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“M30 King of Fresno” and 17 Members of His Drug Trafficking Ring Charged

April 01, 2022
… charging them with trafficking fentanyl powder, fentanyl pills, cocaine, and methamphetamine. “Many of the deaths and near deaths in drug overdoses are caused by counterfeit pills that look like prescription pills, but are not and …
April 01, 2022
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Online drug dealer pleads guilty in fentanyl overdose death

April 24, 2019
… guilty in federal court yesterday, admitting that he sold pills containing fentanyl to a La Jolla man, causing his … online advertisements for the illegal sale of prescription pills. The victim responded to one of Lucas’ posts in 2017 and began purchasing various prescription pills from him.   According to his plea agreement, on the …
April 24, 2019
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Denver Man Sentenced for Fentanyl, Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearm

September 05, 2024
… federal court today for transporting thousands of fentanyl pills and methamphetamine through Kansas City, Mo., aboard a …
September 05, 2024
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St. Louis County Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison in Connection with Fentanyl Death

January 26, 2024
… of a controlled substance. Matthews admitted selling pills that resembled the painkiller Percocet to his …
January 26, 2024
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Orlando Man Sentenced To 32 Years for Possessing Illegal Firearms and Selling Fentanyl That Killed a Woman

March 28, 2025
… Misty Lynn Parady (35, Orlando), sold fake “M30” pills laced with fentanyl to “N.K.” Between April 2020 and … to be oxycodone. After some time, N.K. realized that the pills she was buying from them contained fentanyl. On …
March 28, 2025
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Texas Man Pleads Guilty To Oxycodone Conspiracy And Structuring Cash Transactions

October 30, 2024
… a drug conspiracy involving the distribution of oxycodone pills across Southeastern Massachusetts and beyond. Christan … and to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone pills and structuring cash transactions. U.S. District Court … February 2023 and July 2023, Russell supplied oxycodone pills to co-conspirator Kenneth Veiga, who then …
October 30, 2024
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Spokane Valley Man Sentenced to Federal Prison on Firearm and Fentanyl Trafficking Charges

August 08, 2024
… Diversion Registration: Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Kosnicki_pills.jpg Seized fentanyl pills. Kosnicki_sock.jpg Cash hidden in sock. …
August 08, 2024
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Drug Enforcement Administration Recommends Including Conversations on Dangers of Drugs in Back-to-School Routines

August 08, 2024
… Mexican cartels, namely CJNG and Sinaloa, continue to press pills designed to look like common prescription medications …
August 08, 2024
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DEA Reminds Families to Discuss the Dangers of Drugs Before Students Return to School

August 01, 2022
… consequences of experimentation. Methamphetamine and fake pill seizures remain high in Nebraska and the DEA wants to … to target youth. “We’ve seen methamphetamine pressed into pills shaped like marshmallows from cereal and fake pills …
August 01, 2022
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Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

March 18, 2024
… who admitted to dealing more than 142,000 counterfeit pills was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison. …
March 18, 2024
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Third Man in Multi-Kilogram Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced

April 08, 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 …
April 08, 2022
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

January 17, 2024
… 18-45. In 2023, DEA seized more than 77 million fentanyl pills and nearly 12,000 pounds of fentanyl powder. This is … Louisiana and Mississippi, seized 275,000 fentanyl pills and nearly 230 pounds of fentanyl powder. The fentanyl …
January 17, 2024
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Charlotte Man is Sentenced for Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking Crime

November 07, 2023
… Two Stolen Firearms younce_handgun.JPG Suspected fentanyl pills_x.jpg Seizures of fentanyl both in pill and powder …
November 07, 2023
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Grand Junction Man Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in Death

January 12, 2023
… children, and other members of his family, to distribute pills that appeared to be legitimate 30mg Oxycodone pills, but in fact were counterfeit and spiked with …
January 12, 2023
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Fentanyl Distribution Nets West Texas Man 12 Years in Federal Prison

January 06, 2023
… which undercover agents made multiple purchases of blue M30 pills containing fentanyl from Arevalo. While executing a … 2022, investigators seized approximately 517 grams of M30 pills containing fentanyl, a loaded handgun and a large …
January 06, 2023
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DEA Warns of Brightly-Colored Fentanyl Used to Target Young Americans

August 30, 2022
… partners seized brightly-colored fentanyl and fentanyl pills in 26 states.   Dubbed “rainbow fentanyl” in the …
August 30, 2022
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Nampa, Idaho, Man Sentenced to Five Years for Drug Trafficking

