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Butte Drug Trafficking Organization with Ties to the Sinaloa Cartel Dismantled

… quantities of methamphetamine, counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and heroin to Butte for … more than 2,043 pounds of meth and 722,000 fentanyl-laced pills from Mexico to Butte for redistribution, with $2.98 …
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Federal Law Enforcement Officials Warn of "Rainbow Fentanyl" Appearing in Oregon

… sidewalk chalk. Some versions seized elsewhere in pill or tablet form resemble candy. “Fentanyl is the … “Fentanyl is commonly disguised in fake prescriptions pills. If you find or come in contact with pills not …
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Anesthesiologist Sentenced For Illegally Prescribing Oxycodone And Other Prescription Painkillers

… commit criminal acts. In addition, owners and operators of pill mills spin a broad web of deception, reeling in casts … crisis that plagues our community.”  “Persons who operate pill mills in the Northern District of Georgia can expect to … who push poison in our communities,” stated Veronica Hyman-Pillot, Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation. …
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DEA Task Force Takes Down Fentanyl Distribution Ring

… that Petersen was selling fentanyl powder, prescription pills and marijuana.  DEA Task Force Officers and the New … that Casadei supplied fentanyl and various prescription pills to McBriarty, who in turn supplied them to Petersen.  … Casadei also obtained and distributed various prescription pills, including Xanax and oxycodone.  It is alleged that …
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Grand Jury Indicts 14 In L.A.-Based OxyContin Ring

… organization allegedly distributed over 1 million pills LOS ANGELES, CA - Federal and state authorities this … obtained and distributed more than 1 million OxyContin pills obtained largely through fraud against public …
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Nurse-Practitioner Indicted On Federal Charges, Accused Of Illegally Distributing Oxycodone

… pharmacists, who suspected that he was operating a “pill mill” rather than a medical pain management practice.  … same prescription, that is, 60 tablets of 30 mg oxycodone. “Pill mill” prosecutions are common in the United States, but …
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Long Island Nurse Practitioner And Brooklyn Podiatrist Plead Guilty To Illegally Distributing Oxycodone

… Defendant Deslouches funneled more than 422,000 oxycodone pills to drug dealers and addicts BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Rools … dealers and drug addicts found easy access to oxycodone pills,” stated Ms. Lynch. “Today’s convictions should serve …
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Athletes and Opioids Poster

February 19, 2019
… and educators to know the risks around misusing pain pills. Athletes and Opioids Poster (Online) (508).pdf …
February 19, 2019
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Largest Fentanyl Bust in DEA History: Authorities Seize Over 400 Kilograms of Fentanyl in Record-Shattering Operation

… switches, and some ghost guns 396 kilograms of fentanyl pills 11.5 kilograms of fentanyl powder 1.5 kilograms of … 72 pounds of methamphetamine 13 kilograms of fentanyl pills 2.4 pounds of heroin 5 kilograms of cocaine. Las …
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Philadelphia News 2006

July 15, 2021
… Philadelphia Physician Charged with Trafficking Diet Pills JUL 20, 2006 Member of International Internet Drug … APR 27, 2006 Six Charged with Importing 230,000 Ecstasy Pills From Canada APR 17, 2006 Two Operation Cyber Chase …
July 15, 2021
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Jefferson County Man Sentenced to 19 years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

… revealed that Hite was supplying fentanyl-laced pills on a recurring basis to individuals in Jefferson …
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Remove Unneeded Prescriptions, Prevent Addiction

… the home can remove the temptation to experiment with these pills,” said Acting Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New … opioids leads to individuals looking to purchase these pills on the street. Mexican drug cartels take advantage of this fact by pressing deadly fentanyl powder into fake pills to mimic legitimate prescription opioids and other …
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Stratford Man Charged with Distributing Methamphetamine and Oxycodone

… seized approximately 967 grams of methamphetamine in both pill form and powder form, approximately 13 grams of oxycodone pills; other prescription pills, more than six pounds of …
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Two Sentenced in Heroin and Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

… was identified by investigators selling purported oxycodone pills, which were later determined to be counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, at Albino’s Market in Worcester. … was the supply source and that Garcia was distributing pills through Robles and Torres. The investigation also …
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Two fentanyl dealers sentenced for role in synthetic drug distribution ring linked to two overdose deaths

