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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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Twelve arrested in North Sound drug trafficking organization

… Registration: Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Group trafficking pills tainted with deadly fentanyl IMG_1751 COPY.jpg … communities with indiscriminate sales of fentanyl tainted pills, heroin and methamphetamine,” said DEA Special Agent …
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Multi-Agency Law Enforcement Operation Tackles Gang And Gun Violence In Palm Beach

… rifles, and 80 stolen firearms; --12,451 Oxycodone pills; -- 819 Percocet pills; -- 260 Endocet pills; -- 250 Lorcet pills; -- 245 Morphine pills; -- …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… in both fentanyl powder purity and the number of fentanyl pills containing a potentially lethal dose. As of December …
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Nebraska Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Fentanyl Conspiracy

… 571-387-4625 NE-SD.Diversion.registration@dea.gov Iowa Pills.JPG A Nebraska man who conspired to distribute …
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Gastonia Pharmacist Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone

… - (910) 815-4513 The Defendant Sold More Than 1,500 Pills Without a Prescription diversion logo.jpg CHARLOTTE, …
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“Operation Bread, White and Blues” shuts down drug distribution ring in Orange and Rockland Counties

… which was sold, and “blues” to represent the blue colored pills which were being trafficked MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. – … cocaine, and another of which involves the sale of narcotic pills which were represented to contain oxycodone, but which … which was sold, and “blues” to represent the blue colored pills which were being trafficked. Most of the defendants …
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Fresno Man Sentenced to Over 6 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl That Caused Overdose Death

… July 20, 2020, Gonzalez knowingly distributed 10 fentanyl pills to a person in Fresno, who then distributed one of those pills to a victim who took the pill, overdosed, and died. …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day with Extended Hours for the Faces of Fentanyl Exhibit

… of fentanyl." In 2022, DEA seized more than 58.3 million pills containing fentanyl and more than 13,000 pounds of … counter to DEA.gov so the public can track DEA’s fentanyl pills and powder seizures.      Fentanyl is a synthetic …
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Madera Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison

… Saybyn Borges, 30, of Reno, Nevada, with 493 fake oxycodone pills that contained fentanyl. On May 21, 2018, Borges then sold those fentanyl pills to a confidential source working with law enforcement … in possession of an additional 3,440 counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that he had received from Sanchez. …
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New Jersey Man Sentenced To 77 Months In Prison For Conspiring To Distribute Oxycodone Illegally Obtained During Multiple Trips To Florida

… in possession of 193 OxyContin, 156 Endocet, and 24 other pills. Kilcourse admitted that he and others traveled to … of pain. The doctors wrote prescriptions for Oxycodone pills such as Roxicodone, Percocet, and Oxycontin - which … to New Jersey where they would distribute a portion of the pills. Kilcourse would also take some of the pills himself. …
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Essex County, New Jersey, Man Pleads Guilty To Role In Oxycodone Distribution Ring

… to various doctors’ offices and obtained prescriptions for pills containing oxycodone, had the prescriptions filled, and sold the pills to members of the conspiracy and others. He said that … conspirators each obtained a prescription for 60 Endocet pills. Horvath and his conspirators dropped off the three …
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Houston Doctor, Pharmacist, Recruiter Sentenced In Opioid Diversion Conspiracy

… resulting in the dispensation of more than 32,000 pills of 30-milligram-strength oxycodone in March and April … be used by others to acquire and sell for profit oxycodone pills.    According to her plea, Osire agreed to fill three … filling these prescriptions. Each prescription was for 120 pills of 30-milligram strength oxycodone.    Flanagan, who …
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South Berwick Man Sentenced On Distribution Of Suboxone Resulting In Death Charge

… apartment in South Berwick, Verrill supplied 2 suboxone pills to Miles Malone and that Miles Malone died later that evening after consuming the pills.  The subsequent autopsy showed that Mr. Malone died … used to hold up a television; one bottle contained suboxone pills, one bottle contained clonazepam pills, and one bottle …
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DEA Reports Widespread Threat of Fentanyl Mixed with Xylazine

