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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Set for Saturday

… Rapid City - (605) 434-4947 Sioux Falls - (605) 330-4421 Pill Bottles_Blur.jpg Communities are invited to safely …
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Tucson Man Sentenced to Over 8 Years for Possession of Meth

… methamphetamine, Ornelas, Jr. was in possession of fentanyl pills, a .45 caliber extended magazine, a drug ledger, and a …
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Department of Justice Announces Results of Operation Dark HunTor

… fentanyl, oxycodone, hydrocodone, and methamphetamine pills, and counterfeit medicine ; and 45 firearms. Darknet … are flooding the United States with deadly, fake pills, driving the U.S. overdose crisis, spurring violence, …
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$5 Million Reward Offered for Sinaloa Cartel-Linked Drug Trafficker

… 617 arrests, the seizure of multiple quantities of fentanyl pills, fentanyl powder, cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin, …
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Lewiston pharmacy tech sentenced for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances

… while working at the pharmacy. Moore stole almost 60,000 pills over the next eleven months until she was arrested. These pills included over 45,000 pills of hydrocodone, 1,880 pills of oxycodone and 1,600 …
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Lake Worth Doctor Arrested On Fifty-Five Counts Of Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone At Lake Worth Clinic

… of pain killers. This prosecution is part of Operation Pill Nation, in which DEA and local law enforcement agencies are investigating rogue pain clinics, known as “pill mills,” in South Florida, for illegally distributing …
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Upper West Side Doctor And Wife Indicted For Conspiracy And 37 Illegal Prescription Sales: Over $600,000 Cash Seized

… Syracuse - (315) 426-5300 Westchester - (914) 682-6256 Pill mill pumped over $77 million in painkillers onto black … oxycodone prescriptions for approximately 3.1 million pills. The pills would have carried an estimated street …
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Fresno Man Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl Resulting in Overdose Death

… victim, to his co-defendant who would in turn sell fentanyl pills and send Wakley a cut of the profits. At sentencing, …
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Narcotics dealer charged with fentanyl overdose death

… - (315) 426-5300 Westchester - (914) 682-6256 Counterfeit pills tainted with fentanyl NEW YORK –   The United States … this month, DEA issued a national alert on counterfeit pills trafficking across America and how fatal overdoses … Raymond P. Donovan. “Reiterating the warning, counterfeit pills threaten New York because they mimic legitimate …
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Repeat Offender Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison

… engaged in the distribution of deadly fentanyl-laced pills and methamphetamine in the Eastern District of … and law enforcement seized thousands of fentanyl-laced pills, methamphetamine, and several loaded firearms. “This …
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Former Long Island Doctor Sentenced for Conspiring to Illegally Distribute Oxycodone

… prescribed thousands of highly addictive oxycodone pills to two individuals identified in the indictment as … of legitimate medical need. Ammar prescribed oxycodone pills to John Doe 1, knowing that he intended to sell the pills to others. In addition, Ammar continued to prescribe …
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Schenectady Man Sentenced for Drug Charges

… and/or distributing more than 1,400 counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl, as well as 92 grams of … forfeiture of $13,800.00. Arrests/Convictions - Major Fake Pills Methamphetamine Fentanyl On On Press Release Image …
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Substantial prison terms imposed for fentanyl distributors

… organization responsible for trafficking fentanyl-laced pills into the Eastern District of Washington. They each … as one of the first major sources of fentanyl-laced pills in Eastern Washington and were responsible for transporting and distributing more than 5,000 to 10,000 pills per week beginning in 2017. These fentanyl-laced pills …
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Operation Avalanche

… Feygin. The clinics served as highly prolific oxycodone “pill mills,” or medical practices that make money by … responsible for prescribing over 3.7 million oxycodone pills between early 2012 and early 2017 and ordering …
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Campaigns

December 22, 2025
… Campaigns Campaigns Campaigns Fentanyl Free America One Pill Can Kill Prescription Drug Take Back Everyday is Take …
December 22, 2025
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DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention & Awareness Day

… For more information and resources, visit  www.dea.gov/onepill     #  #  # Fake Pills Fentanyl Awareness One Pill Can Kill Outreach/Drug …
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Drug Fact Sheets

November 30, 2021
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Manchester Man Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison For Participating In Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy

