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Record Fentanyl Seizure by DEA Phoenix, Scottsdale Police & the Arizona Attorney General’s Office as DEA Announces Nationwide Public Safety Surge

December 17, 2021
… Vista, Tucson, and Yuma areas Over 9.5 Million Counterfeit Pills Have Been Seized in Arizona since January 2021 Nearly …
December 17, 2021
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Source of Supply for Carrollton Fentanyl Trafficker Charged

March 10, 2023
… Oklahoma City - (405) 475-7500 Tulsa - (918) 459-9600 M30 Pills.png DALLAS, TX - A Flower Mound man who supplied …
March 10, 2023
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DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

September 28, 2022
… Tucson, and Yuma areas DEA Phoenix Seizes Fake Fentanyl Pills During Surge Fake M30 "Rainbow" Pills Seized in …
September 28, 2022
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Leader Of Northwest Georgia Oxycodone Distribution Ring Sentenced To Federal Prison

October 24, 2011
… 815-4513 Alvarez Admitted Distributing 72,000 Oxycodone Pills ROME, GA. - John Gregory Alvarez, 45, of Rossville, …
October 24, 2011
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Concord Resident Responsible for Teen's Fentanyl Poisoning Death Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison

February 10, 2023
… admitting he supplied a fentanyl-laced counterfeit M30 pill that caused the overdose death of a 14-year-old girl, … 20, 2021, Urias sold two light blue counterfeit “M30” pills containing fentanyl to a minor teenage girl in the …
February 10, 2023
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Mt. Vernon, Washington man sentenced to 8+ years in prison for dealing deadly fentanyl

October 15, 2021
… Diversion Registration: Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Some 900 pills seized from his home; same pills linked to overdose …
October 15, 2021
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DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are Flooding the U.S. with Deadly Fentanyl

December 17, 2021
… to bring drugs laced with fentanyl and fake prescription pills into American homes with one click on a smartphone. In …
December 17, 2021
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Vallejo Man Convicted of Methamphetamine Trafficking and Illegal Firearms Possession

October 20, 2023
… to distribute and manufacture methamphetamine-laced pills, four counts of distributing or possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine-laced pills, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug …
October 20, 2023
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Year in Review: The DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division Sees Record Year in Fentanyl Seizures

January 31, 2024
… 2023, DEA seized nationally more than 77 million fentanyl pills and nearly 12,000 pounds of fentanyl powder. This is …
January 31, 2024
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DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are Flooding the U.S. with Deadly Fentanyl

December 16, 2021
… to bring drugs laced with fentanyl and fake prescription pills into American homes with one click on a smartphone. In … deadly fentanyl and fentanyl-laced, fake prescription pills, using chemicals sourced largely from China. These …
December 16, 2021
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Two drug traffickers linked to fatal overdose in Bellingham arrested in Skagit County

December 04, 2019
… Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Investigators seize phony oxycodone pills containing fentanyl SEATTLE  – Two Skagit County … with a drug distribution ring selling fake oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl in Whatcom and Skagit Counties.  …
December 04, 2019
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DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are Flooding the U.S. with Deadly Fentanyl

December 17, 2021
… to bring drugs laced with fentanyl and fake prescription pills into American homes with one click on a smartphone. In …
December 17, 2021
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Albuquerque Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 17 years in Prison

August 05, 2022
… Michelle Rincon (571) 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Pill Press.jpg Pills.JPG Fake pills (blues) located in a closet during a …
August 05, 2022
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One of the Largest-Ever Fentanyl Seizures in New York City Results in Four Charged for Operating Fentanyl Mill in Bronx Residence

October 06, 2023
… & Red Ribbon: Ciara A. Gregovich 720-431-8836 200,000 Pills and 24 Kilograms of Suspected Fentanyl, Four …
October 06, 2023
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New Jersey Man Indicted After Joint Investigation Uncovers Interstate Fentanyl Mailing Operation

