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Springfield, Massachusetts Man Sentenced to Prison for Drug Trafficking in the Northeast Kingdom

… law enforcement found approximately 3,670 bags of fentanyl-laced heroin, 6.187 grams of cocaine base, 34.54 grams of …
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Kirkland Man Charged with Drug Trafficking Offense Related to Recent Motel Robbery

… unit, law enforcement located approximately 20,000 fentanyl-laced pills, 2 pounds of methamphetamine, 1 kilogram of …
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Online drug dealer sentenced to 15 years for distributing counterfeit pills containing fentanyl that caused overdose death

… years in prison for selling the counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that caused the overdose death of a La …
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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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Leader of Multi-State Drug Trafficking Group Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl, Meth, and Heroin

… Mr. Ibarra-Valle learned someone had died from his fentanyl laced pills, he wasn’t worried about selling deadly pills, …
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Buffalo Man Sentenced For Selling Deadly Heroin Cocktail That Resulted In The Death Of A Local Man

… their loved ones and causes others who distribute fentanyl-laced heroin not to make the same choices that Peter …
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Nine Charged Following Investigation into Manufacturing and Interstate Trafficking of Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills Containing Fentanyl

… Edwin Cabrera, Elvis Cabrera and Duran also allegedly placed multiple orders for pill-pressing materials to be … both produce death. DEA analysis shows that 60% of fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills contain a deadly amount of …
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Two Detained in Federal Custody on Meth Trafficking Charges

… 75 grams of fentanyl; nearly 48 grams of fentanyl laced cocaine; and more than $21,700 in cash. A federal …
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Final Defendants Sentenced In Synthetic Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… Featherston.  “In this case, the selling of chemically laced leaves and other substances to be sold as fake …
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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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Online drug dealer pleads guilty in fentanyl overdose death

… and Lucas indicated that Lucas sold the counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl that caused the fatal overdose. Three …
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West Warwick Man Sentenced for Trafficking Thousands of Fentanyl Pills

… arranged for the sale of substantial quantities of fentanyl-laced counterfeit OxyContin to an undercover member of the …
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20 defendants charged in drug indictments; One alleged trafficker charged in death of carfentanil user

… prescription opioids and counterfeit prescription opioids laced with carfentanil.   Additionally, several of the …
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More Than Three Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl Seized in Minnesota Last Year

… 6.2 kilograms are more than 55,000 counterfeit pills, many laced with potentially lethal doses of fentanyl. Counterfeit …
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Rock Hill Man Pleads Guilty in Large Drug Trafficking Case

… fentanyl from California which they used to make fentanyl-laced pills which were sold to users in Rock Hill, …
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DEA ALERT: Fake Oxy Pills Killing Arizonans

… citizens to drug overdose deaths tied to counterfeit pills laced with powerful opioid fentanyl.  Manufactured by …
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Fairbanks Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

… John E. Kuhn, Jr., District of Alaska. “When the pills are laced with fentanyl – as most are – the predictable outcome …
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Operation Engage Michigan

March 28, 2025
Operation Engage Michigan Kalamazoo Kalamazoo Top Local Drug Threats Mexican drug trafficking organizations are the primary source for cocaine, crystal methamphetamine, fentanyl, heroin and low-grade marijuana in the Kalamazoo, Michigan area.  Both …
March 28, 2025
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Thirty-Four Individuals Indicted in Eastern Washington

… and methamphetamine, as well as more than 8,000 fentanyl-laced pills.  Additionally, the law enforcement team seized …
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Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Three Years in Prison

… front passenger seat, agents found 6,850 bags of fentanyl-laced heroin, a loaded 9 mm Sig Sauer handgun, and $2,500 …
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Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison

… According to court records, Johnson sold fentanyl-laced heroin and cocaine base to confidential informants in …
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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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Washington Man Sentenced for Involvement in Shooting Death of Coeur d’Alene Teen

… 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, …
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Man sentenced to 30 years in prison for fentanyl death

… to 30 years in prison for the January 2017 sale of fentanyl laced heroin that resulted in the death of a 36 year old …
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Three Additional Members of Heroin Drug Trafficking Organization Plead Guilty

… home in Kissimmee and seized 2.8 kilograms of heroin laced with fentanyl, along with a brick/kilogram press; a …
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DEA Announces 10 Arrests & 1,700 Bags Of Heroin Seized In Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania

… the country have been attributed to batches of heroin laced with fentanyl, which is a highly potent opioid.  In …
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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-Led Investigation Results In Sentencing Of Three Iowa Heroin And Fentanyl Dealers Causing An Overdose Death

… neighbors and common man,” said Thimmesch.  “Dealing drugs laced with fentanyl is a lethal concoction, and to knowingly …
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Pill Press Photo Gallery

January 21, 2025
… grams of psilocybin, 600 grams of cocaine suspected to be laced with fentanyl, and 11 pounds of marijuana.  Agents …
January 21, 2025
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Six Indicted as Part of Whatcom County Fentanyl Trafficking Organization

… Sound region from organizations that distribute fake pills laced with fentanyl, we will act swiftly, as we did in this …