… for participating in a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone pills, a conspiracy to launder money, distributing … part of group of drug traffickers who were distributing the pills in Manchester, New Hampshire.  During a law … were actively involved in the distribution of oxycodone pills.  On multiple occasions, intercepted calls showed that …
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Drug Seizures Surge in 2020, Fentanyl Remains a Threat in Nebraska

… year with an additional 1,000 fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills also collected by agents. Fentanyl is up to100 times … of salt. “We’ve seen a jump in fentanyl and counterfeit pills across our five state Division,” SAC King said. “We …
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Pearl River Man Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Oxymorphone Causing The Overdose Death Of 21-Year Old Man

… with illegally distributing codeine, methadone, and Valium pills. Oleksowicz was presented today before U.S. Magistrate … prescription pain medication. Some of these diverted pills, like Opana, are known on the streets as ‘Stop Signs’, …
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Tucson Man Sentenced to 17 Years for Distributing Fentanyl Resulting in Death

… and burial . In December 2019, Gomez sold the decedent six pills containing fentanyl for $90, which caused the decedent … customers. When Gomez was arrested, he had 462 fentanyl pills and a handgun inside his vehicle. During a search of … Restaino.  “This lengthy sentence for a $90 sale of six pills should serve both as a deterrent to other traffickers …
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Bates City Man Sentenced for Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearm

… 436.5 grams of marijuana, and 207 prescription pills that were identified to be either Xanax, Alprazolam, … Clonazepam, or Amphetamine and Dextroamphetamine pills, which were in unlabeled prescription pill bottles. …
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Fresno Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison

… court documents, after two juveniles overdosed on fentanyl pills, investigators interviewed witnesses and reviewed … Diaz-Santos’s house and found thousands of fentanyl pills and a firearm. This case was the product of an …
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DEA Administrator, Attorney General Announce Enforcement Efforts Against Illegal Prescription Drug Distributors In Florida

… 100 Individuals Arrested to Date in Operations Targeting Pill Mills in Florida WASHINGTON, D.C. - DEA Administrator … drugs. This enforcement action, known as Operation Pill Nation II, also included U.S. Attorney Robert E. … epidemic of prescription drug abuse. Operations such as Pill Nation II illustrate the steadfast determination of DEA …
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DEA Omaha Division encourages awareness of prescription medication abuse

March 01, 2019
… Salter said.  “More often than not, these counterfeit pills, which are made to look identical to legitimate pharmaceutical pills, are manufactured by drug cartels in Mexico and … traffickers in the United States.  These counterfeit pills often contain various forms of fentanyl which is …
March 01, 2019
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Ringleader in Prescription Drug Conspiracy Sentenced to Federal Prison

… There is no parole in the federal system. “Although these pills came from legitimate pharmacies, the prescriptions … business filling prescriptions for these highly soughtafter pills. After this sentencing, other criminals have been put … unlawful acquisition and distribution of more than 4,000 pills. The case originated in December 2019 with the U.S. …
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Florida-Based Oxycodone Suppliers Sentenced To Federal Prison

… large amounts of the prescription narcotic Oxycodone to pill distributors in northwest Georgia, have been sentenced … diversion and abuse of controlled pharmaceuticals. These pill peddling perpetrators trafficked scores of Oxycodone pills. Now, they are deserving of the prison term they …
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Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Fentanyl That Caused Fatal Overdose

… guilty today, Carder admitted that he distributed four blue pills that appeared to be oxycodone, but which were … early hours of June 20, 2021, C.L. used one of the fentanyl pills he obtained from Carder. Later that morning, C.L.’s …
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Operators Of Bogus Medical Clinics Charged In Conspiracy To Divert Massive Amounts Of Prescription Narcotics To The Black Market

… that allege they diverted at least 2 million prescription pills - including oxycodone and other addictive and … was paid “for sitting at home,” while thousands of narcotic pills were prescribed in that doctor’s name and Medicare was … the sale of fraudulent prescriptions and narcotic pills; Armen Simonyan, 52, of Burbank, California, who …
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Baton Rouge Man Convicted Of Possession With The Intent To Distribute Heroin

… federal prosecution related to drug trafficking of heroin pills pressed to resemble Oxycodone. On Tuesday, July 12, … officers with the Baton Rouge Police (BRPD) discovered 554 pills during a traffic stop of a pickup truck operated by … BRPD officers located two plastic bags containing 554 blue pills in the lower storage compartment of the truck. …