PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

September 27, 2022
… 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 …
September 27, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Fairbanks Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

April 11, 2022
… Oregon 1-888-219-4261 For distributing counterfeit fentanyl pills resulting in a death FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A Fairbanks … years of supervised release for distributing counterfeit pills containing fentanyl resulting in the death of another …
April 11, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

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
PRESS RELEASE

DEA LA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day

August 19, 2022
… Community Outreach: Ruth Morales (571) 387-6555 Fentanyl pills stock DEA LA Pic.jpg Counterfeit Oxy Fentanyl pill …
August 19, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Leader Of Large-Scale Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced To 22.5 Years In Prison

February 08, 2025
… 571-362-9171 Defendant Distributed Millions of Fentanyl Pills Made to Look like Oxycodone and Percocet BOSTON – A …
February 08, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

A Look Back at Fentanyl Prosecutions in 2023

January 03, 2024
… into this country. Illicit fentanyl comes in two forms: pills and powder. The cartels are mixing fentanyl powder in …
January 03, 2024
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DEA Houston Field Division Announces the Seizure of Over 7 million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

December 28, 2022
… seizure of over 670,000 fentanyl-laced, fake prescription pills and more than 230 pounds of fentanyl powder this year. …
December 28, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Rhode Island Man Pleads Guilty to Role In Wide-Ranging Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

August 02, 2024
… fentanyl and tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl BOSTON – A Rhode Island man …
August 02, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

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

October 19, 2021
… of opioid addictions in America start with prescription pills found in medicine cabinets at home. What’s worse, …
October 19, 2021
STORY

Carfentanil: A Synthetic Opioid Unlike Any Other

May 14, 2025
… has been found mixed with other drugs or pressed into pills that look like prescription painkillers. This …
May 14, 2025
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Pharmaceutical distributor and executives, pharmacists charged with unlawfully distributing painkillers

July 18, 2019
… Wholesaler allegedly distributed 3.7 million hydrocodone pills to pharmacy in town of 400 people CINCINNATI – A … and pharmacists who are allowing opioid prescription pills to be illegally sold and dispensed from their … its officials allegedly continued to distribute millions of pills to Westside, Tug Valley and other pharmacies even …
July 18, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Six Indicted For Multi-State Oxycodone Conspiracy

August 25, 2023
… a drug trafficking organization that distributed oxycodone pills, obtained from a source in the Houston area, across … and to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone pills. They were previously arrested on July 12, 2023 : John …
August 25, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Fentanyl Distributer Tied to 13-Year-Old’s Overdose Death Pleads Guilty

July 06, 2023
… distributer who was selling fentanyl-laced counterfeit M30 pills to a Carrollton middle schooler shortly before her … minor customers interested in purchasing counterfeit M30 pills containing fentanyl.  On Nov. 30, Mr. Soliz responded …
July 06, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Dealing Husband and Wife Sentenced to Federal Prison

November 29, 2022
… Registration: Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Sold Fentanyl-Laced Pill Linked to Overdose Death Fentanyl_oxy_30mg_bulk pill spill copy.jpg DEA file photo: Fake pills laced with fentanyl  EUGENE, Ore.—A Douglas County …
November 29, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Six Members of Evansville Fentanyl and Meth Trafficking Ring Indicted

February 13, 2024
… more than 50 pounds of methamphetamine, 14,000 fentanyl pills, and 1 kilogram of cocaine.  Lovechild McGuire …
February 13, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Six Arrested for Multi-State Drug Conspiracy Spanning Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Texas

July 14, 2023
… a drug trafficking organization that distributed oxycodone pills obtained from a source in the Houston area, across … information that he was allegedly distributing oxycodone pills. A series of controlled buys were conducted and …
July 14, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Two Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms in Case Arising from Investigation of Aryan Family Prison Gang

September 16, 2024
… Drugs from Arizona to Washington Stash House Where Fentanyl Pills were Pressed TACOMA, Wash. – Two men indicted in March …
September 16, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

