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Head of deadly Elmira opioid trafficking ring pleads guilty

… and Sams purchased equipment and materials – including pill presses/mechanical tableting machines, microcrystalline … – which they used to manufacture tens of thousands of blue pills containing furanyl fentanyl and U-47700. The pills …
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DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin

… seizures across the United States.   As part of the One Pill Can Kill initiative, the DEA and its law enforcement partners seized more than 10.2 million fentanyl pills and approximately 980 pounds of fentanyl powder during …
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Second Of Cape Cod Brothers Sentenced To 25 Years For Oxycodone Trafficking Scheme

… involving hundreds of thousands of 30-milligram oxycodone pills, which he and his brother and co-defendant, Joshua M. … multi-thousand-pill loads of 30-milligram oxycodone pills from South Florida to New England by plane and by …
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California Drug Supplier Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for Role in Fentanyl Overdose Death of Alaska Man

… Oct. 13, 2020, Tulali agreed to sell 500 Oxycodone M30 pills to a Florida resident who agreed to distribute the …
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Carrollton Couple Tied to Possibly 10 Juvenile Overdoses Charged with Fentanyl Conspiracy

… to ensure these defendants are never allowed to hand a pill to a child again,” said U.S. Attorney Leigha Simonton. … and Ms. Cano allegedly dealt fake Percocet and Oxycontin pills laced with fentanyl, commonly known as “M30s,” to …
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Washington Man Sentenced for Involvement in Idaho Teen's Death

… of August 28, 2022, near Old Town, Idaho. Holmes sold G.D. pills containing fentanyl. It was one of these pills that …
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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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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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Cape Cod Brothers Convicted In Oxycodone Trafficking Scheme

… involving hundreds of thousands of 30-milligram oxycodone pills which were distributed on Cape Cod and generated over … to New England, first by plane and later by car. Once the pills were brought to numerous area hotels or conspirators’ …
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July 28, 2022
July 28, 2022

Town Hall Meeting

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EDT)
Kansas City, MO
DEA and the KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT INVITE YOU TO ATTEND A TOWN HALL MEETING JULY 28 AT 6 P.M. LEARN HOW FAKE PILLS & FENTANYL ARE THREATENING OUR COMMUNITY FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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DEA Houston Field Division Partners with Houston Area School Districts to alert parents on the dangers of fentanyl

… fentanyl in the form of fentanyl-laced, fake prescription pills. These pills are made to look identical to real …
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DEA Reminds Families to Discuss the Dangers of Drugs Before Students Return to School

… on the risk of overdose associated with counterfeit pills. “Students can face an enormous amount of peer … including fentanyl. The DEA has seen a surge in counterfeit pills, with 26 percent of the pills examined in 2019 containing a potentially lethal dose, …
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January 30, 2026
… Partner Toolbox Partner Toolbox The One Pill Can Kill Campaign  offers an opportunity for the media, … with Deadly Fentanyl Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth Fact Sheets Fact Sheets …
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Kanawha County Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Crime

… Apartment as Workshop to Create Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills for Distribution CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Timothy Brian …
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Man Charged With Trafficking Fentanyl-Laced Fake Percocet

… TX - A Fort Worth man who allegedly sold fake Percocet pills laced with fentanyl has been charged with a federal … pushed onto the streets large numbers of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl,” said Eduardo A. Chávez, Special …
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Deadly Fentanyl Trafficked in Protein Powder Containers

… Fentanyl Trafficker Arrested in Manhattan T12 50000 pills in protein powder 1.png 50,000 Fake Counterfeit …
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DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

… our communities. Mexican cartels are pushing deadly fake pills, often laced with fentanyl, into our neighborhoods to …
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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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DEA Implements Ecommerce Outreach Program to Combat Counterfeit Drug Production

… Marquette, and Traverse City - (571) 362-0443 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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New York Pharmacist And Two Others Face Criminal And Civil Charges For Multimillion-Dollar Oxycodone Distribution Scheme

… are charged with illegally distributing more than 500,000 pills of oxycodone over a five-year period with a street … city with over half a million illegally diverted oxycodone pills based on obviously fake prescriptions or no …
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DEA to Hold 21st Take Back Event on Saturday, October 23rd, 2021

… of opioid addictions in America start with prescription pills found in medicine cabinets at home. What’s worse, …
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DEA New Orleans Division Announces the Seizure of Over 20 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 … Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas, seized 501,761 of those pills and 613 of those pounds.  The DEA Laboratory estimates …
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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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DEA Omaha Division Notes Record Fentanyl Seizures in 2023

… marked an 83 percent increase in the number of fentanyl pills seized in 2023 and removed an estimated 2.9 million …
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DEA El Paso Division Announces the Seizure of Over 9 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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Former Angels Communications Director Eric Kay Sentenced to 22 Years in Tyler Skaggs Overdose Case

… to evidence presented at trial, Mr. Kay distributed the pills that killed Mr. Skaggs. The investigation began on …
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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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Former TSA Officer Sentenced To 45 Months In Federal Prison For Accepting Cash From Narcotics Trafficker

… Task Force into the large-scale trafficking of oxycodone pills from Florida to Connecticut. The investigation … by commercial airline or automobile, and sold the pills to various Connecticut-based narcotics dealers. The …
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DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

… seizures across the United States.   As part of the One Pill Can Kill initiative, the DEA and its law enforcement partners seized more than 10.2 million fentanyl pills and approximately 980 pounds of fentanyl powder during …
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Last member of deadly Elmira opioid trafficking organization sentenced to prison

… and Sams purchased equipment and materials – including pill presses or mechanical tableting machines, … – which they used to manufacture tens of thousands blue pills containing furanyl fentanyl, acetyl fentanyl and …