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Alleged CJNG Cartel Enforcers Charged with Drug Trafficking

… for moving tons of cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl-laced heroin into the United States. CJNG is also a prolific …
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Downey Man Arrested on Federal Charges Alleging He Sold Fake Prescription Pills that Caused Fatal Fentanyl Overdose

… October 29, 2021, Limas-Reyes sold the victim the fentanyl-laced pills, “the use of which resulted in the death and …
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Heroin dealer sentenced to 66 months in federal prison

… distributing a large amount of heroin – some of which was laced with fentanyl – during a six-month period in the …
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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

… billion 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

… times more potent that morphine.    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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Several Million Dollars’ Worth of Narcotics Including Fentanyl Seized in Mount Vernon

… users beware, what you may think is one drug, is really laced with something more powerful and deadly.” Westchester …
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Several Million Dollars’ Worth of Narcotics Including Fentanyl Seized in Mount Vernon

… users beware, what you may think is one drug, is really laced with something more powerful and deadly.” Westchester …
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September 01, 2026
… in 2026 In 2025, DEA seized more than 47 million fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills and nearly 10,000 pounds of fentanyl …
September 01, 2026
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Bakersfield Marijuana Store Owner Sentenced To Four Years In Prison

… seizure of more than 200 pounds of marijuana and marijuana laced food products, more than $57,000 in cash, and two …
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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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Bakersfield Marijuana Business Owner Pleads Guilty

… seizure of more than 200 pounds of marijuana and marijuana laced food products, more than $57,000 in cash, and two …
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Orlando man sentenced to twenty years for distributing fentanyl that resulted in overdose death

… resident a controlled substance that contained cocaine laced with fentanyl and heroin. After the victim ingested …
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DEA 2020 Year in Review: Combatting Serious Drug-Related Threats During the Pandemic

… manufacture counterfeit prescription drugs, which are often laced with fentanyl. This DEA-led initiative focuses on …
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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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Ocala man sentenced to 10 years for conspiring to distribute cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl

… in Marion County. Large quantities of the heroin were also laced with fentanyl. This case was investigated by the Drug …
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Ocala man convicted of conspiring to distribute large quantities of cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl

… in Marion County. Large quantities of the heroin were also laced with fentanyl. On April 10, 2019, after learning of …
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DEA issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico

… “Counterfeit pills that contain fentanyl and fentanyl-laced heroin are responsible for thousands of opioid-related …
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Bakersfield Man Sentenced In Relation To Marijuana Dispensary

… seizure of more than 200 pounds of marijuana and marijuana laced food products, more than $57,000 in cash, and two …
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DEA Washington Division is Ready to Celebrate the 25th National Drug Take Back Day Across the DMV

… who die from drug poisoning unknowingly took a fake pill laced with fentanyl and many other dangerous drugs. Our team …
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Connecticut U.S. Attorney’s Office and DEA New England Release PSA Warning of Fentanyl and Counterfeit Pills

… pounds of fentanyl powder and more than 79 million fentanyl-laced pills across the U.S.,” said David Lanzoni, Assistant …
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Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced To 108 Months In Prison

… Agent in Charge Shroba said. “Mixing your own fentanyl laced pills, in a makeshift laboratory, shows complete and …
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DEA and Kansas Law Enforcement Partners Join Together to Find Drug Traffickers behind Overdoses

… distribution of dangerous and often deadly fentanyl-laced pills,” said Criminal Division Chief Carrie Capwell, …
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Three Defendants Indicted In One Of The Nation’s Largest-Ever Fentanyl Seizures

… up to 50 times stronger than heroin - deaths from fentanyl-laced heroin and counterfeit pills are epidemic in the …
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Rock Hill Man Sentenced To 15 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Fentanyl Pill Distribution

Rock Hill Man Sentenced To 15 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Fentanyl Pill Distribution February 01, 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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Mexican National Who Supervised a Drug Trafficking Organization Operating in Orville, Washington, Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison

… total, investigators seized approximately 161,000 fentanyl-laced pills (to include Mexi-blues and rainbow-colored …
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Twenty Charged in ‘Operation Shut Down Corner’

… 37 guns, 220 lbs of drugs (including cocaine, fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills, methamphetamine, and marijuana), …
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DEA Rocky Mountain Division Announces Record Fentanyl Seizures in 2022

DEA Rocky Mountain Division Announces Record Fentanyl Seizures in 2022 January 09, 2023 Rocky Mountain Contact Info Contact Us (720) 895-4040 571-387-5079 Steffan W. Tubbs Recruiter Name Special Agent Craig Wiggins (571) 387-2560 …
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DEA Participates in Alaska HIDTA Initiative Save a Life Campaign

… Idaho.  The DEA laboratory has found that, of the fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills analyzed in 2022, six out of …