… approximately 23% of fentanyl powder and 7% of fentanyl pills seized by the DEA contained xylazine.” Xylazine and … and availability of fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills. The DEA updated that alert in November 2022 warning … that six out of ten fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills contain a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl.     DEA …
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… Count Test DEA Seized Record Number of Fentanyl Pills in 2022 Fentanyl Pills Seized + 50600000 Fentanyl Powder Seized + lbs. 10800 …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day

… The Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels are hiding fentanyl in fake pills that look like prescription medications, such as … applications and encrypted communications platforms to sell pills and powders that are advertised as legitimate …
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San Antonio Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

… to 25 years in prison for possessing nearly 10,000 fentanyl pills intended for distribution along with a firearm. … 2023, Darden was found attempting to flush dozens of blue pills down a toilet. In addition to the flushed pills, law enforcement officers found Darden in possession …
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Sacramento Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking

… at Contreras’s residence and seized 992 fentanyl-laced pills that were made to look like oxycodone “M-30” pills, a loaded Glock 9 mm pistol, $31,154 in cash, a money …
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Texas Man Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison for Oxycodone Conspiracy and Structuring Cash Transactions

… a drug conspiracy involving the distribution of oxycodone pills across Southeastern Massachusetts and beyond. Christan … distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone pills and structuring cash transactions. Russell was … February 2023 and July 2023, Russell supplied oxycodone pills to co-conspirator Kenneth Veiga, who then …
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Dominican citizen extradited to U.S. for drug trafficking through sham internet pharmacy

… revealed that the Pharmacy Website was selling pills to customers located throughout the United States, and … oxycodone from the Pharmacy Website, but instead received pills containing other substances. In 2018, law enforcement … as a distribution center, and seized approximately 100,000 pills, including pills containing the fentanyl analogue …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day

… Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Counterfeit Oxy Fentanyl pill generic 1.jpg Facing Fentanyl Graphic Facing Fentanyl … on the serious dangers of fentanyl poisoning from fake pills and other illicit drugs.  DEA supports the efforts of …
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Armed Drug Trafficker is Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

… - (919) 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Fentanyl Pills_Close.jpg Fake fentanyl pills remain a threat, as 5 out of 10 pills tested contain a …
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Lynn Man Sentenced For Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… to have distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit pills containing deadly narcotics BOSTON – A Lynn man has … distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Christopher …
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Rhode Island Man With Ties to Mexican Drug Suppliers Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison

… for the sale of 1,000 fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills to an individual for $6.00 per pill. Following that … the individual 10,000 fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills for $5.00 per pill. As 9,000 pills were being …
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

… year 2023, DEA seized more than 77 million fentanyl pills and nearly 12,000 pounds of fentanyl powder. This is … we see today is even deadlier than before. Fentanyl pills today are more potent. DEA laboratory testing in 2023 …
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Major Supplier and Two Others Involved in the Carrollton / Flower Mound Juvenile Overdose Case Sentenced

… admitted he distributed more than 200,000 fentanyl pills to North Texas customers over the course of five or six months, at a rate of about 40,000 pills per month. He sold the pills – round blue tablets marked M-30 – to a network of …
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Fentanyl Dealers Plead Guilty in Relation to Overdose Death of Oklahoma Man

… future ones.” “Few drug traffickers dealing fentanyl-laced pills intend to take a life —but inevitably, some do. Just … the pair admits they knowingly sold counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl to an individual who later sold … be a 30mg oxycodone tablet. He said some of the remaining pills were stored at J.DK.’s home in Graham, Oklahoma. …
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Two Rhode Island Men Charged In Wide-Ranging Fentanyl Conspiracy

… quantities of controlled substances, including fentanyl pills, to customers in numerous locations across … further revealed that the DTO manufactured fentanyl pills for distribution. In July 2021, law enforcement seized …
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Indicted Man Accused of Being Part of Drug Trafficking Organization

… Yuma areas 20 kilograms of fentanyl powder, 74,000 fentanyl pills, 6.5 pounds of heroin, and 85 pounds of meth recovered … Luis Ronaldo Neiblas-Beltran. Fentanyl powder, Fentanyl Pills, Heroin & Meth Seized. Fentanyl powder, Fentanyl …