used Car Carriers To Transport Drugs Cross Country

… said, “As we have seen too many times before, heroin laced with fentanyl is lethal. Making the situation worse, … allegedly peddled ultra-pure heroin as well as heroin laced with fentanyl, callously disregarding how poisonous …
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Administrator Anne Milgram Remarks on the Overdose Epidemic

… has continued to rise dramatically year over year. Fentanyl-laced pills are extraordinarily dangerous and are …
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Two Individuals Indicted for Distributing Heroin and Fentanyl that Caused the Death of Activist

… was tragically poisoned in her Brooklyn home from fentanyl-laced heroin. Today, the alleged perpetrators who sold the …
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Second-in-Command of Drug Distribution Organization Tied to Aryan Prison Gang Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

… to distribute. He also delt in large amounts of fentanyl laced pills, a drug that has brought unprecedented numbers …
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Pierce County Woman Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison for Role in Drug Ring Connected to Aryan Prison Gangs

… storage locker and vehicle, they seized 5,815 fentanyl laced pills that were fraudulently stamped with the imprint …
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Ventura Prolific Fentanyl Trafficker Receives 15-Year Federal Prison Sentence

… In 2023, DEA seized more than 80 million fentanyl-laced fake pills and nearly 12,000 pounds of fentanyl …
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Two Defendants Charged with Murder in Fatal Pacific Beach Fentanyl Overdose

… with homicide stemming from selling or furnishing fentanyl-laced drugs. In 2021 and 2022, there was an average of about …
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July 01, 2026
… States are raising awareness of the dangers of fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills. View Local Campaigns DEA One Pill …
July 01, 2026
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Dark Web Vendor Sentenced to 18 months in Prison for Distributing Meth-Pressed Adderall Pills

… through which he sold counterfeit Adderall pills that were laced with methamphetamine. Tan admitted the counterfeit …
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Members and Associates of Grape Street Crips Gang Admit Roles in Drug Trafficking Organization

… organization distributed over a kilogram of fentanyl-laced heroin and over 280 grams of crack cocaine. Law …
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Violent Indiana Felon Sentenced to 11 Years for Armed Trafficking of Fentanyl Pills

… Cook admitted that he sold counterfeit M-30 pills laced with fentanyl to as many as 10 people per day. At the …
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DEA issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico

… pills that contain fentanyl and fentanyl-laced heroin are responsible for thousands of opioid-related …
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DEA Washington Division Calls on the Community to Have Important Conversations on Dangers of Drugs and Fake Pills in Back-To-School Routines

… by a licensed pharmacist. Fake pills are frequently laced with fentanyl and other drugs and are made to look …
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Large-Scale Hartford-Area Fentanyl Distributor Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison

… Milner used revealed approximately 64 grams of xylazine-laced fentanyl, several digital scales, a money-counting …
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Miami News 2005

July 15, 2021
… Organization Indicted  NOV 30, 2005 DEA Seizes Heroin-Laced Artwork  NOV 21, 2005 High-Ranking Colombian Drug …
July 15, 2021
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Indiana Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 35 Years for Distribution Resulting in the Overdose of a Kentucky Woman

… overdose, Matlock continued to invite Lindsey to buy heroin laced with fentanyl. On Feb. 28, 2021, EMS and local law …
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Foreign National Extradited from Mexico to the United States to Face Fentanyl Trafficking Charges

… was responsible for importing tens of thousands of fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone “M-30” pills from Mexico and …
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Federal Grand Jury Returns Indictment Against Selma Man After Seizure of 17 Kilograms of Fentanyl Pills

… searches, officers recovered over 17 kilograms of fentanyl-laced pills. Sotelo-Patino was arrested and charged by a …
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Madera Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison

… of an additional 3,440 counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that he had received from Sanchez. …
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Chinese National Indicted for Importation of Enough Chemicals to Make Millions of Fatal Doses of Fentanyl

… of millions upon millions of deadly doses of fentanyl-laced pills.” A federal grand jury charged Minsu Fang aka …
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Congress Agrees To Add 26 Synthetic Drugs To Controlled Substances Act

… double the length of time a substance may be temporarily placed in Schedule (from 18 to 36 months). In addition to … and young adults. These products consist of plant material laced with synthetic cannabinoids which, when smoked, mimic …
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Chickasha Man Sentenced to a Decade in Federal Prison for Distributing a Fentanyl Pill that Resulted in an Overdose

… streets of Oklahoma.” “It only takes one deadly fentanyl-laced pill to cause a fatal overdose,” said U.S. Attorney …
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Dozens arrested as part of Houston Violent Crime Initiative

… 248 kilograms of meth, including meth pills some of which laced with fentanyl; over 1.7 kilograms of fentanyl, heroin, …
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Three More Synthetic Drugs Become Illegal For At Least Two Years

… powders; liquid solutions; soaked onto blotter paper; and laced on edible items. The actual chemical names of today’s …