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Three brothers charged in conspiracy to distribute more than 20,000 pills of fentanyl

… dining room, it is in your arm. They are all potentially laced with a profit-induced additive called fentanyl. No one …
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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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Man Arrested on Federal Charges of Selling Fake Pills that caused Fatal Fentanyl Overdose

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

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

… 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 …
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Orlando Man Sentenced To 32 Years for Possessing Illegal Firearms and Selling Fentanyl That Killed a Woman

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

… for moving tons of cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl-laced heroin into the United States.  CJNG is also a …
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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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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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Man Who Attempted to Shoot and Kill a Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug and Firearm Charges

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

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

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

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 571-362-3458 DEA.Atlanta.Media@dea.gov SA Sheri Kindred 571-362-2922 …
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Savannah residents plead guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin

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

… as 20 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and 500 fentanyl laced pills. In March of 2022, a call was recorded between …
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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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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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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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Mexican National Sentenced to More than 12 Years for Drug Trafficking in the Tri Cities

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

… 10 kilograms of pure fentanyl, 20 kilograms of fentanyl laced with heroin and more than half a million dollars in …