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Supplier Of “Molly” That Resulted In A Death At Electric Zoo Concert Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Narcotics Conspiracy Charge

… proceedings: In early August 2013, Patrick Morgan sold pills commonly called “Molly,” which contained 3,4-(“MDMA” … pooled their money in order to buy additional Molly pills from Morgan. The Three Individuals intended to consume and distribute these Molly pills at the Electric Zoo music festival. Electric Zoo was a …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Supplier Of “Molly” That Resulted In A Death At Electric Zoo Concert

… federal court: In early August 2013, Patrick Morgan sold pills commonly called “Molly,” which contained 4-(MDMA) and … pooled their money in order to buy additional Molly pills from Morgan. The Three Individuals intended to consume and distribute these Molly pills at the Electric Zoo music festival. Electric Zoo was a …
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DEA Holds Its Eighth Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday April 26

… Day on Saturday, April 26th.  Americans can take their pills to one of over 5,600 collection sites across the … 2010, the public has surrendered over 3.4 million pounds of pills. Unused medications in homes create a public health …
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Operation Engage Yavapai

March 28, 2025
… to know 1) How much fentanyl is in a counterfeit oxycodone pill, 2) How much they are extracting from a fentanyl patch, … in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. International …
March 28, 2025
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Operation Avalanche

… Feygin. The clinics served as highly prolific oxycodone “pill mills,” or medical practices that make money by … responsible for prescribing over 3.7 million oxycodone pills between early 2012 and early 2017 and ordering …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… DEA laboratory testing indicates 29 percent of fentanyl pills analyzed during fiscal year (FY) 2025 contained a …
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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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Major Drug Redistributor for Ring Connected to Aryan Prison Gang Sentenced to 10+ Years in Prison

… of Methamphetamine and Tens of Thousands of Fentanyl Pills Tacoma – A major redistributor for a South Sound-based … as much as 25 pounds of methamphetamine and 20,000 fentanyl pills,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Miller. “Distributing such …
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Woman Who Dealt Drugs From Her Lake Stevens Restaurant Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

… days after he had been arrested” with a load of fentanyl pills, Judge Coughenour said. “Ms. Rodriguez-Moreno is being … quantities of methamphetamine and thousands of fentanyl pills. But what is most shocking is that she had her …
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Orlando Pharmacist Convicted Of Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone

… licensed pharmacist, dispensed more than 500,000 oxycodone pills during the timeframe of the conspiracy and collected … The patients paid a premium, in cash, for the pain pills because they had fraudulent prescriptions and …
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Doctor indicted on Manslaughter and Reckless Endangerment Charges in Three Overdose Deaths

… addictive medications in inappropriately high dosages and pill counts, and in potentially lethal combinations.  For … from substance abuse and by those seeking to resell pills on the black market. Because all three drug types have …
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Two Dominican Nationals Charged With Trafficking Massive Quantity Of Fentanyl

… one kilogram of fentanyl, approximately 16,000 fentanyl pills disguised as 30 milligram oxycodone pills, three high-capacity magazine, and a bump stock device … bags of prepackaged fentanyl, approximately 16,000 fentanyl pills, approximately 75 grams of heroin, 41 grams of cocaine …
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Four People Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Fentanyl

… The fentanyl was concealed within counterfeit prescription pills resembling oxycodone and the meth was concealed within …
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U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Guilty Pleas in Albuquerque Fentanyl Case

… to federal charges after attempting to sell 30,000 fentanyl pills, containing approximately 3,200 grams of the drug, to … Aragon, 24, conspired to sell approximately 30,000 fentanyl pills for $30,000 to an undercover law enforcement agent. …
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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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Alexandria Man Sentenced for Armed Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

… Defendant marketed pressed pills in form of legitimate prescription pills like Percocet, contained deadly amount of fentanyl …
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Dark Web Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Distributing Opioids

