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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

… 951-2900 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 …
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Miami doctor arrested for overprescribing oxycodone resulting in death

… revealed that Dr. Farinas prescribed 60 to 180 opioid pills on a monthly basis, and often, more than once within a … January 2018, Dr. Farinas prescribed a total 2,665 opioid pills. From evidence gathered, the investigation also … herself. When she prescribed a large number of narcotic pills to her patients, she would ask them to give her a …
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Two defendants arrested for distribution of controlled substances through sham internet pharmacy

… of an online pharmacy suspected of peddling illegal pills and money laundering.  Postal Inspectors will continue … oxycodone from the Pharmacy Website, but instead received pills containing other substances.  In the course of the … had been sent to Rodriguez-Lopez, and recovered over 200 pills weighing over 40 grams.  These pills tested positive …
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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

… - whether laced in heroin or disguised in counterfeit pills,” said DEA Chicago Division Special Agent in Charge … and 100 times more potent that morphine.   Of counterfeit pills tested in DEA laboratories, one in four pills made with fentanyl contained a potentially lethal …
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Cocaine and Fentanyl Seizures Rise in Iowa

… King said. “We’ve seen a jump in fentanyl and counterfeit pills across our five state Division and we want to make people aware of the fact that pills purchased off of the street should be considered …
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Five Kentucky Defendants Convicted And Sentenced For Supplying Drugs That Resulted In Overdose Deaths

… that, in July 2015, they distributed a counterfeit pain pill to a Woodford County woman, who consumed the pill and subsequently died of an overdose.  The pill, made … was a major distributor of these deadly counterfeit pills in Central Kentucky.  This case, one of the first to …
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New Jersey And New York Doctors, 20 Others Charged In Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy

… today: Oxycodone, the active ingredient in brand name pills such as Oxycontin, Roxicodone and Percocet, is a … and the defendants then sold and redistributed the pills. Lopresti and Lahham wrote the prescriptions in … for cash payments from Erwin and others, knowing that the pills were to be redistributed. Erwin and others, with the …
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Prescription Drug Take-Back To Be Held Saturday, April 26, 2014

… the public its eighth opportunity in three years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially … unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.  Bring your pills to a disposal site.  (The DEA cannot accept liquids, …
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Newnan Dentist Sentenced To Prison For Unlawfully Distributing Controlled Substances

… named in the original complaint as an abuser of opiate pain pills. This patient was a long-time dental patient at … eight months. She admitted to being addicted to opiate pain pills. In January 2012, investigators interviewed the owner … patients, most of whom admitted to seeking Schedule II pain pills from Maddux for the purpose of supporting their drug …
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West L.A. Pharmacy Owners Arrested On Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Charges For Diverting Prescription Drugs To Black Market

… seized parcels containing thousands of hidden oxycodone pills that the brothers attempted to ship to customers in … quantities of drugs, including nearly 100,000 oxycodone pills, as well as tens of thousands of pills of (commonly …
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Metro-West Drug Traffickers Charged In Oxycodone Distribution Ring

… details Bourque’s distribution of thousands of (Percocet) pills to both re-distributors and drug customers.  Bourque … and McGuire, among others, as “runners” to distribute pills and collect drug proceeds. On March 29, 2013, it is … alleged that Ouellette and Cotter distributed 700 Oxycodone pills to Bourque.  In a search of Ouellette’s home, law …
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San Diego Pharmacy Owners Pay $750,000 To Resolve Drug Diversion Allegations

… Center Pharmacy was unable to account for roughly 21,000 pills at four locations over a two-year span.  In some … two pharmacy technicians allegedly diverted thousands of pills.  In others, Medical Center Pharmacy allegedly …