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Sacramento Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Trafficking

… the search, law enforcement seized 992 fentanyl-laced pills that were made to look like oxycodone “M-30” pills, a loaded Glock 9mm pistol, over $31,000 in cash drug … regarding the purchase and sale of counterfeit M-30 pills (in quantities ranging from hundreds of pills to …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day

… the lives lost.”  DEA seized more than 80 million fentanyl pills and 12,000 pounds of fentanyl powder in 2023.  That … our communities. In 2022, DEA seized 58.3 million fentanyl pills and more than 13,000 pounds of fentanyl powder. The …
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Leader of conspiracy that manufactured illegal drugs on an industrial scale sentenced to 20 years in federal prison

… GA:  A Georgia man who operated an industrial-scale illegal pill-manufacturing operation has been sentenced to 20 years … Dark Web, used industrial-grade machinery to manufacture pills, and sold the drugs on the Dark Web and throughout …
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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 showed that 7 out of 10 pills tested contain a potentially deadly dose of fentanyl. …
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Orlando Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to Federal Prison

… supply source who wanted to sell $25,000 worth of fentanyl pills. The CI informed Colon that the CI wanted a sample of the pills before agreeing to a large order. Colon agreed to sell the CI 1,000 fentanyl pills for $4,500. On or about January 18,2023, Colon met the …
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Bakersfield Resident Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

… law enforcement officer counterfeit OxyContin/oxycodone pills containing fentanyl. Cardenas thereafter negotiated a second sale of pills to the undercover officer. On Jan. 19, 2021, Rockmore … and sell to the undercover officer 1,000 fentanyl-laced pills for the negotiated price of $2,900. During the …
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Thirteen Arrested for Fentanyl Distribution

… enterprise responsible for the distribution of counterfeit pills; these fake pills laced with fentanyl were clandestinely manufactured to …
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Administrator Anne Milgram Remarks on the Overdose Epidemic

… in the form of fake, counterfeit prescription pills. These pills are made and marketed to purposefully deceive … enforcement partners have seized more than 14 million fake pills – an amount that has continued to rise dramatically …
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Substantial prison terms imposed for fentanyl distributors

… organization responsible for trafficking fentanyl-laced pills into the Eastern District of Washington. They each … as one of the first major sources of fentanyl-laced pills in Eastern Washington and were responsible for transporting and distributing more than 5,000 to 10,000 pills per week beginning in 2017. These fentanyl-laced pills …
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Orlando Man Sentenced To Over 15 Years For Drug And Firearm Offenses

… from China in order to manufacture counterfeit prescription pills, including Xanax and Percocet. After receiving the … substances, he would prepare and manufacture counterfeit pills using pill presses and dyes.  Falkowski and others …
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Waterbury Man Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Prison For Role In Oxycodone Trafficking Ring

… Task Force into the large-scale trafficking of oxycodone pills from Florida to Connecticut.  The investigation … by commercial airline or automobile, and sold the pills for profit to various Connecticut-based narcotics …
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Leader Of Dover Oxycodone Distribution Ring Sentenced To 54 Months Of Imprisonment

… to unlawfully distribute approximately 25,000 Oxycodone pills in Dover, Delaware, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ … of 2010, the DEA confirmed that packages full of Oxycodone pills were being shipped from a Florida location to Griffith … with co-defendant Kristopher Collins, to purchase the pills from his source of supply. Upon their return to …
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Pearl River Man Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison For The Illegal Distribution Of Oxymorphone Causing The Overdose Death Of Two Young Men

… distribution of highly-addictive and dangerous prescription pills is the fastest-growing drug problem in the country. … regularly distributed Oleksowicz’s prescription oxymorphone pills for profit. Oyxmorphone is a powerful painkiller with … in July 2011 and in October 2011, the use of oxymorphone pills supplied by Oleksowicz caused the overdose death of …
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Oakland Man Pleads Guilty To Role In Conspiracy To Manufacture Counterfeit Drugs

… his role in a conspiracy to manufacture counterfeit Xanax pills and to launder the proceeds gained by the illegal … David Beckford and others to manufacture and distribute pills that were designed to resemble Xanax® pills as nearly as possible.  King admitted that he knew his …
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Orangevale Man Sentenced For Hydrocodone Distribution

… the hydrocodone from the pharmacy, and Reyes would sell the pills. On July 29, 2009, Savaloja was arrested following a … 508 prescriptions for (totaling approximately 97,000 pills) were distributed by approximately 89 pharmacies under … admitted responsibility for at least 5,000 of those pills. CURES logged the date of each prescription, the …
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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 …