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Former Oakland County reserved deputy sentenced for unlawful distribution of opioids

… County sheriff’s deputy, would receive 1,500 oxycodone pills per month in addition to hydrocodone and other … of taking the medication as prescribed, he would sell the pills in the community. Over the course of five years, he distributed more than 30,000 oxycodone pills on the street. Oxycodone is one of the most diverted …
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Attorney General William P. Barr Joins DEA Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea to Announce Results of Operation Crystal Shield

Attorney General William P. Barr Joins DEA Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea to Announce Results of Operation Crystal Shield September 10, 2020 Headquarters Contact Info Contact Us (202) 307-1000 (571) 776-2508 DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk …
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New Orleans-area Woman Pleads Guilty To Scheme To Possess Oxycodone By Fraud And To Possess With Intent To Distribute Oxycodone On The Black Market

… to distribute approximately 312,050 milligrams of oxycodone pills on the black market,” said Acting Assistant Attorney … co-conspirators, which were then used to obtain oxycodone pills that were subsequently resold on the black market.  … prescriptions, and then would facilitate the resale of the pills on the black market.  In some instances, Lesslie knew …
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Dr. Rogelio Lucas And His Wife Convicted On 30 Counts

… the practice underwent a radical transformation into a pill mill that churned out prescriptions for oxycodone in … caused by putting millions of highly addictive oxycodone pills out on the street. “I thank the jury for their careful …
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Leader Of Oxycodone Trafficking Ring Sentenced To Over 10 Years In Prison

… involved in the illegal distribution of prescription pain pills is a top priority for this Office because of the … obtained and filled doctors’ prescriptions for pain pills and then illegally resold the pain medication to …
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West Los Angeles Pharmacy Owners Found Guilty In National Illegal Prescription Drug Trafficking Scheme

… shipments that contained thousands of hidden oxycodone pills that the Kabov brothers had shipped to customers in … 2014, the pharmacy ordered nearly 100,000 oxycodone pills, yet it reported only half of those pills to state authorities who track prescription drug sale. …
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Staten Island Physician’s Assistant Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Massive Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy

… prescriptions for more than 125,000 30-milligram oxycodone pills to individuals claiming to be “patients” and on a … unnecessary prescriptions for more than 125,000 oxycodone pills to fake ‘patients.’ His guilty plea today ensures that …
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Long Island Doctor Arrested For Illegal Distribution Of Controlled Substances

… hundreds of prescriptions for thousands of opioid pain pills without legitimate medical need BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A … with illegal distribution of thousands of prescription pain pills, including oxycodone, oxymorphone, methadone, and … on charges of illegally distributing prescription pain pills between January 2009 and September 2013. The Tactical …
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Long Island Doctor Sentenced To Eight Years Of Imprisonment For Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone And Distribution Of Oxycodone

… -- a rate that equated to the distribution of over 782,000 pills. Conway’s office files revealed only cursory, … Manzella five oxycodone prescriptions, totaling over 800 pills, over a six month period with little or no examination … Evidence also showed that Conway prescribed 180 oxycodone pills to Manzella on April 21, 2011, and then 24 hours …
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Riverhead Physician Assistant Arrested For Conspiracy To Illegally Prescribe Oxycodone

… Gregovich 720-431-8836 Defendant issued prescriptions for pills to be sold in exchange for cash BROOKLYN, N.Y. - … substances, issued prescriptions for thousands of oxycodone pills to co-conspirators for the purpose of illegally re-selling the pills for cash. Troyan was captured on video in an …
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Southampton Town Councilman Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Illegally Distribute Oxycodone

… A. Gregovich 720-431-8836 Defendant exchanged oxycodone pills for cash and steroids BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Bradley Bender, … those prescriptions, and illegally exchanged the oxycodone pills for cash and steroids with another co-conspirator. The …
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Thirteen People Indicted in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Involving Fentanyl, Meth, and Cocaine

… today, law enforcement seized: 59 kilograms of fentanyl pills, 81 kilograms of methamphetamine, 21 kilos of cocaine …
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Major Drug Trafficker and 12 Others Arrested:

… 33 Pounds of Cocaine Seized Heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, fake pills seized from 87-05 108 St.jpg Heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, fake pills seized  Seizure of cocaine resulting from UC … including fentanyl pressed into counterfeit prescription pills with a street value worth over $3 million. In total,15 …
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Community Event
June 28, 2022
June 28, 2022

