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Modesto Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Structure Cash Proceeds Of Interstate Oxycodone And Hydrocodone Trafficking

… Fresno and Modesto, California, and then arranged for the pills to be shipped to Washington for sale on the black … co-defendant David Ruem to have the cash proceeds of the pill sales deposited into certain bank accounts held by …
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Vallejo Drug Dealer Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison

… the investigation, agents seized approximately 45,000 MDMA pills, 4 pounds of crack cocaine, 2 pounds of heroin, and … glorifying and promoting the use and distribution of MDMA pills. This case is the product of an extensive …
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DEA Houston Serves ISO on Woodfield Pharmaceuticals & Distribution

… an estimated 700 million dosage units of controlled pills.  The suspension was, in part, due to Woodfield illegally importing more than 200 million opioid pills and failure to accurately account for over 5 million controlled substance pills. “The immediate suspension of registrations served on …
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Vidor woman sentenced to 15 years in federal prison following opioid overdose deaths

… poly-drug toxicity resulting from the use of hydromorphone pills, also referred to as Dilaudid.  As part of the factual … for the plea, Ardis admitted to selling the hydromorphone pills that resulted in the death of the three victims. … reminder that the abuse of opioids and other prescription pills is just as deadly as illicit narcotics, and those who …
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Illegal Alien who Shot at DEA Agents Charged with Attempted Murder of a Federal Officer

… the sale and delivery of approximately 50,000 fentanyl pills. Law enforcement officers became aware of the deal and … Lopez and Gonzalez Banuelos as they delivered the pills. When agents approached their Dodge Ram truck, … side of the truck, as well as approximately 50,000 fentanyl pills in the truck’s passenger compartment. Later, law …
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Hartford Man Charged with Narcotics Trafficking and Firearm Possession Offenses

… 500 baggies of fentanyl, hundreds of counterfeit pills containing suspected fentanyl, a distribution quantity … revealed distribution quantities of fentanyl, counterfeit pills, cocaine, and crack cocaine. It is alleged that Rojas’ …
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Maryland Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl

… distributed the fentanyl in the form of circular, blue pills with “M 30” imprinted on them. This mimics the markings on legitimate pills that one receives from a manufacturer containing …
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Virginia Man Sentenced to over 10 Years in Prison for Federal Drug Trafficking and Firearms Charges

… cocaine, an additional kilogram of cocaine, 5,000 fentanyl pills, 1.605 grams of crack cocaine, two loaded firearms, a … packaging material, and two cellphones. The fentanyl pills were stamped to appear to be Percocet. Erik S. …
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Revere Man Pleads Guilty To Role In International Money Laundering Organization

… resulted in the seizure of over 16 kilograms of counterfeit pills containing methamphetamine, thousands of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, additional pills containing oxycodone, as well as over a kilogram of …
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Two Men Indicted for International Conspiracy to Ship Fentanyl, Other Drugs into United States through Dark Web Connections

… any prison term. There is no parole in the federal system. “Pills in the underground drug market and on the Dark Web are … follow DEA Atlanta via Twitter at  @DEAATLANTADiv ### Fake Pills Dark Web- Internet Trafficking Overdose Extraditions …
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Fourteen Indicted in Multi-State Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Linked to Deadly Fentanyl Distributed to Members of the Lummi Nation in Washington

… office. “This group distributed more than 800,000 fentanyl pills throughout the United States, including in Arizona, … law enforcement seized more than 846,000 fentanyl pills, nearly 7 kilograms of fentanyl powder, 7 kilograms of …
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Albuquerque Man Convicted of Federal Firearm Offenses

… pounds of methamphetamine and approximately 2,000 fentanyl pills. Prior to the buy, agents set up surveillance on the … vehicle yielded 2 additional guns, 65 grams of fentanyl pills, and 149.5 grams of meth. The Court ordered that …
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Upper Marlboro Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Heroin and Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

… and procaine (a local anesthetic drug); a prescription pill bottle containing approximately 89 Oxycodone pills; approximately three grams of a white powdery …
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Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force takedown results in charges against 60 individuals, including 53 medical professionals

… prescriptions for controlled substances and over 32M pills; ARPO Strike Force grows to 10 districts, expanding to … alone, the pharmacy allegedly dispensed over 1.75 million pills. These cases were brought with assistance from the …
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Three Current And Former Rikers Island Correction Officers Indicted For Trafficking In Narcotics, Bribery And Smuggling Contraband In Jail

