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ATF/DEA/LAPD Take Down San Fernando Valley Drug Trafficking Ring

January 24, 2024
… 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 …
January 24, 2024
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Manhattan Doctor Illegally Sold Painkiller Prescriptions To Drug Trafficking Organization

January 31, 2013
… 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 …
January 31, 2013
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Indianapolis Pharmacy Technician Charged with Controlled Substances Violations

March 24, 2023
… 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 …
March 24, 2023
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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

April 27, 2021
… 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 …
April 27, 2021
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DEA To Hold Its Third Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Month

October 19, 2011
… 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, …
October 19, 2011
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DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days Meet A Growing Need For Americans

May 08, 2014
… 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 …
May 08, 2014
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Kenner Woman Guilty of Federal Controlled Substances Act Violations

June 12, 2025
… 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 …
June 12, 2025
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day on April 29

April 28, 2025
… lethal dose. The DEA continues to see fentanyl in fake pills made to look like prescription medications including …
April 28, 2025
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Queens Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Health Care Fraud and Narcotics Distribution

May 27, 2021
… 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 …
May 27, 2021
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

May 08, 2023
… 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 …
May 08, 2023
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Several Million Dollars’ Worth of Narcotics Including Fentanyl Seized in Mount Vernon

April 26, 2021
… 720-431-8836 38 Kilograms of Fentanyl, 25,000 Fentanyl Pills, and $35,000 of Drug Proceeds 26,000 fentanyl pill, 48 …
April 26, 2021
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Drug Trafficker Who Assisted Stepson with Trafficking Ring Tied to Aryan Prison Gangs Sentenced to Over Six Years in Prison

December 12, 2024
… of pounds of methamphetamine and thousands of fentanyl pills.  Griffin acted as a redistributor and confidant for …
December 12, 2024
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Vero Beach Resident Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Fentanyl

June 12, 2024
… 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. …
June 12, 2024
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Bellingham, Washington, Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Dealing Fentanyl While Carrying Firearms

April 03, 2024
… Wisniewski was later arrested with more than 1,000 fentanyl pills, fentanyl powder and a firearm. Wisniewski was … time in June 2022 with two firearms and more fentanyl pills.  In the course of the investigation law enforcement …
April 03, 2024
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Drug Dealer Involved in Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Conspiracy and Violent Spokane-Area Shooting Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

March 12, 2024
… $125,000 worth of heroin, methamphetamine, and fentanyl pills into the community per month.   Riggs became a … of methamphetamine and approximately 50,000 fentanyl-laced pills to a man named Brady Baughman in the Spokane area. …
March 12, 2024
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DEA & MPD Issue Public Safety Alert on Mass Overdose Events Across D.C. Metro Area

April 14, 2022
… Fentanyl Lab Testing Counterfeit Percocet Pill Washington, D.C., -- Today, the Drug Enforcement … – often sold as street drugs like cocaine or counterfeit pills – are causing a number of mass overdose events, along …
April 14, 2022
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight Against Opioid Epidemic

November 01, 2021
… DEA issued a Public Safety Alert and launched the One Pill Can Kill public awareness campaign to warn Americans of a surge in deadly, fake prescription pills driven by drug traffickers seeking to exploit the U.S. …
November 01, 2021
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Hazlehurst Pharmacy, Pharmacist to pay up to $2.1 million for dispensing thousands of illegitimate prescriptions

March 24, 2020
… of pharmacies or pharmacists affiliated with convicted pill-mill doctor BRUNSWICK, GA - A South Georgia pharmacy … two years, despite obvious evidence Bynes was operating a “pill mill,” including: Most patients traveled between four … not account for more than 9,000 oxycodone and hydrocodone pills supplied to the pharmacy as required by the Controlled …
March 24, 2020
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Fall River Man Pleads Guilty To Oxycodone Conspiracy

