PRESS RELEASE

Miami DEA Stress Fentanyl Dangers During Community Stakeholder Meeting

May 16, 2024
… with chronic pain. However, illicitly manufactured fentanyl pills with zero quality control pour into the United States …
May 16, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

January 17, 2024
… DEA Seattle Field Division Seizes 3.7 Million Fentanyl Pills, More Than 280 Pounds of Fentanyl Powder Throughout …
January 17, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of Multistate Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison

April 13, 2023
… enforcement agencies against criminal networks. Beware of pills bought on the street:  One Pill Can Kill . Fentanyl, a …
April 13, 2023
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

November 04, 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 04, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

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

October 20, 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. …
October 20, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Father And Son Charged With Running Prescription Drug Trafficking And Forgery Ring

March 09, 2016
… prescriptions, and filled them at pharmacies to obtain pills for resale. The Quezadas recruited and paid numerous … per prescription filled in exchange for providing the pills to the Quezadas. The pills were then bundled for sale on the black market, where …
March 09, 2016
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Ocean Beach Drug Dealer Sentenced to 12.5 Years for His Role in Fatal Overdose

September 23, 2022
… plea agreement, Souza admitted that he provided four fake pills laced with fentanyl, commonly referred to as “blues,” to Stevens, on November 21, 2019. These pills caused Stevens to have a near-fatal overdose. Then approximately six months later, Souza again sold fake pills to Stevens – this time with fatal results. According …
September 23, 2022
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Two Georgia Men Sentenced for Trafficking Fentanyl

October 05, 2023
… started after overdose death Suspected fentanyl pills_x.jpg Seizures of fentanyl both in pill and powder …
October 05, 2023
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Two Rhode Island Men Indicted in Large-Scale Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

March 21, 2022
… 557-2100 Diversion/Medical Practitioner 571-362-9171 Two pill presses and more than 50,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills seized BOSTON – Two Rhode Island men have been …
March 21, 2022
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Illinois Man Sentenced to More Than 23 Years in Prison for Selling Fatal Fentanyl

December 10, 2024
… on Tuesday sentenced a man who sold the fake Percocet pills that killed a man in St. Louis County in 2022 to 23 …
December 10, 2024
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Taunton Man Pleads Guilty To Oxycodone Conspiracy

September 19, 2024
… and to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone pills. U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper scheduled … July 2022 and June 2023, Campbell distributed oxycodone pills to others for further re-distribution. He also obtained oxycodone pills from his co-conspirator and co-defendant Kenneth …
September 19, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

January 17, 2024
… DEA Chicago Field Division Seizes 1.9 Million Fentanyl Pills, Nearly 500 Pounds of Fentanyl Powder Throughout … year 2023, DEA seized more than 77 million fentanyl pills and nearly 12,000 pounds of fentanyl powder. This is …
January 17, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Pocatello Woman Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl

October 19, 2023
… Idaho in general has seen a massive influx of counterfeit pills in the last several years.  The pills are mass-produced by criminal drug networks and …
October 19, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Previously Convicted Felon Indicted for Narcotics and Firearms Offenses

August 25, 2023
… Boston for allegedly trafficking counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine, unlawfully …
August 25, 2023
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Federal Charges Filed Against Washington State Man Caught Trafficking Fentanyl Powder and Methamphetamine in Oregon

May 01, 2023
… More Than 11 Pounds of Fentanyl Powder, 1,000 Fentanyl Pills, and Four Pounds of Meth Giron-Rodas-1.jpg Seized Fentanyl Powder, Fentanyl Pills, and Meth Giron-Rodas-2.jpg Seized Fentanyl Powder, …
May 01, 2023
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Woodbridge Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Narcotics to 14-Year-Old

January 06, 2023
… documents, in April of 2022, Latae'veion Woods, 21, sold pills purporting to be Percocet to a 14-year-old, who died … officers found a clear plastic baggie containing four blue pills with markings consistent with 30 milligram Percocet …
January 06, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Fifth Defendant in Multi-Kilogram Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced

November 03, 2022
… from various sources of supply. The group would then use a pill press to manufacture thousands of counterfeit prescription pills resembling legitimate pain medications, such as …
November 03, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Reaches Agriculture Community at Farm Progress Show with Important Message About Fentanyl

August 30, 2022
… NE-SD.Diversion.registration@dea.gov Suspected fentanyl pills_x.jpg 32,000 fake pills made to look like legitimate prescription medications …
August 30, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Omaha Division Special Agent in Charge Speaks with School Administrators about the Drug Threat Facing Nebraska

July 28, 2022
… NE-SD.Diversion.registration@dea.gov Suspected fentanyl pills_x.jpg 32,000 fake pills made to look like legitimate prescription medications …
July 28, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

New York Man Indicted in St. Louis, Accused of Selling Counterfeit Xanax on Dark Web

April 14, 2023
… another person on the dark web who has sold millions of the pills. That person manufactured the pills using active drug …
April 14, 2023
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Providence Man Admits to Trafficking Fentanyl

November 29, 2023
… Practitioner 571-362-9171 Nearly three kilos of fentanyl pills and powder seized PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man …
November 29, 2023
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Phoenix Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Selling Fentanyl that Led to Woman's Death

March 24, 2022
… pleaded guilty to Distribution of Fentanyl for selling the pills that led to the young woman’s death. The victim … a common street term for fake prescription oxycodone pills that contain fentanyl. After consuming the pills, the victim overdosed and died. The victim was …
March 24, 2022
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Champaign man sentenced to 13 years in prison for trafficking

January 06, 2020
… for trafficking at least 4.3 million counterfeit Xanax pills throughout the country and laundering the proceeds. … to using darknet markets and cryptocurrency to traffic pills containing alprazolam, marked as ‘Xanax,’ from March …
January 06, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Two Dallas Women Sentenced In Opioid Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy

April 24, 2017
… of Houston, Texas have been sentenced for their role in a pill mill operation that operated during 2013-2015 announced … Robinson that a customer wanted to purchase 30mg oxycodone pills and 10mg hydrocodone pills from her. Cane asks …
April 24, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Five Defendants Charged in Manhattan Federal Court for Distributing Fentanyl that Caused the Fatal Overdoses of Three 19-Year-Olds

October 30, 2025
… looking to exploit our youth and sell their fentanyl pills through digital connections. Whether you deal on … distribution network that sold thousands of fentanyl pills to teenagers and young adults living in New York City, …
October 30, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 03, 2025
… Dakota 571-387-4625 NE-SD.Diversion.registration@dea.gov Pills_Packaged_Nebraska.jpg As of December 1, DEA Omaha …
December 03, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican National Sentenced to 5 ½ Years for Fentanyl Trafficking

June 17, 2025
… law enforcement officers intercepted thousands of fentanyl pills shipped or transported by the drug traffickers into … enforcement officers arranged to purchase 60,000 fentanyl pills from an unknown supplier based in Mexicali, Mexico. …
June 17, 2025
GENERAL INFORMATION

Facts about Fentanyl

April 02, 2025
… as powders and nasal sprays, and increasingly pressed into pills made to look like legitimate prescription opioids.  …
April 02, 2025
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DEA, FBI, and Seattle Police Seize 2 RVs Packed with Meth and Fentanyl

October 26, 2022
… Cash Seized in Seattle.jpg Illegal firearms and fentanyl pills seized.jpg Illegal firearms and fentanyl pills seized SEATTLE – Three significant drug trafficking …
October 26, 2022
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

May 08, 2023
… to 235 arrests and the seizure of nearly 2 million fentanyl pills, 87 pounds of fentanyl powder, 974 pounds of …
May 08, 2023