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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

… 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 …
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Charlotte Man is Sentenced for Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking Crime

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

… 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 …
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Fentanyl Distribution Nets West Texas Man 12 Years in Federal Prison

… 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 …
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DEA Warns of Brightly-Colored Fentanyl Used to Target Young Americans

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

… 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 …
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A Year of Impact: DEA Recognizes its Success in Combatting Drug Cartels and Saving Lives

… in 2025 resulted in the seizure of: 47 million fentanyl pills  9,938 pounds fentanyl powder  567,668 pounds cocaine … progress. DEA laboratory testing indicates 29% of fentanyl pills analyzed during fiscal year (FY) 2025 contained a …
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DEA Washington Division is Ready to Celebrate the 25th National Drug Take Back Day Across the DMV

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

… 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. …
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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

… 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 …
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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

… 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. …
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Man Admits Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl Analogue

… 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 …
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Grand Junction Man Convicted of Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl Resulting in Death

… 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 …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Removes Almost 600,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications Across the Country

… 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 …
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Boston Man Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

… 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, …
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Three Indicted for Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Trafficking in Sacramento and Stockton

… 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, …
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DEA Seizures of Heroin and Fentanyl Increase Across North Dakota in 2020

… 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 …
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New Hampshire Man Sentenced On Drug Charges

… 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 …
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DEA Administrator, Attorney General Announce Enforcement Efforts Against Illegal Prescription Drug Distributors In Florida

… 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 …
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Four Individuals Involved In Oxycodone Trafficking Ring Are Sentenced

… 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 …
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California Oxycodone Dealer & Gang Member Convicted For Drug Conspiracy And Witness Tampering

… criminal street gang “Bloods”.  Corum supplied oxycodone pills to the drug trafficking conspiracy who would then utilize drug couriers to transport the pills to Juneau, Alaska, for subsequent distribution. In … cousin and his girlfriend to fly to Juneau to distribute pills for the organization. In early December 2010, Corum’s …
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Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison For Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in U.S. Marine’s Death

… to evidence presented at trial, Atta sold counterfeit “M30” pills in April and May 2020 to the Marine, identified in court records as C.M.R., knowing that these pills were counterfeit oxycodone pills that contained …
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Pharmacy owner charged with illegally distributing oxycodone and operating a health care fraud and kickback scheme

… is to investigate those responsible for pushing diverted pills, heroin, and fentanyl into our communities.” As … with others to unlawfully distribute thousands of oxycodone pills to individuals who Paulsen knew had no legitimate … ordered for his pharmacy more than 170,000 oxycodone pills from pharmaceutical suppliers.  However during the …
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Senior Citizens

December 23, 2024
… unsuspecting Americans into buying and using counterfeit pills that look identical to popular prescription … illegal online pharmacies selling and shipping counterfeit pills made with fentanyl and methamphetamine to unsuspecting … the past from your trusted pharmacist   Using prescription pills that weren't prescribed to you can be deadly. Criminal …
December 23, 2024
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Former Wallingford Doctor Who Sold Opioid Prescriptions for Cash Sentenced to Federal Prison

… continued to prescribe a high quantity of opioid-based pills, as well as Alprazolam and Adderall, to a number of … prescriptions for these drugs and were then selling the pills for profit; that Braylovsky was selling prescriptions … some patients who had their prescriptions filled provided pills to Braylovsky. In approximately October 2019, the U.S. …
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Two Members Of Manchester-Based Drug Ring Sentenced To Lengthy Prison Terms

… the use of cooperating individuals to purchase oxycodone pills, as well as the use of wiretaps and search warrants.  … as Raul Hernandez attempted to deliver over 600 oxycodone pills to the residence of Samuel Garcia and Jennifer Nunez … was executed at that residence and over 800 additional pills, as well as over $30,000 in cash, and three firearms …
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Upper West Side Doctor And Wife Indicted For Conspiracy And 37 Illegal Prescription Sales: Over $600,000 Cash Seized

… Syracuse - (315) 426-5300 Westchester - (914) 682-6256 Pill mill pumped over $77 million in painkillers onto black … oxycodone prescriptions for approximately 3.1 million pills. The pills would have carried an estimated street …
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DEA New York Delivers Major Blow 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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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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2014 National Drug Threat Assessment

November 01, 2014
… Rogue pain management clinics (commonly referred to as pill mills) also contribute to the extensive availability of illicit pharmaceuticals in the United States. To combat pill mills and stem the flow of illicit substances, many states are establishing new pill mill legislation and prescription drug monitoring …
November 01, 2014