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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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Honduran National Who Exposed His Infant to Fentanyl Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Repeated Arrests for Trafficking Fentanyl

… three times over 15 months for possession of fentanyl pills and/or powder, methamphetamine, cocaine, and a … license plates were stolen. A second officer noticed blue pills in the car. Ultimately the car was impounded. A search …
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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

… - (914) 682-6256 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. …
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Bellingham, Washington, Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Dealing Fentanyl While Carrying Firearms

… 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 …
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Drug Dealer Involved in Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Conspiracy and Violent Spokane-Area Shooting Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

… $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. …
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DEA & MPD Issue Public Safety Alert on Mass Overdose Events Across D.C. Metro Area

… - (540) 662-5879 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 …
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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

… 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. …
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Hazlehurst Pharmacy, Pharmacist to pay up to $2.1 million for dispensing thousands of illegitimate prescriptions

… 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 …
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Fall River Man Pleads Guilty To Oxycodone Conspiracy

… 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 …
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San Diego Drug Dealer Sentenced to Eight Years in Fatal Fentanyl Overdose

… 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 …
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Pierce County Based Drug Trafficking Organization Indicted for Distributing Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Marijuana

… 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 …
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Over 110 Pounds of Fentanyl and Methamphetamine with a Street Value Worth Up to $10 Million Uncovered in the Bronx

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

… 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 …