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Eight East Bay residents charged with crimes related to drug distribution scheme

… drugs—including powder fentanyl, counterfeit pharmaceutical pills containing fentanyl, and heroin—to a DEA agent acting …
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Drug Kingpin Indicted In New York

… in combination with cocaine or pressed into counterfeit pills and marketed as oxycodone or Xanax. Fentanyl Seizures …
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More than 25 Defendants Charged in Nationwide Tren de Aragua Crackdown Resulting in the Seizure of Over 80 Firearms and Narcotics in Homeland Security Task Force Investigations

… conjunction with these arrests, ATF agents seized 500 MDMA pills, two firearms, cocaine, ketamine, and methamphetamine. …
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41 Charged in Massive Poly-Drug Indictment Linked to Cartel

… five kilograms of pentobarbital and 22,600 fentanyl-laced pills. As part of the arrests, they also allegedly found …
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Dominican National and Former Massachusetts Resident Pleads Guilty to Distributing Almost 700 Grams of Fentanyl

… to purchase 400 grams of fentanyl and 200 oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl from Baez. Baez responded that his …
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DEA Hosts 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday, April 25th

… - (307) 261-6200 Cheyenne - (307) 778-1500 Prescription pills properly disposed Download Original Image CENTENNIAL, …
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Multi-Agency Drug Bust Leads to Massive Seizures

… than 113 pounds of cocaine, over 11 pounds of fentanyl in pills and powder form, heroin, marijuana, and spice. Law …
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Hobbs-based Drug Trafficking Network Supplied by Mexican Illegal Alien Dismantled

… doubt in a court of law. ###   Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Seizures (Drugs/Property) Synthetic drugs …
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BPD, DEA, and State’s Attorney’s Office Secure 19 Indictments Related to Drug Trafficking in West Baltimore

… with residue, bows with residue    One handgun grip Four pills suspected MDMA One – 30 round magazine One – 10 round …
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Digital Health Company Cofounder/CEO and Clinical President Convicted in $100M Adderall Distribution and Health Care Fraud Scheme

… from investors by providing easy access to over 40 million pills of Adderall and other stimulants in exchange for …
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Armed Asheville Drug Distributor of Fentanyl and Meth is Sentenced to Over 28 Years in Prison

… . For more information on fentanyl, visit DEA’s One Pill Can Kill Campaign at  www.dea.gov/onepill .  The materials on this website are available for …
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Op Sweet Silence Defendant Pleads Guilty, Agrees to Serve 20 Years in Prison

… . For more information on fentanyl, visit DEA’s One Pill Can Kill Campaign at  www.dea.gov/onepill .  The materials on this website are available for …
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Operation Engage Wichita

April 29, 2025
Operation Engage Wichita Wichita Wichita Operation Engage Wichita has moved to Kansas City Welcome Letter from Greg Anderson, Resident Agent in Charge of the Wichita Resident Office   I am Greg Anderson, Resident Agent in Charge of the Wichita Resident …
April 29, 2025
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Over 40 Pounds of Fentanyl Seized from Drug Mill Six Blocks Away from Bronx Daycare

… variety of colors, shapes and forms – including powder and pills.  Drug traffickers are increasingly mixing fentanyl …
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Five Defendants, Including Two Doctors, Charged in Connection with Actor Matthew Perry's Fatal Overdose Death Last Year

… approximately 1.4 kilograms (3.1 pounds) of orange pills containing methamphetamine, psilocybin mushrooms, …
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Major Drug Stash Location Uncovered near Yankee Stadium in the Bronx: Two Arrests

… 1.5 kilograms of ketamine (over three pounds) and MDMA in pill and powder form were also in the room. Stacks of cash …
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Ringleader of Fentanyl Conspiracy Sentenced to Life, Co-Conspirators Sentenced to a Total of More than 100 Years

… from fake pharmaceuticals to rainbow candy-colored pills, and even within other controlled substances like …
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DEA Hosts the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25th

… nation is safer and healthier when we keep prescription pills from falling into the wrong hands. Since 2010, DEA’s …
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DEA Hosts the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25th

… nation is safer and healthier when we keep prescription pills from falling into the wrong hands.” Since 2010, DEA’s …
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Stimulants

Stimulants

January 25, 2025
Stimulants speed up the body’s systems. This class of drugs includes: Prescription drugs such as amphetamines [Adder- all® and Dexedrine®], methylphenidate [Concerta® and Ritalin®], diet aids [such as Didrex®, Bontril®, Preludin®, Fastin®, Adipex P®, Ionomin®, and Meridia®] and other illicitly used drugs such as methamphetamine, cocaine, methcathinone, and other synthetic...
January 25, 2025
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DEA Investigation in Chapel Hill area uncovers large-scale drug ring

… 148.75 pounds of marihuana, 442 grams of cocaine, 189 Xanax pills, steroids, human growth hormone, other narcotics, and …
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DEA-led multi-agency investigation dismantles major New Mexico poly-drug trafficking drug trafficking organization

… 2.68 kilograms of methamphetamine, and 2,000 fentanyl pills.  Investigators also recovered more than 30 firearms …
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2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown

… over $14.6 billion in intended loss s and over 15 million pills of illegally diverted controlled substances. The …
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Grants Pass Man Charged in Federal Court for Trafficking Fentanyl and Illegally Possessing a Firearm

… drug enforcement initiatives. Drug Trafficking Fake Pills HIDTA Synthetic drugs Fentanyl On On Press Release …
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National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in Charges Nationwide and in the Southern District Of Georgia

… of substances improperly prescribed by Bynes during his “pill mill” operation.              In Savannah, the United …
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National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in Charges Nationwide and in the Southern District Of Georgia

… of substances improperly prescribed by Bynes during his “pill mill” operation.              In Savannah, the United …
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Nineteen South Bay Residents Charged in Alleged Scheme to Funnel Drugs into U.S. and Firearms to Mexico

Nineteen South Bay Residents Charged in Alleged Scheme to Funnel Drugs into U.S. and Firearms to Mexico February 11, 2021 San Francisco Contact Info Contact Us (415) 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a …
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Federal Indictment Alleges Alliance Between Sinaloa Cartel and Money Launderers Linked to Chinese Underground Banking

… of cocaine, 92 pounds of methamphetamine, 3,000 Ecstasy pills, 44 pounds of psilocybin (magic mushrooms), numerous …
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Eight Charged in Oregon with Trafficking Narcotics Across the United States from Mexico by Hiding Fentanyl in Cereal Boxes and Children's Toys

… for the District of Oregon. ### Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Seizures (Drugs/Property) Synthetic drugs Fentanyl …
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New England News 2009

July 15, 2021
… Charges Edward "Buckles" Melise with Selling Oxycodone Pills December 8, 2009 Fairfield County Marijuana Trafficker …
July 15, 2021