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Sitka Woman Sentenced to 15 Years for Role in Drug Trafficking Ring

… Sitka. Those parcels contained over 15,500 illicit fentanyl pills. Fuller’s role also included laundering money for the … are investigating the case. ##   Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Synthetic drugs Fentanyl On On Press Release Image …
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Former Wallingford Doctor Who Sold Opioid Prescriptions for Cash Sentenced to Federal Prison

… continued to prescribe a high quantity of opioid-based pills, as well as Alprazolam and Adderall, to a number of … prescriptions for these drugs and were then selling the pills for profit; that Braylovsky was selling prescriptions … some patients who had their prescriptions filled provided pills to Braylovsky. In approximately October 2019, the U.S. …
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Fentanyl Distributors Charged Following Fourth Fatal Juvenile Overdose

… Chávez, Special Agent in Charge of DEA Dallas.  “Just one pill can change so many lives forever.  We will never stop … Please, educate your kids on the dangers of counterfeit pills. Unless prescribed by a doctor, no pill is safe. Even …
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Midland DTO Leader Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison

… with methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl “M30” pills for distribution purposes. Castillo-Lopez also … kgs of cocaine, and several hundred grams of fentanyl M-30 pills and heroin. Additionally, Castillo-Lopez was …
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Congressional Affairs

July 09, 2026
… DEA seized more than 47 million fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills and nearly 10,000 pounds of fentanyl powder. The 2025 …
July 09, 2026
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Step Up. Speak Out. Fight Back

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
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Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

… who admitted to dealing more than 142,000 counterfeit pills was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison. …
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Armed Career Criminal Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances and Being a Felon in Possession of A Firearm

… Heifner’s residence where law enforcement seized over 300 pills resembling oxycodone but which were in fact fentanyl, as well as approximately 100 pills that were confirmed to be oxycodone and hydrocodone. … bond, an investigation revealed that he continued to sell pills. In July 2021, law enforcement made controlled …
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Jury Convicts Denver Man of Fentanyl, Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearm

… Rhodes and found a key chain in his coat with two metal pill holders attached; one pill holder contained 61 blue counterfeit oxycodone hydrochloride pills that contained fentanyl and the other contained 33 …
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Federal and State Law Enforcement Warn of Increased Threats Related to Fentanyl

… 261-6200 Cheyenne - (307) 778-1500 Evolution of Fentanyl Pills.jpg This image shows the evolution of the Fentanyl …
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DEA Recognizes 2025 National Fentanyl Awareness Day with Debut of Faces of Fentanyl Online Exhibit

… The Sinaloa and CJNG 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 …
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DEA Washington Division Announces the Seizure of Over 8 Million of Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

… Pastillas falsas que contienen fentanilo Pills-5.jpg Thousands of pills and several pounds of …
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Savannah Resident Convicted at Trial of Machinegun and Drug Charges

… of Life Imprisonment Fentanyl 2.jpg Bag of seized fentanyl pills. Heroin Carfentanil Fentanyl Lethal Dose Close Up.jpg … . For more information on fentanyl, visit DEA’s One Pill Can Kill Campaign at  www.dea.gov/onepill .  The …
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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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Source of Supply for Carrollton Fentanyl Trafficker Charged

… Oklahoma City - (405) 475-7500 Tulsa - (918) 459-9600 M30 Pills.png DALLAS, TX - A Flower Mound man who supplied …
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Two Defendants Charged with Murder in Fatal Pacific Beach Fentanyl Overdose

… 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, …
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DEA Rocky Mountain Division Announces Record Fentanyl Seizures in 2022

… Wyoming Casper - (307) 261-6200 Cheyenne - (307) 778-1500 Pills-3.jpg Thousands of fentanyl pills transported in duffle bag. Pills-4.jpg Speckled …
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Two Men Sentenced for Trafficking Fentanyl in Pocatello

… provided Haney with the money to transport 2,000 fentanyl pills from California to Idaho.  Haney obtained the multicolored pills and concealed them in candy boxes.  The Pocatello …
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El Paso Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Poisoning Death of 19-Year-Old

… 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 …
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Two Green Bay Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl Disguised as Percocet

… that in January and February 2022, Brewer sold fentanyl pills to an informant working with the Brown County Drug Task Force (“BCDTF”). The potentially lethal pills had been illicitly manufactured to resemble Percocet®, in the form of blue “M30” pills. After BCDTF investigators arrested Brewer, they …
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Milford Man Who Used Telegram App to Traffic Drugs Sentenced to 3 Years in Federal Prison

… various controlled substances, including fake oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and fake Adderall pills containing methamphetamine, and other drugs, on …
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A Message From DEA Administrator Anne Milgram

October 06, 2023
… DEA in 2021, DEA laboratory testing indicated 4 out of 10 pills contained a deadly dose of fentanyl.  Last year, DEA saw a significant increase to 6 out of every 10 pills.  Today, I share yet another increase – laboratory testing indicates 7 out of every 10 pills seized by DEA contain a lethal dose of fentanyl.   DEA …
October 06, 2023
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Midland Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison

… Jake Childers, 39, trafficked counterfeit M-30 Oxycodone pills containing fentanyl that led to the deaths of two West … and Childers had communicated about the sale of fentanyl pills. In May 2023, Midland Police Department officers …
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Six Defendants Sentenced for Their Roles in Drug Trafficking Organization

… - (910) 815-4513 Fentanyl 2.jpg Bag of seized fentanyl pills. Liquid meth Methamphetamine DEA Stock Photo.jpg DEA … . For more information on fentanyl, visit DEA’s One Pill Can Kill Campaign at  www.dea.gov/onepill .  The …
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

… DEA Chicago Field Division Seizes 1.9 Million Fentanyl Pills, Nearly 500 Pounds of Fentanyl Powder Throughout … year 2023, DEA seized more than 77 million fentanyl pills and nearly 12,000 pounds of fentanyl powder. This is …
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Mexican Nationals Sentenced for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

… equipped with a machine gun conversion device, and fentanyl pills. Ramirez admitted participating in Lopez's drug … case. ### Arrests/Convictions - Major Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Guns/Weapons Seizures (Drugs/Property) Synthetic drugs …
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Protecting the U.S. Homeland: Fighting the Flow from the Southwest Border

January 23, 2025
… States, and raise public awareness about how just one pill can kill. We have transformed our vision by focusing on … with fentanyl disguised in the form of fake prescription pills. These fake pills often are made to appear legitimate …
January 23, 2025
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Local Community Campaigns

July 02, 2025
… are raising awareness of the dangers of fentanyl laced fake pills. Florida El Paso Washington, D.C. Chicago UCF Orlando …
July 02, 2025
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Concord Resident Responsible for Teen's Fentanyl Poisoning Death Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison

… admitting he supplied a fentanyl-laced counterfeit M30 pill that caused the overdose death of a 14-year-old girl, … 20, 2021, Urias sold two light blue counterfeit “M30” pills containing fentanyl to a minor teenage girl in the …
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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 … Counties, seized an estimated 11.4 million fentanyl pills in calendar year 2023; 2.5 times more than was seized …