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Bryan County Man Convicted on Federal Drug Charges for Trafficking Fentanyl

… Raleigh - (919) 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Fake pills laced with fentanyl.jpg Fake pills laced with fentanyl SAVANNAH, GA:   A Bryan County man …
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Tenderloin Drug Dealer Sentenced to 46 Months for Fentanyl Sales

… can be diluted with cutting agents to create counterfeit pills that purport to mimic the effects of Oxycodone and can … cost than genuine Oxycodone.  Counterfeit fentanyl-laced pills are commonly shaped and colored to resemble Oxycodone …
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DEA Warns of Increase in Mass-Overdose Events Involving Deadly Fentanyl

… mixing it with other illicit drugs—in powder and pill form—in an effort to drive addiction and attract repeat … it actually contains fentanyl; or when drug dealers sell pills designed to appear nearly identical to legitimate …
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Nampa Man Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Methamphetamine

… 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 20 compressed fentanyl pills; and on February 8, 2021, he sold 15 compressed …
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Two North Sound men indicted for trafficking fentanyl

… - (509) 374-3444 Yakima - (509) 454-4407 Men pressed pills into fake oxycodone, stashed more than $1 Million & … scheme to traffic fentanyl disguised as fake oxycodone pills in Snohomish, Skagit and Whatcom Counties. Bradley … found three bags each containing 1,000 fake oxycodone pills. Thompson also had more than $8,000 in cash. Law …
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Task Force Charges Four Tied To Opana Epidemic In Southern Indiana

… Tyler TURNER and William THROWER; the seizure of 19 Opana pills, approximately 14 ounces of methamphetamine, an AK 47 … 150.  It was learned that Opana, other opioid prescription pills, and methamphetamine are the drugs of choice that have …
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Hundreds Of Counterfeit Oxycodone Tablets Seized At Port Of Entry Contained Ultra-Deadly Fentanyl

… recent attempt to bring hundreds of counterfeit oxycodone pills through the Otay Mesa Port of Entry has raised serious … concerns among law enforcement officials here because the pills turned out to be ultra-deadly fentanyl. In Sacramento, … urged individuals to refrain from taking prescription-type pills that are not prescribed and obtained from one’s own …
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Operation Engage Kansas City

March 28, 2025
… City Kansas City Learn more about illicit fentanyl and fake pills below. The One Pill Can Kill website can provide facts for families wanting …
March 28, 2025
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More than 900,000 Potentially Lethal Doses of Fentanyl Removed from the Streets of Los Angeles in Major Drug Bust

March 27, 2026
… Department, stopped a vehicle that contained counterfeit pills, cocaine, crystal methamphetamine, and MDMA.  … house, which resulted in the seizure of 500,000 counterfeit pills (M30s, Xanax, Oxycodone & Ecstasy pills), a large trash bag containing loose fentanyl powder, …
March 27, 2026
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First Fentanyl Distribution Resulting in Death Conviction in Western District of Louisiana

… of fentanyl in a brick form, and 639.9 grams of fentanyl pills (over 5,000 pills). Agents learned that these two individuals had made …
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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 … West Texas and New Mexico, seized 1.5 million fentanyl pills and nearly 165 pounds of fentanyl powder in calendar …
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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 … and local counterparts seized more than 40 million fentanyl pills and over 380 pounds of fentanyl powder in Arizona, …
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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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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

… - (509) 374-3444 Yakima - (509) 454-4407 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

… City - (605) 434-4947 Sioux Falls - (605) 330-4421 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

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

… 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 …