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Three Plead Guilty To Drug And Money Laundering Conspiracy Charges

April 25, 2025
… 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 …
April 25, 2025
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Pierce County Woman Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison for Role in Drug Ring Connected to Aryan Prison Gangs

March 24, 2025
… 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 …
March 24, 2025
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DEA & The Arizona Financial Crimes Task Force Seizes Over 1,750 Pounds of Methamphetamine and Fentanyl in Major Drug Bust

January 29, 2025
… 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 …
January 29, 2025
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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

December 03, 2025
… 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, …
December 03, 2025
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Meth Conversion Lab Found in Vacant Bronx Apartment

February 17, 2021
… 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 …
February 17, 2021
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13 Additional Defendants Charged in Fentanyl Distribution Network that Spanned from California to D.C.

November 20, 2023
… for bringing hundreds of thousands of fake Oxycodone (M30) pills from California to D.C. Today's announcement was made …
November 20, 2023
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Fentanyl and heroin darknet vendors indicted

April 05, 2019
… 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 …
April 05, 2019
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TSA And Law Enforcement Officers In Nevadaand Florida Charged In Prescription Drug Ring Narcotics Trafficking Network Results In 20 Arrests

September 13, 2011
… 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 …
September 13, 2011
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Indictments Charge Eighteen With Oxycodone Trafficking

September 26, 2011
… 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 …
September 26, 2011
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24 In Arkansas Charged In Nationwide Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action

July 13, 2017
… 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 …
July 13, 2017
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Northwest Missouri Fentanyl Distributor Sentenced

July 02, 2024
… documents, Coltrain distributed at least 5,662 fentanyl pills, pressed into pills that appear to be prescription …
July 02, 2024
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Salem Man Sentenced To More Than Three Years In Prison For Drug Conspiracy And Possession Charges

July 14, 2025
… 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, …
July 14, 2025
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Washington Man Who Distributed Large Amounts of Fentanyl in the Tri-Cities Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison

April 21, 2025
… 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 …
April 21, 2025
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DEA Washington Division Gears up to Celebrate the 24th National Drug Take Back Day

April 18, 2023
… 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 …
April 18, 2023
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Two Members of Multi-State Drug Trafficking Rings Linked to Aryan Prison Gangs Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms

January 31, 2025
… damage done to our communities is severe.” “Every Fentanyl pill introduced into our communities has the potential to … individuals already incarcerated, to traffic these deadly pills into Washington state. The FBI and our partners will …
January 31, 2025
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Two Defendants Charged with Murder in Fatal Pacific Beach Fentanyl Overdose

June 04, 2024
… a crime. The pair conspired to sell the victim fentanyl pills which resulted in his overdose death. “These … 31, 2023, Seau purchased at least $1,200 worth of fentanyl pills from co-defendant Cavanaugh in La Mesa. Thereafter, …
June 04, 2024
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Leader of Drug Distribution Organization Sentenced to Ten Years

September 16, 2022
… in car.jpg Drugs hidden in secret compartment in car Fake pills laced with fentanyl.jpg Fake pills laced with fentanyl SEATTLE – The drug supplier to … narcotics on his behalf.”  In addition to the fentanyl pills, during the investigation law enforcement seized more …
September 16, 2022
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 03, 2025
… 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, …
December 03, 2025
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San Diego Resident Pleads Guilty to Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in 15-Year-Old’s Death

July 07, 2022
… of San Diego pleaded guilty today to distributing a fake pill containing fentanyl that killed a 15-year-old Coronado … with C.J.S. Beltranlap warned C.J.S. to only take half the pill because it was “strong.” Law enforcement responded on … Beltranlap was arrested the next day carrying five fake pills containing fentanyl. In the plea agreement, Beltranlap …
July 07, 2022
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Multi-Year Investigation Leads to Indictment

June 14, 2022
… 26 Defendants and Seizure of Nearly 500,000 Counterfeit Pills Containing with Fentanyl SAN DIEGO – A two-year … who coordinated shipments of counterfeit pharmaceutical pills containing fentanyl, powder fentanyl, heroin, …
June 14, 2022
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Seven Arrested in Camarillo for Alleged Drug Trafficking

March 22, 2022
… for trafficking methamphetamine and fraudulent prescription pills into Ventura County.  The fraudulent prescription pills contain the deadly drug fentanyl and are pressed to …
March 22, 2022
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DEA, HIDTA, and 18th Judicial District Announce Takedown of Colorado Based Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Drug Trafficking Organization

December 01, 2021
… of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, and counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl. Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, has … corroborates the alarming trend in counterfeit prescription pills laced with fentanyl flooding our streets, as well as …
December 01, 2021
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Two Plead Guilty In Heroin And Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

June 13, 2022
… of which disguised as pharmaceutical-grade prescription pills, into the Worcester community and profit off of … was identified by investigators selling purported oxycodone pills, which were later determined to be counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, at Albino’s Market in Worcester. …
June 13, 2022
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Man Likely Behind Woman's Fentanyl Poisoning Death Sentenced

May 01, 2024
… and what Bateman had available, including reference to pills referred to by them as “30s.” The victim’s blood … among other things, fentanyl and ethanol. Seventeen blue pills labeled “M30” that contained fentanyl, 14 green pills …
May 01, 2024
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Milford Man Who Used Telegram App to Traffic Drugs Sentenced to 3 Years in Federal Prison

September 11, 2024
… various controlled substances, including fake oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and fake Adderall pills containing methamphetamine, and other drugs, on …
September 11, 2024
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Abington Man Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Oxycodone Conspiracy

July 23, 2024
… court in Boston for conspiring to distribute oxycodone pills. Kenneth Veiga, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District … and to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone pills. Between November 2022 and May 2023, intercepted … of Veiga’s previous residence in July 2023, oxycodone pills along with a polymer-80 9 mm pistol and nine rounds of …
July 23, 2024
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El Paso Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Poisoning Death of 19-Year-Old

June 27, 2024
… Kathy Lee Nicole Bradford, 32, coordinated the sale of M-30 pills to a woman in El Paso in April 2022. On Bradford’s … Patricia Tafoya, 40, delivered 10 counterfeit M-30 pills containing fentanyl to the purchaser, who consumed …
June 27, 2024
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Milford Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Distribution Charge

May 23, 2024
… various controlled substances, including fake oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and fake Adderall pills containing methamphetamine, and other drugs, through … of drugs from Guzman, including more than 1,000 counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, counterfeit Adderall containing …
May 23, 2024
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Three Sentenced in Austin for Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in 18 Year Old’s Death

December 05, 2023
… oxycodone tablets and other counterfeit prescription pills in the investigation of the overdose death of an …
December 05, 2023