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DEA Washington Warns of Deadly Counterfeit Drugs on Social Media

July 23, 2021
… like prescription medication, and delivering counterfeit pills to kids and young adults in our area. Law enforcement … Maryland, and Virginia are reporting these counterfeit pills causing tragic overdose deaths across the region. …
July 23, 2021
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DEA Billboard in Omaha Looks to Re-Energize Conversations on Fentanyl Dangers

… DEA Billboard at 36th and I80_2024.jpg A One Pill Can Kill billboard along Interstate 80 in Omaha, Nebraska, highlights the dangers of taking fake pills laced with fentanyl. The Drug Enforcement …
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Spreading the Word:

June 07, 2022
… well as in well-produced fake (or counterfeit) prescription pills. Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTO) are mass …
June 07, 2022
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Keeping Area Families Safe This Summer

July 16, 2021
… July 16, 2021 Deadly synthetic opioid found in counterfeit pills and street drugs Just this past week, three people in …
July 16, 2021
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Monterey County drug dealer and Mexican pharmacist charged in fentanyl overdose death case

… bottles of alprazolam and counterfeit, fentanyl-laced pills across the border from Mexico to California.  Once he … United States, Schraidt Rodriguez shipped these bottles and pills to a drug dealer in Monterey County.  The dealer, in … sold some of the bottles of alprazolam and fentanyl-laced pills to Sanchez.  The indictment further describes how …
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DEA and Kansas Law Enforcement Partners Join Together to Find Drug Traffickers behind Overdoses

… StLouisDiversionOutreach@dea.gov Northeast Kansas One Pill Can Kill Initiative Aims to Reduce the Supply of Deadly Counterfeit Fentanyl Pills KHP fentanyl seizure.png Kansas Highway Patrol seized …
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DEA Announces Significant Fentanyl Seizure in New York

… significant seizure of deadly fentanyl 300,000 fentanyl pills and ten kilograms of fentanyl seized.JPG 300,000 …
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DEA Implements E-commerce Outreach Program to Combat Counterfeit Drug Production

… Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Domestic Counterfeit Pill Press Die 1.JPG Pill Press 2.JPG Counterfeit Oxycodone … used in the production of illicit and deadly counterfeit pills. Online retailers frequently offer items commonly used …
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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

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

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

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

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

… 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 …
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Mt. Vernon, Washington man sentenced to 8+ years in prison for dealing deadly fentanyl

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

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

… 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 …
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Year in Review: The DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division Sees Record Year in Fentanyl Seizures

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

… 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 …
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Two drug traffickers linked to fatal overdose in Bellingham arrested in Skagit County

… 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.  …
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DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are Flooding the U.S. with Deadly Fentanyl

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

… Michelle Rincon (571) 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Pill Press.jpg Pills.JPG Fake pills (blues) located in a closet during a …
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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

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

… 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 …
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Saugus Man Sentenced To 15 Years in Prison for Drug Conspiracy and Firearm Offense

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

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

… 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 …
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DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are Flooding the U.S. with Deadly Fentanyl

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

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

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

… 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 …