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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 …
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Tacoma Man Who Persisted in Drug Trafficking Despite Being Stopped With More Than 25 Pounds of Meth Sentenced to 66 Months in Prison

… man who continued to distribute large amounts of fentanyl pills even after being found with a large load of … methamphetamine, or attempting to deliver 20,000 fentanyl pills, this defendant did not let intervention by law …
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Illegal Alien Faces Federal Charges for Selling Fentanyl at a Farmers Market Produce Stand

… “Sanchez-Acevedo allegedly distributed deadly “tranq” pills containing fentanyl and xylazine at a farmers market … is a safer place now that this illegal alien and his lethal pills are off the streets.” “This defendant is accused of … Sanchez-Acevedo was allegedly selling counterfeit “M-30” pills containing fentanyl in the Forest Park, Georgia area. …
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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 …
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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 …
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Illegal Online Pharmacies

August 19, 2025
… illegal online pharmacies selling and shipping counterfeit pills made with fentanyl and methamphetamine to unsuspecting … exploited the online pharmacy market to sell counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl and methamphetamine to …
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DEA Safely Disposes of 620,000 Pounds of Unused Medications on 28th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Prevention Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Domestic Pills and Poster- Take Back The DEA will host its 29th …
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Bakersfield Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl that Caused Overdose Death

… 2020, Randall knowingly distributed 10 “blues” (fentanyl pills) to K.T. in Bakersfield. Randall knew that the pills he distributed to K.T. contained fentanyl. K.T. …
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Chicago pharmacy technician sentenced to five years in prison for stealing opioids and selling them for profit

… to five years in federal prison for stealing thousands of pills of hydrocodone and selling them for a profit. … Jacqueline Green, conspired to steal approximately 56,108 pills of hydrocodone and sell them outside the … at least $10,800 in proceeds from the sale of the stolen pills.  Cruz concealed the theft by falsifying the …
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Dallas Woman Sentenced In Opioid Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… 23, 2017.  Lewis’ guilty plea stemmed from her role in a pill mill operating during parts of 2013-2015.  The sentence … agreed to drive a co-conspirator carrying 30mg oxycodone pills from Dallas to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport …
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New Jersey Pharmacist Pleads Guilty In Scheme To Illegally Distribute Pharmaceutical Drugs

… June 2012.   Oxycodone, the active ingredient in brand name pills such as OxyContin, Roxicodone and Percocet, is a … on the street. Users will often crush and snort the pills or dissolve and inject them to get an immediate high. … the parking lot of Texas Road Pharmacy to provide them with pills, or would leave the pills in a car in the parking lot, …
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Former Stockton College Police Officer Admits Distributing Oxycodone

… police officer today admitted selling oxycodone-based pills to an undercover officer and a witness who was … January 2013, Taylor sold 537 oxycodone-based prescription pills to either an undercover Drug Enforcement … series of text messages. Taylor discussed the price of the pills and his hope of fostering a long-term drug …
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Norwalk Man Sentenced To 70 Months In Federal Prison For Illegally Selling Prescription Narcotics

… conducted several undercover purchases of OxyContin pills from Sandalo at a cost of $40 to $45 for each … a search of Sandalo’s residence revealed 731 OxyContin pills, 683 Percocet (which contain oxycodone and …
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Hamden Man Sentenced To Prison For Distributing Oxycodone Involved In Weston Overdose

… January 3, 2016, a 20-year-old male purchased 30 oxycodone pills from Farid in exchange for $900.  He then consumed some of those pills, as well as other substances, including Xanax.  On … Ryan Looney, also of Hamden, supplied Farid with oxycodone pills.  Farid then distributed the pills to the victim.  …
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Man Pleads Guilty In Prescription Fraud Scheme

… others passed dozens of false prescriptions for OxyContin pills at pharmacies in the Manchester and Nashua areas. … at pharmacies. The runners would then provide the pills to McIntosh in exchange for pills or cash. McIntosh would then sell the pills or have …
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Two Hamden Men Admit Distributing Oxycodone Involved In Weston Overdose

