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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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Prolific Fentanyl Distributor in Greater Seattle Area Sentenced to Six Years in Prison

… 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

… Dakota 571-387-4625 NE-SD.Diversion.registration@dea.gov 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

… NE-SD.Diversion.registration@dea.gov 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

… 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 …
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Kennewick WA Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years in Federal Prison

… of liquid methamphetamine and 19,000 deadly fentanyl-laced pills, along with a loaded firearm. Zavala-Alvarez was also …
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Prolific Snohomish County fentanyl dealer sentenced to 15 years in prison

… on December 12, 2019, of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl pills, possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute and … dozens of individuals dealing thousands of fentanyl pills onto the streets of the north sound communities that …
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Manchester Man Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison For Participating In Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy

… for participating in a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone pills, a conspiracy to launder money, distributing … part of group of drug traffickers who were distributing the pills in Manchester, New Hampshire.  During a law … were actively involved in the distribution of oxycodone pills.  On multiple occasions, intercepted calls showed that …
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Pearl River Man Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Oxymorphone Causing The Overdose Death Of 21-Year Old Man

… with illegally distributing codeine, methadone, and Valium pills. Oleksowicz was presented today before U.S. Magistrate … prescription pain medication. Some of these diverted pills, like Opana, are known on the streets as ‘Stop Signs’, …
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East Texas Man Sentenced to 20 years in Federal Prison for Fatal Fentanyl Overdose

… in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine.  The Public …
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Monmouth County Man Sentenced to 188 Months in Prison

… to distribute and possess with intent to distribute pills containing cyclopropyl fentanyl, an analogue of …
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Dominican National Pleads Guilty To Fentanyl Trafficking

… has pleaded guilty to trafficking thousands of fentanyl pills. Freddy Artemio Guerrero Soto, 29, pleaded guilty to … an undercover agent ordered 30,000 blue pressed fentanyl pills and 500 grams of powder fentanyl from Ernesto Andujar …
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Taunton Man Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For Oxycodone Conspiracy

… and to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone pills. Campbell was indicted by a federal grand jury in … 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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Three Lawrence Men Arrested On Drug Charges

… Practitioner 571-362-9171 Approximately 35,000 pills seized allegedly containing fentanyl and …
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Dark Web Fentanyl Distributor Receives 20-Year Sentence

… Dylan Holcomb, 28, sold counterfeit Xanax and Oxycodone pills across the country on the dark web.  Using a …
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Virginia dentist running elaborate prescription scheme, reported to DEA tip line, sentenced

… patients, wrote illegal prescriptions for over 40,000 oxy pills NORFOLK, Va. – A Virginia Beach dentist was sentenced … to distribute prescription opioids and muscle relaxant pills without a legitimate medical purpose. According to … to prescribe opioids such as hydrocodone and oxycodone pills for his personal use and the use of his …
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Two Charged with Fentanyl Distribution in Fresno County

… are flooding the United States with deadly, fentanyl-laced pills,” said U.S. Attorney Talbert. “We remain committed to … violence and overdose deaths caused by these deadly pills. Law enforcement efforts, however, are not enough, and … the public to be aware of the threats and dangers of these pills.” “Fentanyl is the greatest drug threat to public …
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Defendant Convicted of Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in U.S. Marine’s Death

… to evidence presented at trial, Atta sold fake “M30” pills containing fentanyl in April and May 2020 to the … identified in court records as C.M.R., knowing that these pills contained fentanyl. Atta used social media to market …
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Former Inmate Admits Distributing Fentanyl at Santa Rita Jail That Killed Fellow Inmate

… and the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office. One Pill Can Kill :  Fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled … can be diluted with cutting agents to create counterfeit pills that purport to mimic the effects of Oxycodone and can …
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Drug trafficker with ties to Sinaloa cartel sentenced to over 17 years in federal prison

… of heroin, approximately 40,000 counterfeit pharmaceutical pills laced with fentanyl (known on the street as “fake … because they are designed to look like brand-name oxycodone pills), a cache of firearms and multiple rounds of …

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