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Large-scale, Spokane based fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine trafficker sentenced to 180 months in federal prison

… distributor of methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl-laced pills in the Spokane, Washington area. On June 11, 2020, a controlled buy of fentanyl-laced pills was conducted from Bridges. A search warrant was … was staying at, and a large quantity of fentanyl-laced pills were located. Bridges was not present at the time. On …
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Florida Man Sentenced To Over 17 Years For Role In Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy

… and distributed in excess of 100,000 oxycodone pills in the Fall River area. Steven W. Derr, Special Agent … chain that distributed in excess of 100,000 oxycodone pills in the Fall River area. Green was the Florida-based source of supply for the pills and sold 30-mg and 80-mg oxycodone pills that were …
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Former TSA Officer Sentenced To More Than Five Years In Prison For Accepting Bribes From Drug Trafficker

… pass safely through airport security with oxycodone pills destined for illegal trafficking in Connecticut,” … shutting down a pipeline of highly addictive prescription pills from Florida to Connecticut, and for bringing to …
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California Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison for Transnational Drug Trafficking Scheme

… 20 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and 500 fentanyl laced pills. In March of 2022, a call was recorded between the … the informant with 20 pounds of methamphetamine as well as pills that contained deadly amounts of fentanyl. Ferrel also …
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Armed Drug Dealer at Seattle's Third and Pike Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

… for federal crimes related to his distribution of fentanyl pills in downtown Seattle and his armed shoplifting in … a loaded handgun while dealing potentially deadly fentanyl pills in downtown Seattle,” said U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. …
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Smuggling Over $2M in Fentanyl and Other Narcotics Lands Women in Prison

… vehicle. A search revealed 15 bundles of cocaine and 32,500 pills of disguised fentanyl concealed in the front and rear …
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Pink Cocaine

December 27, 2024
… within that same time, DEA has seized 180 million fentanyl pills. Pink cocaine is typically found in urban areas with …
December 27, 2024
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Fentanyl and heroin darknet vendors indicted

… currency, $1,937,410 in cryptocurrency, four vehicles, two pill presses and six firearms. Agents have also made large … nurse who sold more than 20,000 prescription opioid pills and products on various darknet sites, including …
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Long Island Doctor Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone

… provided prescriptions for oxycodone and hydrocodone pills to 18 of his patients without a legitimate medical … individuals who he had been warned were not taking their pills as prescribed and, in some instances, possibly … prescribed over 1.5 million oxycodone and hydrocodone pills, making him one of the top prescribers of those …
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New York Man Pleads Guilty To Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy And Failure To Appear In Court

… in federal court to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone pills and failure to appear in Court.   Court documents and … a New York-based source of supply who provided oxycodone pills to a group of drug traffickers who were distributing the pills in Manchester, New Hampshire.  During a law …
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DEA Reminds Parents to Speak to Their Children About the Dangers of Drug Use

… Another significant concern is the increase in counterfeit pills flooding the illegal drug market. The drug cartels are … manufacturing mass quantities of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and sending them to the United …
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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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Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Overdose Death

… his hand.  The officer also observed on the dresser seven pills, four drug capsules, and a small white plastic …
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Northwest Arkansas Fentanyl Distributors Sentenced to Combined 52 Years in Federal Prison in Drug Overdose Death Cases

… to distributing fentanyl in both powder and counterfeit pill form, as well as other controlled substances, in … located, among other items, approximately 730 counterfeit pills containing Fentanyl, 240 gross grams of Fentanyl …
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Bremerton Couple Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Significant Amounts of Fentanyl and Meth

… eight pounds of methamphetamine and two pounds of fentanyl pills in the rental car they were using to transport the …
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Search of Concord warehouse leads to re-arrest of dark web vendor

… his supervised release, inside the building, were multiple pill presses, plastic trays with punches and dies in them, … new counterfeit drug operation.  He set up a laboratory and pill press operation to manufacture the counterfeit pills, and he established a dark web vendor site to sell the …
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Worcester Man 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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33 Defendants Charged In Oxycodone Conspiracy

… partners by prosecuting those who set-up and run illegal pill distribution networks. This 78-count indictment against … Walton was determined to be a primary distributor of these pills, and operated out of her home in Little Rock. Working …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Day Removes Almost 600,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications Across the Country

… - (540) 662-5879 TB- Bags Truck with TB collections Pills and Poster- Take Back The DEA will host its 29th … at  Take Back Day (dea.gov) . Diversion Division One Pill Can Kill Outreach/Drug Prevention Prescription Drugs …
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Statement from DEA Administrator Anne Milgram on Done Global Inc.

June 14, 2024
… Any diversion of Adderall and other prescription stimulant pills to persons who have no medical need only exacerbates …
June 14, 2024
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Dark Web Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Distributing Opioids

… to unlawfully distributing thousands of prescription opioid pills in exchange for over half a million dollars through … and “Imperial Royalty,” Reid sold over 12,000 oxycodone pills, the sales of which yielded a profit of over $500,000. … Wall Street, and Apollon to advertise and sell oxycodone pills of various strengths and prices. Reid utilized the …
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DEA Investigations Result in Three Southern Oregon Drug Traffickers Pleading Guilty in Federal Court

… and fentanyl, in the form of counterfeit Oxycodone pills, in and around Klamath Falls. A coordinated law … 17 pounds of methamphetamine and 700 counterfeit Oxycodone pills. Martinez-Gil will be sentenced on February 22, 2024, …
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Renton, Washington Resident Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

… drug deal, Flores-Rivera was arrested with 500 fentanyl pills and a loaded stolen Glock 9mm semi-automatic handgun …
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Red Ribbon Week Brings Drug Awareness to Communities Across the Nation

… DEA laboratory testing indicates that seven out of 10 fake pills seized by DEA contains a lethal dose, 2 milligrams or … To date, the DEA has seized more than 62 million fentanyl pills, exceeding last year’s total of 58 million pills.  This year, 10 landmarks in the DEA Omaha Division …
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Spokane Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

… of methamphetamine about the size of a softball, blue pills, two digital scales, ammunition, marijuana, extended … 38 grams of cocaine, and approximately 1,500 fentanyl pills. In October of 2022, SPD officers responded to a …
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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 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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Drug Trafficking Organization Member Sentenced for 8 Felony Counts

… home, they found more fentanyl in powder and capsule form, pill presses used to make pills and 12 blenders used to mix drugs. Green is one of …
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Doctor indicted on Manslaughter and Reckless Endangerment Charges in Three Overdose Deaths

… addictive medications in inappropriately high dosages and pill counts, and in potentially lethal combinations.  For … from substance abuse and by those seeking to resell pills on the black market. Because all three drug types have …
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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 …