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State and Local Task Forces

January 22, 2025
… in 2026 In 2025, DEA seized more than 47 million fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills and nearly 10,000 pounds of fentanyl …
January 22, 2025
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Law Enforcement Warns of Increase in Fentanyl Overdoses

… pills and other illicit narcotics suspected to be laced with fentanyl. These deaths involve four males and one …
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H Block Gang Member Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution And Firearm Offense

… cocaine) and fentanyl, as well as over 20,000 doses of drug-laced paper were seized during the investigation. In …
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Drug Trafficker in Western Washington, Caught Twice with Kilos of Drugs and Firearms, Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

… cocaine, 14 kilograms of methamphetamine, 83,000 fentanyl-laced pills, 3 kilograms of heroin, and 1 kilogram of …
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Drug Ring Peddling Fentanyl Pills Disguised As Oxycodone, Cocaine And Heroin Dismantled

… dubbed “Operation Blue Death,” authorities seized 502 pills laced with fentanyl, over 100 grams of black tar heroin, … law enforcement uprooted this organization and placed them behind bars.”  SAC Hunt would like to thank those … Martinez is alleged to also have sold heroin, often laced with fentanyl, on several occasions, using …
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Two Rock Hill Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Their Role in Drug Conspiracy

… they learned both Foster and Hall purchased fentanyl-laced pills during the time of the conspiracy from the …
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H Block Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy

… cocaine) and fentanyl, as well as over 20,000 doses of drug-laced paper were seized during the investigation. According …
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Cartels

July 20, 2026
… big” and build an empire from counterfeit oxycontin pills laced with fentanyl. As the evidence at trial showed, he …
July 20, 2026
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Fentanyl Dealer Implicated in Two Fatal ODs Sentenced to 22+ Years in Prison

… or Percocet – are highly dangerous. Seven out of ten pills laced with fentanyl contain a potentially lethal dose. For …
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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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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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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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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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Midland Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison

… October 2023. A search of his vehicle revealed 740 fentanyl-laced M-30 pills and a loaded firearm. “Unfortunately, the …
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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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Federal Prosecutors File 20 Cases This Year Against Alleged Drug Dealers Who Sold Fentanyl that Caused Fatal Drug Overdoses

… dealers who are charged with selling fentanyl and fentanyl-laced pills that directly resulted in the death of at least …
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700,000 Blue M30 Pills Containing Fentanyl Seized Inside Roofing Shingles and Residence

… approximately 52 kilograms (114 pounds) of blue M30 pills laced with fentanyl, which were concealed in the roofing shingles. Sesma and Montes were subsequently placed under arrest. Montes advised investigators that he …
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Longtime Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy

… cocaine) and fentanyl, as well as over 20,000 doses of drug-laced paper were seized during the investigation. 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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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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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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Rhode Island Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For His Role In Wide-Ranging Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy That Spanned Across The Country

… conspired to distribute counterfeit prescription pills laced with fentanyl BOSTON – A Rhode Island man was …
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Boston Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracies

… cocaine) and fentanyl, as well as over 20,000 doses of drug-laced paper were seized during the investigation. According …
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DEA Operation Overdrive Targets Fentanyl Traffickers on the Yakama Nation Indian Reservation, Thirteen Charged, Thousands of Pounds of Drugs Seized

… of cocaine, 7 pounds of fentanyl power, 4,704 fentanyl laced pills, $22,512 in drug proceeds, and 12 firearms.  …
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Partner Toolbox

October 22, 2026
… States are raising awareness of the dangers of fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills. View Local Campaigns DEA One Pill …
October 22, 2026
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Violent Drug Dealers Who Attempted to Shoot and Kill a Spokane Police Officer Sentenced to Decades in Prison

… fanny pack that contained once ounce of heroin and fentanyl-laced pills. Approximately six months later, on June 26, …
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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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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 …