… to unlawfully distributing thousands of prescription opioid pills in exchange for over half a million dollars through … and “Imperial Royalty,” Reid sold over 12,000 oxycodone pills, the sales of which yielded a profit of over $500,000. … Wall Street, and Apollon to advertise and sell oxycodone pills of various strengths and prices. Reid utilized the …
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Malden Men Sentenced For Trafficking Fentanyl And Methamphetamine

… 571-362-9171 Nearly 10,000 counterfeit prescription pills seized, as well as cocaine, LSD mushrooms and suboxone … included approximately two kilograms of methamphetamine pills pressed to look like Adderall or Xanax; approximately …
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DEA Summit Brings Together Families Suffering Tragic Losses from Fentanyl

… DEA laboratory testing now indicates that 7 out of every 10 pills seized by DEA contain a lethal dose of fentanyl, an …
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Defendant Caught with 14 Kilos of Fentanyl and Seven Kilos of Methamphetamine Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison

… November 22, 2022, with 14 kilos of fentanyl powder and pills and seven kilos of methamphetamine.  At the sentencing …
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DEA Encourages Back to School Drug Awareness and Education Among Family and Friends

… North Dakota and South Dakota, continue to rise as pills and powder make their way into the country. In 2022, … of fentanyl to include more than 170,000 fake fentanyl pills. According to the CDC, a leading cause of death for … is considered a potentially lethal dose and six out of 10 pills tested at DEA laboratories contain a potentially …
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

… 3,337 arrests and the seizure of nearly 44 million fentanyl pills, more than 6,500 pounds of fentanyl powder, more than …
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Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking

… Brown, 50, and a co-conspirator sold counterfeit pressed pills containing fentanyl to a Fairfax County Police … residence, officers recovered 999 counterfeit pressed pills containing fentanyl, approximately 723 grams of …
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Drug Dealer Sentenced to 130 Months in Prison for Selling the Fentanyl that Resulted in Death of Young Woman

… today to 130 months in prison for selling the fentanyl pills that resulted in the fatal overdose of 23-year-old … in October 2022, admitting that she sold Gil the fentanyl pills that caused her death. According to the government’s …
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DEA Miami Field Division Warns of Alarming Increase in Suspected Fentanyl-Related Overdoses in Florida

… increasingly mix it with other illicit drugs—in powder and pill form—in an effort to drive addiction and attract repeat … opioid, like illicit fentanyl; or when drug dealers sell pills designed to appear nearly identical to legitimate …
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DEA El Paso Division Safety Bulletin

… this safety bulletin to remind the public not to purchase pills or medications from street dealers. Recently DEA El Paso learned that certain pills, which are being sold on the street and have similar …
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Man Indicted on Suspicion of Trafficking Illicit Drugs

… Nogales, Sierra Vista, Tucson, and Yuma areas 140,000 Fake pills Containing Fentanyl, 11+ Pounds of Fentanyl Powder, 2+ … Heroin, and 3 Pounds of Methamphetamine Recovered 140,000 pills, fentanyl powder, meth, heroin and gun Photo of …
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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

… 2.2 milligrams, and the average amount of fentanyl in the pills we seize is 1.8 milligrams,” said Kyle W. Williamson, … and 100 times more potent that morphine.    Of counterfeit pills tested in DEA laboratories, one in four pills made …
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Long Island Doctor Sentenced To 10 Years’ Imprisonment For Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone And Distribution Of Oxycodone

… acted as a drug dealer, putting thousands of oxycodone pills onto the streets of Long Island for no valid medical … Stambler provided prescriptions for hundreds of oxycodone pills to two of his patients without a legitimate medical … with those patients and assisted them in the sale of pills that he prescribed. On November 21, 2011, …
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Joint Law Enforcement Operation Arrested Six Individuals On Drug Charges In The East Bay, One In Fresno

… in a conspiracy to manufacture and distribute Xanax pills and other drugs was returned by the Grand Jury on May … and possessed with intent to distribute counterfeit (Xanax) pills and other drugs. The Xanax pills at issue were manufactured to resemble alprazolam …