Town Hall Meeting

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EDT)
Kansas City, KS
Join DEA and the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department on June 28 to learn how counterfeit pills and fentanyl are threatening our community. In addition to DEA and KCKPD explaining how this dangerous drug is infiltrating the region, you will hear from Libby Davis, who lost her 16 year old...
GENERAL INFORMATION

Fentanyl Overdose Response

January 22, 2025
… the overdose is opioid/fentanyl related. Evidence of pills, primarily blue/white colored round pills labeled “M” on one side and “30” on the other and/or …
January 22, 2025
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Head of Albuquerque Fentanyl Trafficking Organization Sentenced

… responsible for moving tens of thousands of fentanyl pills from Mexico into Albuquerque, along with alien …
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Nassau Doctor Sentenced to Up to 15 Years in Prison for Overprescription of Opioids that Led to Five Deaths

… medications and the defendant prescribed thousands of pills for drugs like oxycodone, morphine, clonazepam, … Sabatasso was given 35 prescriptions for more than 4,000 pills. Sabatasso died on March 22, 2016, of acute oxycodone … less than six months and was provided with more than 1,000 pills during that time. He was hospitalized for an overdose …
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ATF/DEA/LAPD Take Down San Fernando Valley Drug Trafficking Ring

… Meraz, spearheaded the operation by obtaining the fentanyl pills, methamphetamine, and cocaine. The trio, along with … of fentanyl. In March 2002, she sold more than 700 fentanyl pills in controlled purchases. On April 14, 2021, Buraye and Mendez, allegedly sold approximately 1,000 fentanyl pills, and were charged with aiding and abetting, and …
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Manhattan Doctor Illegally Sold Painkiller Prescriptions To Drug Trafficking Organization

… wrote out prescriptions for oxycodone - typically for 180 pills at 30 mg strength - without ever having met or treated … in the new indictment relate to 42 prescriptions for pills with an approximate street value of more than … assist him in recruiting runners and collecting oxycodone pills once the prescriptions had been filled. Investigators …
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Indianapolis Pharmacy Technician Charged with Controlled Substances Violations

… who reported observing Gaines divert pharmaceutical pills from the pharmacy. Gaines admitted to diverting pills from the pharmacy over a period of several months. He … led to the recovery of approximately 775 pharmaceutical pills. The joint DEA/IMPD investigation is focused on …
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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

… 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 … potentially lethal doses).   The seizure of fentanyl-laced pills along the Southwest border increased more than 89 …
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DEA To Hold Its Third Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Month

… be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the country free of charge, no … Drug Take-Back Day events turned in more than 309 tons of pills at more than 5,300 sites manned by over 3,800 federal, …
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DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days Meet A Growing Need For Americans

… Take-Back Day program by dropping off more prescription pills than ever this past Saturday.  After seven previous … spread over almost four years, 780,158 - ( 390 - tons) of pills were brought to the 6,072 - collection sites that DEA …
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Kenner Woman Guilty of Federal Controlled Substances Act Violations

… possessed with intent to distribute, quantities of fentanyl pills, 220 pills with a net weight of 30.7 grams, and 500 pills with a weight of 67 grams, within the Eastern District …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day on April 29

… lethal dose. The DEA continues to see fentanyl in fake pills made to look like prescription medications including …
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Queens Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Health Care Fraud and Narcotics Distribution

… he was a pharmacist and distributed over 10,000 oxycodone pills BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, in federal court in … in harm’s way and introduced thousands of Oxycodone pills into the community during an opioid epidemic,” said … “After inappropriately and dangerously dispensing opioid pills and stealing from Medicare and Medicaid, Hussnain has …
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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 … resulted in 81 arrests and the seizure of 147,041 fentanyl pills, more than 63 pounds of fentanyl powder, more than 318 …
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Several Million Dollars’ Worth of Narcotics Including Fentanyl Seized in Mount Vernon

… 720-431-8836 38 Kilograms of Fentanyl, 25,000 Fentanyl Pills, and $35,000 of Drug Proceeds 26,000 fentanyl pill, 48 …
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Drug Trafficker Who Assisted Stepson with Trafficking Ring Tied to Aryan Prison Gangs Sentenced to Over Six Years in Prison

… of pounds of methamphetamine and thousands of fentanyl pills.  Griffin acted as a redistributor and confidant for …
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Vero Beach Resident Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Fentanyl

… in the first six months of 2023 alone. Just one fentanyl pill can kill, as noted in DEA’s  One Pill Can Kill   … fatal dose and laboratory testing indicates seven out of 10 pills seized by the DEA contain a lethal dose of fentanyl. …