February 02, 2022
… McLean also admitted that he sold another person fentanyl pills on three occasions. On January 27, 2021, he sold 10 compressed fentanyl pills; on February 2, 2021, he sold 19 compressed fentanyl …
February 02, 2022
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DEA Washington Division is Ready to Celebrate the 25th National Drug Take Back Day Across the DMV

October 16, 2023
… DEA Agent- Bags with Controlled Substances- Take Back Pills.jpg Pills- DEA Take Back Day- 2023 Washington, DC  – …
October 16, 2023
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications

November 02, 2021
… ever before. Last month, DEA issued a 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 02, 2021
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13 Arrested in Connection with an LSD, Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Trafficking and Money Laundering Scheme Occurring in the West Campus Area of the University of Texas at Austin

December 04, 2020
… with trafficking LSD, fentanyl and methamphetamine pills to UT students in Austin. That announcement was made … in the seizure of large quantities of fentanyl, Adderall pills, Alprazolam (Xanax), LSD, marijuana and psilocybin …
December 04, 2020
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Drug Distribution Takedowns in Seattle Area Result in 18 Arrests and More Than 3.4 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl Seized

November 20, 2025
… Firearms and cash seized on October 28, 2025. Fentanyl pills and powder seized in Centralia on October 28, 2025. Download Original Image Fentanyl pills and powder seized in Centralia on October 28, 2025. …
November 20, 2025
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Man Admits Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl Analogue

July 20, 2021
… Oct. 18, 2018, Hinkson conspired with others to distribute pills that contained a fentanyl analogue, an illegal … (Individual-1) and sold Individual-1 approximately 20 pills of purported “Percocet” and 20 pills of purported “Xanax” in exchange for U.S. currency. On …
July 20, 2021
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Grand Junction Man Convicted of Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl Resulting in Death

April 19, 2021
… children, and other members of his family, to distribute pills which appeared to be 30mg Oxycodone pills but in fact were counterfeit and spiked with fentanyl. … 2017 and 2018, Holder imported tens of thousands of these pills from Mexico into Western Colorado where he and his …
April 19, 2021
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Removes Almost 600,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications Across the Country

November 22, 2023
… the home can remove the temptation to experiment with these pills,” said Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New Jersey … opioids leads to individuals looking to purchase these pills on the street. Mexican drug cartels take advantage of this fact by pressing deadly fentanyl powder into fake pills to mimic legitimate prescription opioids and other …
November 22, 2023
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Boston Man Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

September 19, 2023
… nearly three kilograms of fentanyl including 7,000 fentanyl pills BOSTON – A Boston man was sentenced today in … of fentanyl, including thousands of counterfeit fentanyl pills, to a cooperating source. Luis Sonier Bautista Moreta, …
September 19, 2023
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Three Indicted for Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Trafficking in Sacramento and Stockton

August 31, 2023
… the defendants distributed thousands of counterfeit M30 pills containing fentanyl on behalf of a source of supply in … On Sept. 29, 2022, Mendoza sold over 1,000 counterfeit M30 pills containing fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl in … Dec. 21, 2022, Bustamante sold over 2,000 counterfeit M30 pills containing fentanyl in Stockton. Several months later, …
August 31, 2023
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DEA Seizures of Heroin and Fentanyl Increase Across North Dakota in 2020

March 24, 2021
… in North Dakota since 2016.  Found primarily in counterfeit pills, but on occasion in powder form, just two milligrams … a lethal dose.  “The people making these counterfeit pills are by no means careful in their measurements,” DEA …
March 24, 2021
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New Hampshire Man Sentenced On Drug Charges

September 22, 2015
… regularly ordered significant quantities of oxycodone pills from Garcia and Nunez, which were then sold to other … 22, 2014, Demers ordered approximately 1,508 oxycodone pills from Nunez and Garcia. In addition, video evidence … after contacting Nunez or Garcia and ordering a quantity of pills. Upon his arrest on August 7, 2014, Demers admitted …
September 22, 2015
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DEA Administrator, Attorney General Announce Enforcement Efforts Against Illegal Prescription Drug Distributors In Florida

October 28, 2011
… 100 Individuals Arrested to Date in Operations Targeting Pill Mills in Florida WASHINGTON, D.C. - DEA Administrator … drugs. This enforcement action, known as Operation Pill Nation II, also included U.S. Attorney Robert E. … epidemic of prescription drug abuse. Operations such as Pill Nation II illustrate the steadfast determination of DEA …
October 28, 2011
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Four Individuals Involved In Oxycodone Trafficking Ring Are Sentenced

October 12, 2012
… at unscrupulous pain clinics, commonly referred to as “pill mills.” Marchitto also arranged to have three Florida … to him on a regular basis. Marchitto sold most of the pills that he and his associates were able to acquire to an …
October 12, 2012