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Repeat Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Over Ten Years in Prison

June 08, 2022
… was discovered that he had approximately 190,000 fentanyl pills (19.24 kilograms) of fentanyl pills hidden in his vehicle. In a previous case, Rivero was …
June 08, 2022
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Double Homicide Suspect Charged With Drug Crime

March 11, 2022
… and seized more than 3,000 fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills, multiple firearms, and roughly 20 cell phones that … U.S. Attorney Shawn Smith is prosecuting the case. Fake Pills Guns/Weapons Fentanyl Cocaine Methamphetamine Heroin …
March 11, 2022
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Porterville Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Distribution

February 04, 2022
… of Delgado-Montenegro, delivered 800 counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl during two separate undercover …                                                  ###   Fake Pills Guilty Plea OCDETF/Task Force Synthetic drugs Drug …
February 04, 2022
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DEA Continues Its Drug Abuse Prevention Efforts With Prescription Drug Take Back Day This Saturday

April 27, 2017
… and its partners have taken in over 7.1 million pounds of pills.  The public can find a nearby collection site here or by calling 800-882-9539.  Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the …
April 27, 2017
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Pain Clinic Owners Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegal Opioid Prescribing

December 13, 2021
… for their involvement in a drug-trafficking conspiracy and “pill mill” operation. Lisa Hofschulz and Robert Hofschulz … established that Lisa and Robert Hofschulz ran CPC as a “pill mill” through which they distributed millions of …
December 13, 2021
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Fort Worth Jury Convicts Whitt Drug Trafficker

November 16, 2021
… residence on April 26. Inside, they found more than 4,000 pills laced with fentanyl, methamphetamine, and heroin, … Judge Reed C. O’Connor presided over the trial. Fake Pills Guns/Weapons Seizures (Drugs/Property) Synthetic drugs …
November 16, 2021
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Seven arrested in connection to RX drug distribution operation

June 27, 2019
… at a Kmart pharmacy in Boca Raton, Fla., and delivered the pills to the members of the organization, rather than giving … drugs at an office site and later distributed the pills throughout South Florida. The defendants face charges …
June 27, 2019
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Bradenton drug dealer sentenced to prison

June 06, 2018
… the driver, was patted down for weapons, during which a pill bottle containing approximately 8.5 grams of a white … a digital scale, plastic baggies containing Xanax pills, approximately 13.5 grams of suspected fentanyl, 13 …
June 06, 2018
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Lasalle County Doctor Sentenced for Dispensing Prescription Drugs to Addicts for Sex

October 16, 2018
… Andrew Strandell, knowing that Strandell would sell the pills on the black market and then kick back some of the … states. Dr. Perales knew the patients were addicted to the pills, yet he dispensed them without performing a medical …
October 16, 2018
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Peoria woman sentenced to 12 years for distributing fentanyl resulting in the death of a man

October 03, 2018
… that Madrigal-Lopez had obtained Mexican-made fentanyl pills, designed to resemble oxycodone, and then sold them to …  On November 16, 2016, Madrigal-Lopez sold the fentanyl pills to a male who later died from fentanyl intoxication …
October 03, 2018
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 27, 2018

October 25, 2018
… 459-9600 DEA aims to dispose of 10 million pounds of unused pills DALLAS - Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. the Special Agent in … be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the each state free of charge, no …
October 25, 2018
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Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes' Pharmacy settles claims

November 20, 2018
… after it learned that approximately 2,500 oxycodone pills had been stolen or were unaccounted for from the … in the pharmacy and failing to report the missing oxycodone pills to the DEA. “We appreciate the Confederated Salish & …
November 20, 2018
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Large methamphetamine and fentanyl distribution network dismantled in Evansville, IN

September 15, 2020
… methamphetamine, 769 grams of fentanyl powder, 114 fentanyl pills, 500 oxycodone pills, 345 grams of heroin, and $14,346 in U.S. currency. …
September 15, 2020
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Fresno Man Indicted for Fentanyl Trafficking and Illegal Firearm Possession

July 22, 2021
… the sale of narcotics, including counterfeit oxycodone pills stamped with an “M” on one side and a “30” on the … controlled substances, including the “M” “30” fentanyl pills, as well as a loaded, short-barreled AR-15 rifle with …
July 22, 2021
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Puyallup, Washington, man pleads guilty to trafficking heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine

May 20, 2021
… turned up dealer-sized quantities of heroin, fentanyl pills, and methamphetamine, plus more than $24,000 cash.  … of narcotics led to heroin, methamphetamine, and fentanyl pills near Gongas’s stopped car.  Gongas ultimately admitted …
May 20, 2021
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DEA to hold 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

