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Operation Blues Brothers

November 22, 2023
… 2021. On that day, a young woman named Diamond Lynch took a pill—one pill—and died almost immediately. That pill looked like a Percocet but it was not; it was fentanyl. …
November 22, 2023
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Man Sentenced to Nine Years for Fentanyl Overdose Death

… app called Whisper. The victim obtained four fentanyl pills from Lopez for $40. The victim used just one of those …
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Two Sentenced for Distributing Fentanyl Resulting in Death

… usage units, 13 pounds of marijuana, digital scales, a pill press, a kilogram press used for preparing cocaine for … the agency seized a record of 74.5 million fentanyl pills in 2023. Laboratory testing indicates that seven out …
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Rock Hill Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Involvement in Fentanyl Distribution Ring

… Raleigh - (919) 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Seized Pill Pressa_Watermark.jpg Cocaine Splatter.jpeg Heroin.jpeg … fentanyl to make more than 1 million counterfeit Roxicodone pills, which were sold to users in Rock Hill, Greenville, …
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Dark Web Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced to 96 Months in Prison

… included opioids—including fentanyl (concealed as oxycodone pills) and heroin—as well as other potent illegal drugs … oxycodone. De Alba also sold more than 750 fake oxycodone pills—pills that actually contained fentanyl, but were …
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Palm Beach County Drug Dealer Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Fentanyl

… in November 2024.  On April 8, 2024, Del Valle distributed pills that appeared to be oxycodone, but in fact were …
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Spokane Man Involved in Robbery of Large Amount of Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Sentenced to Federal Prison

… With 16 Pounds of Methamphetamine, Backpack with Fentanyl Pills SPOKANE, Wash.  - Brady Baughman, age 34, of Spokane, … The backpack contained 50,441 fentanyl laced pills. After an arrest warrant was issued for his …
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On National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day, DEA Encourages Communities to Continue Education Efforts

… variety of colors, shapes and forms – including powder and pills.  Drug traffickers are increasingly mixing fentanyl …
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Final Defendant Arrested in 41-Person Drug Trafficking Scheme Enters Guilty Plea

… Resident Brought more than Four Kilograms of Fentanyl Pills into Washington State for Distribution SEATTLE, Wash . …
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Four Co-Conspirators Sentenced to Federal Prison for Distributing Fentanyl and Meth in Idaho's Magic Valley

… lot in Heyburn.  Coltrin gave the officer 1,000 fentanyl pills in exchange for $4,500 that the officer agreed to … 30, of Pocatello, and again received 1,000 fentanyl pills in exchange for $4,000. As the investigation …
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DEA Releases New Tip Line to Encourage Information on Drug Kingpin Operating Throughout Colorado

… and distribute large quantities of counterfeit fentanyl pills. This rise in fentanyl pill trafficking has fueled a …
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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

… Fentanyl is often found locally in the form of counterfeit pills that look like legitimate pharmaceutical pills. Of counterfeit pills tested in DEA laboratories, one in four pills made …
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Former Heart Surgeon Convicted Of Unlawfully Prescribing And Dispensing Oxycodone

… controlled narcotics at a Cartersville, Georgia, “pill mill” pain clinic that served as a front for the mass … doctor distributed copious quantities of opiate-based pills to scores of drug-seeking patients. At one point, Dr. …
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York County Men Sentenced to 30 Years in Fentanyl Distribution Scheme

… - (910) 815-4513 Fentanyl 2.jpg Bag of seized fentanyl pills. COLUMBIA, S.C.  — Timario Gayton, 33 and Quonzy Hope, …
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Three Plead Guilty To Drug And Money Laundering Conspiracy Charges

… distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine and laundered … wide-ranging conspiracy to traffic counterfeit prescription pills. Nagle, Jr. was charged by complaint in October 2022 …
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Pierce County Woman Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison for Role in Drug Ring Connected to Aryan Prison Gangs