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

October 22, 2021
… of opioid addictions in America start with prescription pills found in medicine cabinets at home. Criminal drug …
October 22, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Fentanyl Dealer Implicated in Two Fatal ODs Sentenced to 22+ Years in Prison

July 25, 2024
… dearest. Once again, this case proves that even half of one pill can kill.” In plea papers, Mr. Barclay admitted that … 12, 2023, Mr. Barclay obtained approximately 40 fentanyl pills. His girlfriend, identified in court documents as …
July 25, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Jury Finds California Drug Supplier Guilty of Distribution in Relation to Fatal Fentanyl Overdose of Fairbanks Man

April 23, 2024
… Gafatasi Tulali, 48, was the original source of fentanyl pills that were sold to a Fairbanks man who died of a …
April 23, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Malden Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Fentanyl and Methamphetamine

September 05, 2023
… 571-362-9171 Nearly 10,000 counterfeit prescription pills seized BOSTON – A Malden man pleaded guilty yesterday … in May 2021 resulted in the recovery of over 10,000 pills, which included over 2 kilograms of methamphetamine …
September 05, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

East Bay Counterfeit Drug Manufacturer Convicted

February 09, 2017
… his role in a conspiracy to manufacture counterfeit Xanax pills, for engaging in international money laundering, and … obtain manufacturing equipment, including a press to make pills, and press fake Xanax pills at locations in the …
February 09, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

September 28, 2022
… 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 …
September 28, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Reports Nearly 4.7 million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl Seized in Five State Omaha Division

December 30, 2022
… seized nearly 4.7 million lethal doses of fentanyl in both pill and powder form.  Nationally, DEA investigators … fentanyl in the form of fentanyl-laced, fake prescription pills. These pills are made to look identical to real …
December 30, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Four Charged In Large Scale Heroin/Fentanyl Trafficking Ring

August 25, 2017
… operation in Boston and on Cape Cod. Hundreds of fentanyl pills designed to look like oxycodone pills were allegedly trafficked by the defendants. Alex … to Cape Cod and removed suspected deadly fentanyl-laced pills from the streets. Those pills would have put lives at …
August 25, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Suspected online drug dealer indicted in fentanyl overdose death

October 11, 2018
… indicted for ongoing conspiracy to distribute hydrocodone pills SAN DIEGO – Suspected drug dealer Trevon Lucas was … indicate he met Lucas to purchase prescription oxycodone pills around 11:20 p.m. the night before his mother found … Law enforcement officials recovered counterfeit oxycodone pills that contained fentanyl from C.A.S.’s residence, and …
October 11, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Arizona Man Sentenced to 10 Years on Fentanyl Charges

April 20, 2022
… a federal search warrant on the parcel and found 1,000 blue pills inside. The pills were monogrammed with an “M” on one side and a “30” on the other side and appeared to be legitimate oxycodone pills. However, the pills were sent to a laboratory and …
April 20, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications

November 01, 2021
… DEA issued a Public Safety Alert and launched the One Pill Can Kill public awareness campaign to warn Americans of a surge in deadly, fake prescription pills driven by drug traffickers seeking to exploit the U.S. …
November 01, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA implements ecommerce outreach program to combat counterfeit drug production

August 04, 2020
… focuses on educating online retailers about the sale of pill presses and components used in the production of illicit and deadly counterfeit pills. Online retailers frequently offer items commonly used …
August 04, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Kentucky Man Receives 20 Year Prison Sentence For Distributing Powerful Opiate Fentanyl That Resulted In Overdose Death

September 30, 2016
… Dewayne Garrett sold fentanyl that was disguised as a pain pill LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Versailles, Kentucky, man, who … to distributing fentanyl, that was disguised as a pain pill and caused the overdose death of a Woodford County … a deadly drug, that killed a woman who was seeking a pain pill,” said Kerry B. Harvey, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern …
September 30, 2016