… a 22-year-old male purchased 30 40-milligram oxycodone pills from Farid in exchange for $900.  He then consumed some of those pills, as well as other substances.  On January 5, 2016, the … the victim’s overdose, Looney supplied Farid with oxycodone pills.  Farid then distributed the pills to the victim.  …
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Man Sentenced For Participating In Prescription Fraud Scheme

… others passed dozens of false prescriptions for OxyContin pills at pharmacies in the Manchester and Nashua areas.  … at pharmacies.  The runners would then provide the pills to McIntosh in exchange for pills or cash.  McIntosh would then sell the pills or have …
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DEA To Doctor, “You’ve Been Served”

… The DEA and its state and local partners continue Operation Pill Nation enforcement and administrative actions today … work investigating the people involved in illegal, rogue pill mills is far from over. We have handcuffs and ISOs at …
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Pharmacist Sentenced For Illegally Distributing Oxycodone

… at least 2007, where he dispensed hundreds of Oxycodone pills.  The pills were dispensed to customers passing fraudulent … at one time. Starting in 2011, Barsoum sold thousands of pills to a confidential source working with the DEA.  …
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Florida Man Sentenced To 30 Months In Jail And 18 Months Home Confinement For Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

… and the ensuing search revealed approximately 345 oxycodone pills and a note addressed to the person in Harrison stating the pills would cost $4,000.  Law enforcement subsequently … mailed an additional 22 packages containing oxycodone pills to the person in Harrison, Maine. The person would …
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North County Woman Sentenced On Methamphetamine Related Charge

… January 2014 and July 2016, she purchased pseudoephedrine pills with an aggregate weight of 94 grams from different … often rotated the stores from which she bought the pills. Wujek purchased the pseudoephedrine knowing it would … used to illegally manufacture methamphetamine, and gave the pills she had purchased to others for that purpose.  In …
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Anesthesiologist Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Unlawfully Distributing Oxycodone

… prescriptions to an Everett pharmacy, pick up the oxycodone pills, and then sell the pills to people who he knew did not have a legitimate medical need for the pills.  Le knew that some of the people to whom he sold the …
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Twin Falls Woman Pleads Guilty To Controlled Substance Delivery

… Federer arranged for the sales by text message and then put pill bottles in her car glove box in the pharmacy parking … Federer illegally sold two bottles, each containing 100 pills of 20 mg oxycodone, and two bottles, each containing …
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Twin Falls Former Pharmacy Technician Sentenced For Diverting Controlled Substances

… Federer arranged for the sales by text message and then put pill bottles in her car glove box in the pharmacy parking … Federer illegally sold two bottles, each containing 100 pills of 20 mg oxycodone, and two bottles, each containing …
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Public Safety Alert From Drug Enforcement Administration Counterfeit Hydrocodone Tablets Containing Fentanyl

… Health and Law Enforcement officials believe that the pills containing Fentanyl were likely sold on the street … guise of being legitimate hydrocodone.  Additionally, the pills are marked to mimic the authentic hydrocodone product. … reports that test results show that some of the tested pills did not contain hydrocodone, but rather fentanyl.  The …
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Alaska Man Sentenced To 6a½ Years In Prison For Trafficking Oxycodone And Morphine

… made deposits into Mistler’s bank account to pay for the pills. In total, Mistler shipped approximately 9,600 pills to Connor. About two-thirds of the pills were oxycodone and one‑third of the tablets were …
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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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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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DEA Encourages Conversations on Dangers of Drugs and Social Media as Students Return to School

… in Missouri have surpassed the total seized in 2024, while pills are still finding their ways into communities. Social …
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Cocaine and Fentanyl Trafficking Ring Dismantled in Western New York

… communities in Western New York with cocaine and fentanyl pills. As alleged in the 129-count indictment — unsealed in … than $250,000 worth of cocaine and thousands of fentanyl pills disguised as Oxycodone throughout Erie and Niagara … 1,440 counterfeit prescription “M-30” fentanyl pills, nearly one kilogram of cocaine, a loaded .45 caliber …