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Leader of Prolific Fentanyl Trafficking Ring Sentenced

November 30, 2021
… new digital age of trafficking fake pills, potentially laced with fentanyl, signals a renewed sense of urgency and …
November 30, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Major financial sanctions announced against Mexico’s largest drug cartel investigated by DEA Los Angeles

May 17, 2019
… trafficking tons of cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl-laced heroin into the United States, as well as for violence …
May 17, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Indictments against 11 high level Mexican drug cartel members unsealed

October 16, 2018
… ton quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl-laced heroin into the United States – specifically into the …
October 16, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Announcement of Southeast Michigan Regional Strike Force

September 25, 2018
… for distribution of Mexican-sourced heroin, fentanyl-laced heroin, and pure fentanyl here. Additionally, DOJ …
September 25, 2018
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Detroit News 2007

July 15, 2021
… 22, 2007 Detroit Man Sentenced To 30 Years In Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Deaths February 22, 2007 Leader Of Large Scale …
July 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Rockland County Drug Crew Arrested

June 08, 2017
… in Rockland County,” said Zugibe. “Dealers selling heroin-laced fentanyl or replacing the heroin entirely with …
June 08, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

$1 Million Worth Of Methamphetamine Secreted In Candles Seized And Five People Arrested

August 30, 2017
… conspired to distribute over 1,300 pounds of wax candles laced with methamphetamine.  The defendants were arrested … Carrillo, Alcantara, and Gonzalez-Solis were subsequently placed under arrest.  Minjarez was arrested later at the NJ …
August 30, 2017
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OCDETF Operation Zombie Island Shuts Down Major Heroin And Fentanyl Distribution Organization On Staten Island

January 17, 2018
… distributing large quantities of heroin, including heroin laced with fentanyl, in New York City and other locations. …
January 17, 2018
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Nyack Man Arrested For Sales Of Synthetic Cannabinoid Resulting In One Known Overdose

October 15, 2015
… more than one synthetic compound, and are sometimes laced with other toxic chemicals.  Nationally, calls to …
October 15, 2015
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New York Man Sentenced to 54 Months in Prison for Selling Counterfeit Xanax on Dark Web

November 18, 2025
… that the product their pushing is counterfeit and often laced with fentanyl. Cruz is a threat not only to our St. …
November 18, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

H-Block Gang Member Sentenced For Drug Distribution And Firearm Offense

August 12, 2025
… cocaine) and fentanyl, as well as over 20,000 doses of drug-laced paper were seized during the investigation. In …
August 12, 2025
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H Block Gang Member Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution And Firearm Offense

May 29, 2025
… cocaine) and fentanyl, as well as over 20,000 doses of drug-laced paper were seized during the investigation. In …
May 29, 2025
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Drug Trafficker in Western Washington, Caught Twice with Kilos of Drugs and Firearms, Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

May 28, 2025
… cocaine, 14 kilograms of methamphetamine, 83,000 fentanyl-laced pills, 3 kilograms of heroin, and 1 kilogram of …
May 28, 2025
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H Block Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy

April 25, 2025
… cocaine) and fentanyl, as well as over 20,000 doses of drug-laced paper were seized during the investigation. According …
April 25, 2025
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Approximately 32,000 Fentanyl Pills Seized at JFK Airport Hotel: Two Men from California Arrested

November 23, 2022
… “Recent DEA lab testing revealed that 6 out of 10 fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills contain a potentially lethal … two parked cars, at which point Pierre-Lys allegedly placed the brown box on the ground between himself and … blue fentanyl pills marked “M 30”. The defendants were placed under arrest near the time of the seizure. Full DEA …
November 23, 2022
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Violent Drug Dealers Who Attempted to Shoot and Kill a Spokane Police Officer Sentenced to Decades in Prison

March 28, 2025
… fanny pack that contained once ounce of heroin and fentanyl-laced pills. Approximately six months later, on June 26, …
March 28, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA and Kansas Law Enforcement Partners Join Together to Find Drug Traffickers behind Overdoses

April 07, 2022
… distribution of dangerous and often deadly fentanyl-laced pills,” said Criminal Division Chief Carrie Capwell, …
April 07, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Chinese National Indicted for Importation of Enough Chemicals to Make Millions of Fatal Doses of Fentanyl

July 22, 2024
… of millions upon millions of deadly doses of fentanyl-laced pills.” A federal grand jury charged Minsu Fang aka …
July 22, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

First of Six-Member Drug Trafficking Ring Bringing Hundreds of Pounds of Narcotics to Western Washington Sentenced to 8.5 Years in Prison

July 10, 2024
… 749 pounds of methamphetamine, 25 kilograms of fentanyl laced pills, over seventeen kilograms of cocaine, over seven …
July 10, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Foreign National Extradited from Mexico to the United States to Face Fentanyl Trafficking Charges

April 23, 2024
… was responsible for importing tens of thousands of fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone “M-30” pills from Mexico and …
April 23, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Six Members of Evansville Fentanyl and Meth Trafficking Ring Indicted

February 13, 2024
… Percocet, Xanax, and other drugs. Fake prescription pills laced with fentanyl are usually shaped and colored to look …
February 13, 2024
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Washington Man Sentenced for Involvement in Shooting Death of Coeur d’Alene Teen

July 22, 2023
… 5 years fixed, followed by 7 years indeterminate and was placed on probation after completing a rider.  Creech was … officers learned that Holmberg had been selling fentanyl-laced pills for several months via social media websites, …
July 22, 2023
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Spokane Man Sentenced for Involvement in Shooting Death of Idaho Teen

December 21, 2022
… years fixed followed by seven years indeterminate and was placed on probation after completing a rider. Creech was … officers learned that Holmberg had been selling fentanyl-laced pills for several months via social media websites, …
December 21, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Multi-state international drug trafficking organization targeted in 18-month investigation

December 07, 2018
… distributed heroin, crystal methamphetamine and fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills in Pierce, Kitsap, King, …
December 07, 2018
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Maryland Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl

August 13, 2025
… families by selling deadly illicit drugs, many of which are laced with fentanyl.  What’s even more concerning is that …
August 13, 2025
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Nearly 40 Pounds of Heroin and Fentanyl Seized in the Bronx: Three Indicted

July 16, 2021
… that remove bulk shipments of deadly fentanyl-laced heroin from the drug market before they hit the …
July 16, 2021
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Narcotics dealer charged with fentanyl overdose death

November 13, 2019
… no regard for human life when they allegedly concocted and laced pills with fentanyl, which led to yet another needless …
November 13, 2019
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Pierce County Woman Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison for Role in Drug Ring Connected to Aryan Prison Gangs

March 24, 2025
… storage locker and vehicle, they seized 5,815 fentanyl laced pills that were fraudulently stamped with the imprint …
March 24, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Seven Indicted in Seattle in Connection with Coast-to-Coast Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

March 03, 2023
… case have seized more than 673 pounds of fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills, over 400 pounds of …
March 03, 2023
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Two Dutchess County Men Charged In White Plains Federal Court With Distribution Of ‘Breaking Bad’ Heroin Causing The Deaths Of Three Individuals

June 19, 2014
… some of the heroin distributed by Sica and Rohlman was laced with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is …
June 19, 2014