… Seized firearms and drugs. aryan 2.jpg Seized fentanyl pills. Aryan 3.jpg Drugs seized during investigation. Aryan … and distributing 10 ounces of heroin and 10,000 fentanyl pills at a time. Morales was well aware of the significant …
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DEA & The Arizona Financial Crimes Task Force Seizes Over 1,750 Pounds of Methamphetamine and Fentanyl in Major Drug Bust

… concealing additional crystal meth and deadly fentanyl pills Photo of two containers containing large quantities of … additional crystal methamphetamine and deadly fentanyl pills concealed in modified PVC pipes.  Download Original …
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Members of Tacoma Street Gang are Indicted for Drug and Gun Trafficking

… led the group distributing counterfeit oxycodone and Xanax pills, methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine. Some members … in a wide range of criminal conduct – pressing narcotic pills for distribution, trafficking firearms and switches to …
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Operation Engage Spokane

March 28, 2025
… increase in the availability of counterfeit fentanyl pills and overdoses.  In Washington, Drug Enforcement …
March 28, 2025
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… progress. DEA laboratory testing indicates 29% of fentanyl pills analyzed during fiscal year (FY) 2025 contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76% of pills tested just two years prior in FY 2023. Additionally, …
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Meth Conversion Lab Found in Vacant Bronx Apartment

… 22 pounds of methamphetamine, 45 grams of heroin, and 2,000 pills with the appearance of Percocet and oxycodone that … pounds), approximately 45 grams of heroin, and thousands of pills from a cabinet above the sink.  Also recovered were two types of pills, those with the appearance of oxycodone pills were …
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13 Additional Defendants Charged in Fentanyl Distribution Network that Spanned from California to D.C.

… for bringing hundreds of thousands of fake Oxycodone (M30) pills from California to D.C. Today's announcement was made …
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Fentanyl and heroin darknet vendors indicted

… currency, $1,937,410 in cryptocurrency, four vehicles, two pill presses and six firearms. Agents have also made large … nurse who sold more than 20,000 prescription opioid pills and products on various darknet sites, including …
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TSA And Law Enforcement Officers In Nevadaand Florida Charged In Prescription Drug Ring Narcotics Trafficking Network Results In 20 Arrests

… tens of thousands of highly-addictive prescription narcotic pills from Florida to users in Connecticut. Second, we have … Fla. to Stamford, Conn. to sell thousands of oxycodone pills. On April 8, 2011, the DEA arrested that individual, … who was in possession of approximately 6000 oxycodone pills, in a hotel in Stamford. The arrested individual …
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Indictments Charge Eighteen With Oxycodone Trafficking

… for the transportation of tens of thousands of oxycodone pills, which, when abused, are dangerous narcotics that … Fla. to Stamford, Conn. to sell thousands of oxycodone pills. On April 8, 2011, the DEA arrested that individual, … who was in possession of approximately 6,000 oxycodone pills, in a hotel in Stamford. The arrested individual …
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24 In Arkansas Charged In Nationwide Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action

… 24 defendants in schemes intended to divert pharmaceutical pills to the streets were unsealed, announced Stephen G. … by preventing the common drug dealers from diverting these pills to the hands of other addicts and dealers, either by …
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Northwest Missouri Fentanyl Distributor Sentenced

… documents, Coltrain distributed at least 5,662 fentanyl pills, pressed into pills that appear to be prescription …
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Salem Man Sentenced To More Than Three Years In Prison For Drug Conspiracy And Possession Charges

… distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine and laundered … wide-ranging conspiracy to traffic counterfeit prescription pills. Castillo was charged, by indictment, on April 24, …
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Washington Man Who Distributed Large Amounts of Fentanyl in the Tri-Cities Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison

… a source of supply for methamphetamine and fentanyl laced pills, was distributing large quantities in and around the … two pounds of methamphetamine and over 3,041 fentanyl pills. Cantu and Mora were armed with firearms during each …
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DEA Washington Division Gears up to Celebrate the 24th National Drug Take Back Day

… 571-362-2476 WashingtonDiversionOutreach@dea.gov Pills and Poster- Take Back Prescription Drugs Bags Special … who die from  drug poisoning  unknowingly consume fake pills laced with fentanyl. Our team has been working around …