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South Berwick Man Sentenced On Distribution Of Suboxone Resulting In Death Charge

July 17, 2013
… 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 …
July 17, 2013
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DEA Reports Widespread Threat of Fentanyl Mixed with Xylazine

March 20, 2023
… 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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December 19, 2022
… Count Test DEA Seized Record Number of Fentanyl Pills in 2022 Fentanyl Pills Seized + 50600000 Fentanyl Powder Seized + lbs. 10800 …
December 19, 2022
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day

May 06, 2024
… 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 …
May 06, 2024
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San Antonio Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

December 03, 2025
… 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 …
December 03, 2025
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Sacramento Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking

June 30, 2025
… 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 …
June 30, 2025
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Texas Man Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison for Oxycodone Conspiracy and Structuring Cash Transactions

April 05, 2025
… 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 …
April 05, 2025
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Dominican citizen extradited to U.S. for drug trafficking through sham internet pharmacy

September 02, 2020
… 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 …
September 02, 2020
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day

August 21, 2022
… 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 …
August 21, 2022
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Armed Drug Trafficker is Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

February 27, 2025
… - (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 …
February 27, 2025
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Lynn Man Sentenced For Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

August 20, 2024
… 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 …
August 20, 2024
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Rhode Island Man With Ties to Mexican Drug Suppliers Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison

April 11, 2024
… 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 …
April 11, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

January 17, 2024
… 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 …
January 17, 2024
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Major Supplier and Two Others Involved in the Carrollton / Flower Mound Juvenile Overdose Case Sentenced

January 11, 2024
… 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 …
January 11, 2024
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Fentanyl Dealers Plead Guilty in Relation to Overdose Death of Oklahoma Man

November 10, 2022
… 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. …
November 10, 2022
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Two Rhode Island Men Charged In Wide-Ranging Fentanyl Conspiracy

February 17, 2022
… 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 …
February 17, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Indicted Man Accused of Being Part of Drug Trafficking Organization

April 25, 2022
… 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 …
April 25, 2022
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Large-scale, Spokane based fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine trafficker sentenced to 180 months in federal prison

February 08, 2021
… distributor of methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl-laced pills in the Spokane, Washington area. On June 11, 2020, a controlled buy of fentanyl-laced pills was conducted from Bridges. A search warrant was … was staying at, and a large quantity of fentanyl-laced pills were located. Bridges was not present at the time. On …
February 08, 2021
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More Than 1,000 Stakeholders From Throughout Minnesota Convene To Define The Problem With Prescription Painkillers And Develop Solutions

August 25, 2015
… from across Minnesota are meeting to address the pain pill problem. The Pain.Pill.Problem. conference brings … Special Agent in Charge Dan Moren. “The source of these pills is not a foreign based drug cartel. The responsibility …
August 25, 2015
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Dominican National Indicted for Fentanyl Distribution

December 02, 2025
… indicted by a federal grand jury for distributing fentanyl pills.  Miguel Gonzalez Duarte, 37, has been indicted on one … Gonzalez Duarte distributed approximately 191 counterfeit pills that contained fentanyl, methamphetamine and xylazine, …
December 02, 2025
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Federal and Local Law Enforcement Announce New Public Education Campaign to Highlight Danger of Fentanyl – “Death in Disguise”

January 26, 2023
… 387-6555 Death in Disguise Press Conference.jpg Fentanyl Pills graphic with agency logos.png Inland Empire Fentanyl …
January 26, 2023
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Members of Mexican Cartel Pipeline Indicted on Charges of Distributing Large Quantities of Fentanyl in Adams County

November 01, 2023
… 20230524_230014.jpg Thousands of Fentanyl Pills with Cheetos Markings IMG-20230424-WA0000(1).jpg … Seized methamphetamine and fentanyl pills Matzke 5.22.23 20230522_183837.jpg Confiscated Meth …
November 01, 2023
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Operators Of Bogus Medical Clinics Charged In Conspiracy To Divert Massive Amounts Of Prescription Narcotics To The Black Market

August 03, 2017
… that allege they diverted at least 2 million prescription pills - including oxycodone and other addictive and … was paid “for sitting at home,” while thousands of narcotic pills were prescribed in that doctor’s name and Medicare was … the sale of fraudulent prescriptions and narcotic pills; Armen Simonyan, 52, of Burbank, California, who …
August 03, 2017
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December 03, 2025
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December 03, 2025
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June 27, 2025
… Health On Sports Biggest Stage to Share the Message: One Pill Can Kill, Your Voice Can Save Lives DEA is committed to … social media platforms to promote and sell poisonous pills to Americans. The program, which was livestreamed in …
June 27, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Four Arrested for Alleged Drug Trafficking in Las Vegas

March 25, 2022
… bulk quantities of methamphetamine and suspected fentanyl pills in California and Las Vegas, NV. On March 22, 2022, … of bulk quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl laced pills in Las Vegas, NV.  The other suspects arrested were …
March 25, 2022
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Leominster Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Offense

July 14, 2023
… to possessing large quantities of counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine intended for distribution. … distributing significant quantities of counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine in Rhode Island. On April …
July 14, 2023
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Worcester Man Sentenced for Distributing Fentanyl and Methamphetamine

May 24, 2023
… 20, 2019, and on Nov. 26, 2019, Torres-Rojas distributed pills containing fentanyl and heroin to a confidential … Later, on Jan. 13, 2020, Torres-Rojas distributed pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine to the … Torres-Rojas distributed approximately 835 grams of pills containing methamphetamine, 102 grams of pills …
May 24, 2023
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Leominster Man and Woman Charged with Drug Offenses

May 11, 2023
… to distribute large quantities of counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine. Chanhda Onesyvieng, 48, … distributing significant quantities of counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine in Rhode Island using a …
May 11, 2023
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Kansas Man Pleads Guilty to Giving Fentanyl that Killed Man

October 24, 2023
… Ralls, 35, of Wichita gave Michael Marsalla, 35, a fake pill while the two men were working together at a company in … After calling 911, Ralls phoned his source for fentanyl pills to discuss whether anyone had ever died after taking …
October 24, 2023