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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

… Winchester - (540) 662-5879 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

… - (802) 951-2900 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

… Tucson - 571-324-7218 Yuma - 571-324-7324 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 …
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DEA RMFD Operation Fentanyl Free America Surge Results

… Wyoming Casper - (307) 261-6200 Cheyenne - (307) 778-1500 Pills, Powder, Cash Seized; 60+ Arrests; Nearly One-Million …
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Drug trafficking Leader to Serve 25 years for Multi-State Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Operation

… federal prison for his role in operating a fentanyl-laced pill distribution network, announced Drug Enforcement … and distributing fentanyl and methamphetamine-laced pills. Tran distributed the narcotics through members of the …
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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 …