… in which they received what they believed to be oxycodone pills, along with cash “courier fees.” The fees that were … As part of the charged conspiracy, she delivered the pills to Dominguez. Suarez was arrested yesterday and … in exchange for delivering what he believed to be oxycodone pills to an inmate in February 2014. Gifth resigned from the …
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Defendant Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Large-Scale Fentanyl Trafficking Operation in Eastern Washington

… trafficking operation that distributed tens of thousands of pills across Eastern Washington. The sentence follows an … beginning in December 2023, approximately 5,475 fentanyl pills (weighing over 480 grams), along with cocaine, …
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Steilacoom, Washington, Couple Sentenced to Prison for Leading Drug Trafficking Ring Tied to Aryan Prison Gangs

… Original Image Fentanyl seized by investigators. Fentanyl pills seized during the investigation. Download Original Image Fentanyl pills seized during the investigation. Firearms and drugs …
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DEA’s Family Summits

February 11, 2025
… efforts, ask them for their help with sharing the  One Pill Can Kill  fake pill awareness campaign in their communities, identify areas …
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Budget Hearing - Fiscal Year 2024 Request for the Drug Enforcement Administration

April 27, 2023
… United States, raise public awareness about how just one pill can kill, and hire and promote hundreds of people …
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DEA Administrator Milgram's Remarks at the Press Conference on December 16, 2021

December 16, 2021
… 16, 2021 press conference announcing the results of "One Pill Can Kill" Phase Two DEA Administrator Anne Milgram …
December 16, 2021
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DEA San Francisco Division Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day

…  in 2025, are pressing fentanyl into counterfeit pills that look like prescription medications – such … | DEA.gov ,  Fentanyl Free America | DEA.gov , and  One Pill Can Kill . DEA resources are all available for public …
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High-Ranking Gang Member gets Substantial Sentence for Drug Trafficking

… to federal prison after packaging thousands of ecstasy pills for sale, announced Drug Enforcement Administration … baggies, each containing approximately ecstasy 1,000 pills. Scott advertised 6,000 ecstasy pills for $3,500.  Authorities executed a search warrant and …
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Arizona Drug Trafficker Who Fled State Charges Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison

… Lopez in possession over 5,000 counterfeit OxyContin pills containing a combined net weight of 562 grams of … charges. “Drug dealers manufacture and traffic counterfeit pills which look like alprazolam, hydrocodone, or oxycodone …
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DEA Detroit Field Division Announces 2025 Seizure Statistics

… 147 kilograms of fentanyl 432 kilograms of counterfeit pills 1,658 kilograms of cocaine 1,054 kilograms of … a safer, fentanyl-free America. Fentanyl and counterfeit pills continue to pose the greatest drug threat to the U.S., … to learn more about the dangers of fentanyl and counterfeit pills by visiting  www.dea.gov/fentanylfree Seizures …
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Revere Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Role In International Money Laundering Organization

… resulted in the seizure of over 16 kilograms of counterfeit pills containing methamphetamine, thousands of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, additional pills containing oxycodone, as well as over a kilogram of …
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Richmond Felon Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Latest Firearms Conviction

… grams of cocaine, 8.41 grams of fentanyl, five bags of pills containing 34.85 grams of methamphetamine, two … on PACER by searching for Case No. 3:24-cr-162. Counterfeit Pills Drug Trafficking Synthetic drugs Fake Pills …
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York County Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Conspiracy

… the group obtained cocaine, crystal methamphetamine, and pills that resembled 30 mg Oxycodone tablets, also known in the generic form as Roxicodone. The pills were produced by members of the conspiracy with … Brown was supplied with fentanyl and fentanyl laced pills.   United States District Mary Geiger Lewis sentenced  …
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Mexican National Unlawfully Present in the United States Sentenced to 20 Years for Discharging a Firearm at Spokane Police During a Drug Trafficking Crime

… and escalated to distributing thousands of deadly fentanyl pills into the community.  “Mr. Garcia was a menace to our … traveled from Yakima to Spokane to deliver 10,000 fentanyl pills. When Spokane Police identified themselves and …
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Drug Trafficker Unlawfully Residing in the United States Sentenced to Federal Prison for His Leading Role in Distributing Fentanyl and Heroin and Laundering Millions in Drug Proceeds

… suspected of transporting counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and heroin from California into … 26 kilograms of heroin, and 115,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl, as well as more than $348,000 in …
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Indiana Man Sentenced to 6 Years for Drug Trafficking, Gun Crimes

… found a loaded gun with a large capacity magazine, fentanyl pills, methamphetamine pills, marijuana, and a digital scale. Police then executed … in Mishawaka and found more fentanyl and methamphetamine pills . Ellis was a felon and was therefore prohibited from …