August 23, 2022
… Dozens of packages containing more than 9,000 fake pills addressed to areas throughout the country were … led to takedown of fentanyl pill mill in Jersey City fent pills.JPEG Fake pills seized in investigation fentanyl …
August 23, 2022
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Saugus Man Sentenced To 15 Years in Prison for Drug Conspiracy and Firearm Offense

June 01, 2025
… drug conspiracy involving tens of thousands of counterfeit pills containing methamphetamine, pills containing fentanyl …
June 01, 2025
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Federal and State Law Enforcement Warn of Increased Threats Related to Fentanyl

June 22, 2023
… (571) 387-2558 utahrecruiter@dea.gov Evolution of Fentanyl Pills.jpg This image shows the evolution of the Fentanyl …
June 22, 2023
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Fentanyl Distributors Charged Following Fourth Fatal Juvenile Overdose

June 23, 2023
… Chávez, Special Agent in Charge of DEA Dallas.  “Just one pill can change so many lives forever.  We will never stop … Please, educate your kids on the dangers of counterfeit pills. Unless prescribed by a doctor, no pill is safe. Even …
June 23, 2023
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DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are Flooding the U.S. with Deadly Fentanyl

December 17, 2021
… to bring drugs laced with fentanyl and fake prescription pills into American homes with one click on a smartphone. In …
December 17, 2021
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East Bay Man Sentenced to More Than 5 Years for Sale of Fentanyl That Killed a Young Woman

August 22, 2022
… sentenced to 68 months in federal prison for distributing pills laced with fentanyl that caused a Walnut Creek woman’s …
August 22, 2022
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Drug Enforcement Administration Announces the Seizure of Over 379 million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

December 20, 2022
… of over 50.6 million fentanyl-laced, fake prescription pills and more than 10,000 pounds of fentanyl powder this …
December 20, 2022
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DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are Flooding the U.S. with Deadly Fentanyl

December 16, 2021
… to bring drugs laced with fentanyl and fake prescription pills into American homes with one click on a smartphone. In … deadly fentanyl and fentanyl-laced, fake prescription pills, using chemicals sourced largely from China. These …
December 16, 2021
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Operation Oxy-Concourse: NY Attorney General’s Office and DEA take down narcotics distribution ring in New York City

May 02, 2019
… and sell tens of thousands of dangerous prescription pills resulting in 181-count Indictments IMG_3712.jpg BRONX, … were selling tens of thousands of prescription oxycodone pills, to countless customers on a daily basis. The two …
May 02, 2019
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

October 20, 2021
… of opioid addictions in America start with prescription pills found in medicine cabinets at home. What’s worse, …
October 20, 2021
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Supplier in Juvenile Fentanyl Overdoses Case Charged with Drug Conspiracy

February 15, 2023
… worked through a juvenile dealer to supply fentanyl-laced pills to Luis Eduardo Navarrete, 21, and Magaly Mejia Cano, …
February 15, 2023
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Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to Eight Years in Overdose Death

April 06, 2022
… lives with their criminal actions is our priority.” “M30 pills sold on the street are often laced with fentanyl, a …
April 06, 2022
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DEA Chicago Division Seizes Over 18.3 Million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl Throughout Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin in 2022

January 04, 2023
… the seizure of 804,551   fentanyl-laced, fake prescription pills and over 549 pounds of fentanyl powder in 2022. The …
January 04, 2023
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Drug Enforcement Administration Announces the Seizure of Over 379 million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

January 04, 2023
… seized over 50.6 million fentanyl-laced, fake prescription pills and more than 10,000 pounds of Fentanyl powder last …
January 04, 2023
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First Of Cape Cod Brothers Sentenced To Twenty Years For Oxycodone Trafficking Scheme

January 22, 2015
… involving hundreds of thousands of 30-milligram oxycodone pills which he and his brother distributed on Cape Cod and … multi-thousand-pill loads of 30-milligram oxycodone pills from South Florida up to New England, first by plane …
January 22, 2015
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DEA Highlights 2021

December 31, 2024
… in the availability and lethality of fake prescription pills also contributed to these tragic deaths. DEA seized …
December 31, 2024