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Operation Oxy-Concourse: NY Attorney General’s Office and DEA take down narcotics distribution ring in New York City

… 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 …
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

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

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

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

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

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

… 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 …
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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 …
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Two Green Bay Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl Disguised as Percocet

… that in January and February 2022, Brewer sold fentanyl pills to an informant working with the Brown County Drug Task Force (“BCDTF”). The potentially lethal pills had been illicitly manufactured to resemble Percocet®, in the form of blue “M30” pills. After BCDTF investigators arrested Brewer, they …
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Alarming spike in fentanyl-related overdose deaths leads officials to issue public warning

… to issue public warning August 06, 2020 Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl_0.jpg Fentanyl Pills_0.jpg SAN …
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North Highlands Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Distribution

… to court documents, in March 2016, Tkachuk obtained 40 pills bearing the mark “M367,” which indicated that the pill was a Lortab 10 or Norco. The pills were in fact counterfeit versions and contained …
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Coordinated opioid fentanyl outreach initiative for the greater Spokane and Tri-Cities communities announced

… Registration: Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Approx 55000 fentanyl pills seized in EDWA.jpg Approx 44000 fentanyl pills seized in EDWA.jpg approx 10000 fentanyl pills seized …
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Fentanyl distributor who used the dark web and crypto currency sentenced to 30 years in federal prison

… and Xanax. The distribution of fentanyl-laced oxycodone pills, through the use of the dark web and crypto currency, … oxycodone laced with deadly fentanyl - over 350,000 such pills - to people suffering from opioid addiction, targeting …
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Key Member of Drug Distribution Ring Linked to Aryan Prison Gangs Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

… Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Defendant Served as Transporter, Pill Maker, and Muscle for the Leader of the Drug Distribution Cell Slocumb fent pills in RV.jpg Seized fentanyl pills. Slocumb -pill …
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Kanawha County Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Crime

… Apartment as Workshop to Create Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills for Distribution CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Timothy Brian …
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Leader of Prolific Fentanyl Trafficking Ring Sentenced

… of multiple federal felonies for distributing fentanyl pills in Snohomish, Skagit, and Whatcom Counties, were …
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Head of black market synthetic drug trafficking ring sentenced to 23 years

… and Sams purchased equipment and materials – including pill presses/mechanical tableting machines, microcrystalline … – which they used to manufacture tens of thousands blue pills containing furanyl fentanyl and U-47700. The pills …
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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 Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… of opioid addictions in America start with prescription pills found in medicine cabinets at home. What’s worse, …
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Three Drug Traffickers Convicted of Drug and Money Laundering Conspiracies

… Imported fentanyl from China and produced and distributed pills that appeared to be oxycodone SEATTLE -  Three men … felonies for distributing fentanyl disguised as oxycodone pills in Snohomish, Skagit and Whatcom Counties, announced …
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Law Enforcement Warns of Increase in Fentanyl Overdoses

… contiene fentanilo Counterfeit Oxy_scale.jpg Counterfeit Pills.jpg Blue Oxy_Counterfeit Pills.jpg COEUR d'ALENE, …
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Twenty Seven Arrested in the Rio Grande Valley on Drug Charges

… Poly-Drug Network Responsible for Distributing Counterfeit Pills MCALLEN, TEXAS – Twenty seven defendants were arrested …
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Federal Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Fatal Fentanyl Overdose Case

… Springfield of selling Brendan James Gallagher fentanyl pills that resulted in Gallagher’s fatal overdose on … break his addiction, he began taking counterfeit OxyContin pills in late 2018. On the afternoon of February 5, 2019, …
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Fentanyl Trafficker Tied to Juvenile Overdoses Pleads Guilty

… can cut a young life tragically short. Peddling fentanyl pills to teenagers is one of the most callous crimes a …
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Mt. Vernon Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl

… Diversion Registration: Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Tainted pills linked to overdose death of Whatcom County 17-year-old … Defendant Jiovanni Nunez supplied counterfeit oxycodone pills tainted with fentanyl to an associate, who distributed …
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… of opioid addictions in America start with prescription pills found in medicine cabinets at home. What’s worse, …
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Florida Man Sentenced To Over 17 Years For Role In Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy

… and distributed in excess of 100,000 oxycodone pills in the Fall River area. Steven W. Derr, Special Agent … chain that distributed in excess of 100,000 oxycodone pills in the Fall River area. Green was the Florida-based source of supply for the pills and sold 30-mg and 80-mg oxycodone pills that were …
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Gang Leader Sentenced To 50 Years For Prescription Drug Trafficking

… illegally obtained large quantities oxycodone prescription pills in Los Angeles and utilized female couriers to transport the pills to Spokane for distribution on the street. At the …
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DEA, Arizona Attorney General & Tempe Police Announce 150+ Subjects Charged & Massive Quantities of Narcotics Seized

… of over 4.5 million fentanyl laced fake prescription pills, 66 kilograms of fentanyl powder, 138 kilograms of …
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Second leader of major opioid trafficking organization sentenced in Rochester

… and Thatcher purchased equipment and materials – including pill presses/mechanical tableting machines, microcrystalline … – which they used to manufacture tens of thousands blue pills containing furanyl fentanyl and U-47700. The pills …