April 15, 2021
… Comeaux, Houston Division.  “The majority of prescription pill abusers get their pills from home medicine cabinets, therefore we ask everyone …
April 15, 2021
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Fresno man indicted for trafficking fentanyl, LSD, cocaine and heroin and a firearm offense

September 17, 2020
… at Ventura Sanchez’s residence and car. Over 300 fentanyl pills were in the car and approximately 280 more fentanyl pills were found in the house. In addition, agents found …
September 17, 2020
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Twelve charged with narcotics trafficking offenses

December 06, 2019
… of methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and prescription pain pills (including oxycodone), obtained narcotics from a … with Brown, Pratt and others to distribute prescription pills, including Oxycodone, in Washington and elsewhere. …
December 06, 2019
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Houston area man who posed as physician found guilty of conspiring to unlawfully prescribe hundreds of thousands of doses of opioids

September 04, 2019
… pain clinic was found guilty today for his role at a “pill mill” at which he and his co-conspirators illegally … Clinic of Rosenberg, Texas, which operated as an illegal pill mill, to unlawfully prescribe controlled substances to …
September 04, 2019
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Ten year prison term imposed for a fentanyl distributor

July 01, 2019
… as one of the first major distributors of fentanyl-laced pills that are unlawfully made to appear to be prescription … facing our community today and, based upon the quantity of pills being sold by Fertig and his negative impact on this …
July 01, 2019
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DEA's 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Delivers Positive Numbers Throughout South And Central Texas

May 07, 2018
… off their unused, unwanted and expired prescription pills on April 28 at collection sites across Texas. The … opportunity these Take Back Day events provide to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially …
May 07, 2018
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Man Pleads Guilty To Methamphetamine Related Charges

March 06, 2018
… October 2015 and April 2017, he purchased pseudoephedrine pills from different drug stores in and around Onondaga … scrutiny he often rotated the stores where he bought the pills. Redhead further admitted that he purchased the …
March 06, 2018
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Lakeside Gang Member Indicted In Fentanyl Overdose Death

April 12, 2018
… According to the complaint, Shephard distributed fentanyl pills to the Marine Corporal with Shephard acknowledging that the pills could lead to an overdose. The United States faces the …
April 12, 2018
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Bradenton Man Sentenced To More Than 10 Years For Drug Trafficking

March 08, 2018
… patted down for weapons, during which a deputy located a pill bottle containing approximately 8.5 grams of a white … a digital scale, a plastic baggy containing Xanax pills, a plastic baggy containing approximately 13.5 grams …
March 08, 2018
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DEA And Partners Across Michigan Continue Drug Abuse Prevention Efforts With Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday

April 27, 2017
… taken in over 7.1 million pounds-more than 3,500 tons-of pills.  The public can find a nearby collection site at … nearby collections sites by calling 800-882-9529.  Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the …
April 27, 2017
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DEA And Partners Across Kentucky Work To Prevent Drug Abuse Prescription Drug Take Back Day Is This Saturday

April 27, 2017
… taken in over 7.1 million pounds-more than 3,500 tons-of pills.  The public can find a nearby collection site at … nearby collections sites by calling 800-882-9529.  Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the …
April 27, 2017
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DEA Continues Its Drug Abuse Prevention Efforts With Prescription Drug Take Back Day This Saturday

April 24, 2017
… taken in over 7.1 million pounds-more than 3,500 tons-of pills.  The public can find a nearby collection site here or by calling 800-882-9529. Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the …
April 24, 2017
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Public Response To DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days Keeps Growing

May 02, 2013
… Take-Back Day this past Saturday collected 50 percent more pills than the previous one, demonstrating the American … and increased enforcement to address doctor shopping and pill mills. Shortly after DEA’s first Take-Back Day event …
May 02, 2013
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Fort Smith Man Sentenced To Five Years For Drug Store Burglary

July 01, 2013
… on July 3, 2012, Teas stole a large amount of oxycontin pills from the pharmacy and then traveled to Moundsville, … Teas was traveling in and discovered bottles of oxycontin pills that were then traced back to the Fort Smith drug …
July 01, 2013
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DEA Sponsoring 11th National Prescription Take Back Day

April 26, 2016
… 800-882-9539.  “Most prescription drug abusers get their pills from friends and family, including from the household … firearms.  The removal from homes of unwanted prescription pills that can be abused, stolen or resold is an easy way to …
April 26, 2016