… Barrett and Pemberton were street-level dealers of blue pills containing furanyl fentanyl in the Elmira area. The blue pills were manufactured by the leaders of the organization – … – and made to look like legitimate 30 milligram Percocet pills.   Barrett and Pemberton each admitted to selling …
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Richland County Man Sentenced for Drug Smuggling Conspiracy

… for shipping and selling cocaine and counterfeit oxycodone pills made with fentanyl through the U.S. Postal Service … cocaine, crack cocaine, and counterfeit oxycodone pills. Agents were able to identify Dozier-Eaddy following his sale of counterfeit pills to an undercover agent. During the sale, Dozier-Eaddy …
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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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Carver Man Pleads Guilty To Oxycodone Conspiracy

… and to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone pills. U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper scheduled … November 2023 and June 2023, Atwood obtained oxycodone pills from co-defendant John Campbell that he redistributed to others. The amount of oxycodone pills that the defendant obtained from Campbell ranged from …
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Providence Man Who Sold Oxycodone to Undercover Officer Sentenced to Six Years in Prison

… Defendant possessed approximately 1,500 oxycodone pills at time of arrest BOSTON – A Providence man was … today in federal court in Worcester for selling oxycodone pills on multiple occasions to an undercover officer.    … met with undercover law enforcement to distribute oxycodone pills in controlled purchases. In February 2023, the rental …
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Virginia Man Trafficking Kilos of Fentanyl and Counterfeit Oxycodone, Sentenced

… Cornelius Frazier, 32, and others would press illicit pills containing fentanyl, among other substances, to resemble prescription pills such as Oxycodone, for illegal distribution and …
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Indiana Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years for Fentanyl, Meth Trafficking

… three plastic bags containing 793 grams of blue fentanyl pills pressed to look like oxycodone pills, two plastic bags containing cocaine, and two plastic … of crystal methamphetamine for $100, the blue counterfeit pills for $15 each, and a gram of another drug for $225. At …
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Two Albuquerque Men Charged with Federal Drug Trafficking Offenses

… 6, 2023, Ramirez allegedly agreed to sell 30,000 fentanyl pills to an undercover detective from the Albuquerque Police … car carrying a bag which agents believed carried fentanyl pills. At that time, agents attempted to take both men into …
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Man Indicted for Trafficking Meth and Fentanyl

… cocaine. Dickerson also had 136 “skittles” (multi-colored pills suspected to contain fentanyl) in his pants pocket. … stated a man had given him a quantity of meth and 10,000 pills from Mexico and that it would be found in the Jeep …
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Snohomish Man Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison for Drug, Gun, and Murder-for-Hire Related Charges

… 2020 to 78 months in prison for dealing fentanyl-laced pills and cocaine. According to documents filed with the … 30, 2020, he was arrested as he arrived to sell fentanyl pills to a person in Whatcom County. That person was working …
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Oklahoma Files First Degree Murder on Drug Dealer

… Jerry Leflore, 32, is accused of selling fake Oxycodone pills that contained Fentanyl to two individuals, one who … A controlled, undercover investigation, where Leflore sold pills that tested positive for Fentanyl to a law enforcement …
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Gainesville Man Convicted of Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offense

… conspired to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl pills throughout the Northern District of Florida and … conducting surveillance, the DEA and ACSO seized fentanyl pills, disguised as marked Oxycodone pills, as well as two pistols, from the three conspirators …
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Eastern Washington Man Sentenced to 168 Months in Federal Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking

… with a co-defendant, was a distributor of fentanyl laced pills in both Eastern Washington and Idaho. On both May 14, …
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Texarkana, Texas Men Arrested on Federal Drug Trafficking and Firearms Violations

… $5 million worth of drugs. “The counterfeit oxycodone pills--sometimes known as ‘blues’ or ‘M30s’--that were …
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DEA Recognizes First Ever National Fentanyl Awareness Day

… to the Pacific Northwest in the form of counterfeit pills. “The DEA works every day to prevent overdose deaths …
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DEA Investigations Result In The Prosecution Of Multiple Defendants

… including three deaths, plus the dismantling of a pill-mill operation and action against two doctors. “The … According to the complaint, Shephard distributed fentanyl pills to the Marine Corporal with Shephard acknowledging …