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Two Georgia Men Sentenced for Trafficking Fentanyl

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

… - (603) 628-7411 Vermont Burlington - (802) 951-2900 Two pill presses and more than 50,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills seized BOSTON – Two Rhode Island men have been …
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Illinois Man Sentenced to More Than 23 Years in Prison for Selling Fatal Fentanyl

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

… 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 …
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

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

… 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 …
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Previously Convicted Felon Indicted for Narcotics and Firearms Offenses

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

… 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, …
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Woodbridge Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Narcotics to 14-Year-Old

… 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 …
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Fifth Defendant in Multi-Kilogram Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced

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

… 434-4947 Sioux Falls - (605) 330-4421 Suspected fentanyl pills_x.jpg 32,000 fake pills made to look like legitimate prescription medications …
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DEA Omaha Division Special Agent in Charge Speaks with School Administrators about the Drug Threat Facing Nebraska

… 434-4947 Sioux Falls - (605) 330-4421 Suspected fentanyl pills_x.jpg 32,000 fake pills made to look like legitimate prescription medications …
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New York Man Indicted in St. Louis, Accused of Selling Counterfeit Xanax on Dark Web

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

… Burlington - (802) 951-2900 Nearly three kilos of fentanyl pills and powder seized PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man …
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Phoenix Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Selling Fentanyl that Led to Woman's Death

… 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 …
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Champaign man sentenced to 13 years in prison for trafficking

… 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 …
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Two Dallas Women Sentenced In Opioid Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy

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

… 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, …
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DEA Delivers Major Blows to Drug Cartels, Advancing a Fentanyl Free America in 2026

… 10, 2026, DEA seized more than 4.7 million fentanyl pills and nearly 2,396 pounds of fentanyl powder resulting …
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Prolific Fentanyl Distributor in Greater Seattle Area Sentenced to Six Years in Prison

… 454-4407 Part of Drug Ring that Dealt Thousands of Fentanyl Pills in University District Pills seized from Saho.jpg Fentanyl pills seized from Saho. …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… Rapid City - (605) 434-4947 Sioux Falls - (605) 330-4421 Pills_Packaged_Nebraska.jpg As of December 1, DEA Omaha …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 5 ½ Years for Fentanyl Trafficking

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

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

… to 235 arrests and the seizure of nearly 2 million fentanyl pills, 87 pounds of fentanyl powder, 974 pounds of …
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Rhode Island Man Sentenced to Twenty Years in Federal Prison in One of Rhode Island’s Largest Fentanyl Seizures

… a stash house in Pawtucket from which 19,315 fentanyl-laced pills made to resemble pharmaceutical grade Percocet pills …
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DEA’s OD Justice Devotes Critical Resources to Fatal Drug Poisoning and Overdose Death Investigations Across the United States

… Florida: A 27-year-old in Florida died from a counterfeit pill laced with fentanyl, leading investigators to supplier … Further probes identified Bradley Hunter, who sourced fake pills from a Mexican cartel. Both were arrested along with …
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within American Communities

… 434-4947 Sioux Falls - (605) 330-4421 Suspected fentanyl pills_x.jpg Seizures of fentanyl both in pill and powder …
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Brother and Sister Plead Guilty to Drug Conspiracy Involving Fentanyl Sales

… - (540) 662-5879 Government Alleges Fake Oxycodone (M-30) Pills Containing Fentanyl Caused Overdose and Death to …
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Debt Collector and Drug Distributor for Cartel Connected, Violent, Drug Distribution Ring, Sentenced to 10 years in Prison

… Handgun in leather holster Plastic bag of fentanyl pills.jpg Plastic bag of fentanyl pills Seattle – A 31-year-old Renton, Washington man was … heroin, cocaine, and potentially deadly fentanyl pills in King, Pierce, Lewis, and Snohomish Counties.  This …