February 29, 2024
… role in a drug distribution conspiracy involving oxycodone pills. Austin Gonsalves, 37, pleaded guilty in federal court … a drug trafficking organization that distributed oxycodone pills across Southeastern Massachusetts. The defendants were … February 2023 and May 2023, Gonsalves obtained oxycodone pills, allegedly from co-defendant Kenneth Veiga, which he …
February 29, 2024
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San Diego Drug Dealer Sentenced to Eight Years in Fatal Fentanyl Overdose

February 05, 2024
… to 97 months in prison for his role in selling fentanyl pills to a 27-year-old woman who fatally overdosed on May 9, … going through a drug relapse when he sold her the deadly pills. According to sentencing memo, this was not the first …
February 05, 2024
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Pierce County Based Drug Trafficking Organization Indicted for Distributing Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Marijuana

December 06, 2023
… nearly 52 kilos of cocaine, more than 23 kilos of fentanyl pills, and 131 kilos of marijuana. One drug shipment seized … 37 kilos of cocaine and more than a kilo of fentanyl pills. In June 2023, a traffic stop on Interstate 5 resulted …
December 06, 2023
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Over 110 Pounds of Fentanyl and Methamphetamine with a Street Value Worth Up to $10 Million Uncovered in the Bronx

November 16, 2023
… of suspected fentanyl, including thousands of fentanyl pills, and more than 29 kilograms (over 45 pounds) of …
November 16, 2023
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Two Key Players in Arlington, Washington, Drug Ring Sentenced to Prison

July 06, 2023
… of methamphetamine, 15 pounds of heroin, 35,000 fentanyl pills, 24 firearms, and $778,000. Drug ring leader Cesar … close to one kilogram of heroin, thousands of fentanyl pills, $115,000 in cash drug proceeds, and 19 firearms. That …
July 06, 2023
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Drug Dealer Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Selling the Fentanyl that Resulted in Death of Young Woman

April 25, 2023
… court to 120 months in prison for selling the fentanyl pills that resulted in the fatal overdose of 23-year-old … Gil’s cell phone, and “blues,” or fake oxycodone pills containing fentanyl. The Medical Examiner’s Office …
April 25, 2023
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San Diego Resident Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in 15-Year-Old’s Death

January 26, 2023
… 156 months in prison for distributing counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that resulted in the death of …
January 26, 2023
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Renton, Washington Resident Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

January 10, 2023
… drug deal, Flores-Rivera was arrested with 500 fentanyl pills and a loaded stolen Glock 9mm semi-automatic handgun …
January 10, 2023
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Seven Members Of Las Cruces-Based Prescription Drug Trafficking Ring Facing Federal Charges

December 14, 2012
… the defendants fraudulently obtained an aggregate of 2,691 pills of (30 mg), 120 pills of (15 mg), and 390 pills of (30 mg), with the intention of unlawfully …
December 14, 2012
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CVS To Pay $3.5 Million To Resolve Allegations That Pharmacists Filled Fake Prescriptions

June 30, 2016
… Boston.  The DEA estimated the street value of the diverted pills to be over $1 million. The forged prescriptions traced … in just six months.  Those 29 prescriptions totaled 1,290 pills of hydrocodone, or seven pills a day.  At a different …
June 30, 2016
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Grand Jury Indicts New Defendants And Brings Additional Charges Against L.A.-Based OxyContin Ring That Allegedly Bilked Medicare

October 16, 2012
… obtained and distributed more than 900,000 OxyContin pills obtained in part through fraud against public … The indictment alleges that more than 900,000 OxyContin pills were diverted to the street, where they were sold for …
October 16, 2012
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Second Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 97 Months’ Imprisonment For Distributing Fentanyl In Which A Young Mother Died After Ingesting

December 14, 2017
… death of a woman in West Virginia after ingesting fentanyl pills distributed by defendant Johnnie Monroe did not deter … him from shortly thereafter shipping another package of pills containing fentanyl to West Virginia,” stated Acting … co-conspirators believed they killed with their fentanyl pills. Upon learning of the young mother’s death, Monroe was …
December 14, 2017