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Man Arrested on Federal Charges of Selling Fake Pills that caused Fatal Fentanyl Overdose

August 01, 2022
… that, on March 8, 2020, Wolfe sold the victim the fentanyl-laced pills, “the use of which resulted in the death and …
August 01, 2022
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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

April 27, 2021
… times more potent that morphine.    The seizure of fentanyl-laced pills along the Southwest border increased more than …
April 27, 2021
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Leader of “Mike’s Candyshop” Drug Delivery Service Pleads Guilty

July 06, 2021
… The DTO delivered heroin and cocaine (sometimes laced with fentanyl and a fentanyl analogue) on demand to … New Year’s Eve, and Labor Day.  Customers of the DTO placed delivery orders via text message to a centralized …
July 06, 2021
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Orlando Man Sentenced To 32 Years for Possessing Illegal Firearms and Selling Fentanyl That Killed a Woman

March 28, 2025
… Misty Lynn Parady (35, Orlando), sold fake “M30” pills laced with fentanyl to “N.K.” Between April 2020 and April …
March 28, 2025
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Alleged Member of Cartel Enforcement Group Extradited from Mexico

February 21, 2025
… for moving tons of cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl-laced heroin into the United States.  CJNG is also a …
February 21, 2025
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Two Individuals Indicted for Distributing Heroin and Fentanyl that Caused the Death of Activist

April 01, 2024
… was tragically poisoned in her Brooklyn home from fentanyl-laced heroin. Today, the alleged perpetrators who sold the …
April 01, 2024
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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

February 05, 2025
… conspired to distribute counterfeit prescription pills laced with fentanyl BOSTON – A Rhode Island man was …
February 05, 2025
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Man Who Attempted to Shoot and Kill a Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug and Firearm Charges

July 09, 2024
… fanny pack that contained once ounce of heroin and fentanyl laced pills. The second incident occurred on June 26, 2022, …
July 09, 2024
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DEA Reminds Families to Discuss the Dangers of Drugs Before Students Return to School

August 01, 2022
… pills shaped like marshmallows from cereal and fake pills laced with fentanyl made to look like Xanax, Adderall, Oxy …
August 01, 2022
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Spokane Man Found with Meth and Fentanyl Pills Sentenced to Prison for Drug Trafficking

April 19, 2024
… located 131 grams of methamphetamine, 1,750 fentanyl-laced pills, as well as a smaller amounts of other …
April 19, 2024
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Robeson County Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Distributing Thousands of Illegal Pills While Possessing Gun

July 06, 2022
Robeson County Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Distributing Thousands of Illegal Pills While Possessing Gun July 06, 2022 Atlanta Contact Info Contact Us (404) 893-7000 (571) 362-3433 DEA.Atlanta.Media@dea.gov SA Crystal Harper 571-362-2922 …
July 06, 2022
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Savannah residents plead guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin

March 21, 2019
… cash and more than 170 grams of heroin, with much of it laced with the synthetic opioid fentanyl.  DEA Special Agent …
March 21, 2019
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California Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison for Transnational Drug Trafficking Scheme

February 07, 2024
… as 20 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and 500 fentanyl laced pills. In March of 2022, a call was recorded between …
February 07, 2024
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Dark Web Vendor Sentenced to 18 months in Prison for Distributing Meth-Pressed Adderall Pills

January 24, 2024
… through which he sold counterfeit Adderall pills that were laced with methamphetamine. Tan admitted the counterfeit …
January 24, 2024
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Violent Indiana Felon Sentenced to 11 Years for Armed Trafficking of Fentanyl Pills

January 19, 2024
… Cook admitted that he sold counterfeit M-30 pills laced with fentanyl to as many as 10 people per day. At the …
January 19, 2024
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Members and Associates of Grape Street Crips Gang Admit Roles in Drug Trafficking Organization

January 19, 2024
… organization distributed over a kilogram of fentanyl-laced heroin and over 280 grams of crack cocaine. Law …
January 19, 2024
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Mexican National Sentenced to More than 12 Years for Drug Trafficking in the Tri Cities

May 09, 2023
… organization would give him 50,000 to 60,000 fentanyl laced pills in addition to large quantities of …
May 09, 2023
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Law Enforcement Partners Host Second Annual Nebraska Drug Forum

March 29, 2023
… DEA laboratory testing reveals that 6 out of 10 fentanyl-laced pills now contain a potentially lethal dose of …
March 29, 2023
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Culpeper Couple Sentenced to 9 Years for Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Conspiracy

January 25, 2023
… for their drug trafficking of kilos of meth and pills laced with deadly fentanyl. The Drug Enforcement …
January 25, 2023
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Former Santa Rita Jail Inmate Sentenced to 7 Years for Distributing Fentanyl that Killed Fellow Inmate

October 28, 2022
… deaths in the United States.  Fake prescription pills laced with fentanyl are usually shaped and colored to look …
October 28, 2022
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Washington Man Sentenced for Involvement in Idaho Teen's Death

October 21, 2022
… officers learned that Holmes had been selling fentanyl-laced pills for several months prior to G.D.’s death. Idaho …
October 21, 2022
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DEA Reaches Agriculture Community at Farm Progress Show with Important Message About Fentanyl

August 30, 2022
… pills made to look like legitimate pharmaceuticals but laced with fentanyl, in large amounts across the DEA Omaha …
August 30, 2022
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DEA Miami Field Division Warns of Alarming Increase in Suspected Fentanyl-Related Overdoses in Florida

July 15, 2022
… across the state suspected to be related to drug supplies laced with a synthetic opioid. While law enforcement …
July 15, 2022
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High-ranking member of violent drug trafficking ring sentenced to nine years in prison

May 10, 2022
… in large amounts of meth and heroin as well as fentanyl-laced pills and cocaine.  The distribution ring operated in …
May 10, 2022
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Former Angels Communications Director Eric Kay Convicted in Tyler Skaggs Overdose Case

February 17, 2022
… a 30-milligram oxycodone tablet – revealed it had been laced with fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opiate. In an …
February 17, 2022
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DEA Phoenix Task Force and the Goodyear Police Department Seize Over 270,000 Fentanyl Pills, Guns and Money

December 09, 2021
… in Mexico are mass-producing deadly fentanyl and fentanyl-laced, fake prescription pills, using chemicals sourced …
December 09, 2021
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Mt. Vernon, Washington man sentenced to 8+ years in prison for dealing deadly fentanyl

October 15, 2021
… oxycodone pills that matched the appearance of the fentanyl-laced pills linked to the fatal overdose.  Co-conspirator …
October 15, 2021
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Sentencing of two men for their roles in one of the largest fentanyl seizures in U.S. history

February 28, 2019
… 10 kilograms of pure fentanyl, 20 kilograms of fentanyl laced with heroin and more than half a million dollars in …
February 28, 2019
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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

April 27, 2021
… potentially lethal doses).   The seizure of fentanyl-laced pills along the Southwest border increased more than …
April 27, 2021
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Houston Man Sentenced For East Texas Drug Trafficking Violations

February 15, 2017
… quantities of methamphetamine, kilogram quantities of drug-laced hallucinogen “gummy” candies, 22 firearms, over 400 …
February 15, 2017