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Passaic County Doctor Charged in Conspiracy to Distribute Opioids

… their names. Ferraro typically wrote prescriptions for 90 pills of 30mg oxycodone each, which were typically split … 425 prescriptions for approximately 36,500 30 mg oxycodone pills. The charge of conspiracy to distribute controlled …
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Lowell Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Half a Kilogram of Meth Intended for Distribution

… agreed to distribute more than 5,000 counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine to a confidential source. … enforcement intercepted Chhoy and recovered more than 6,000 pills – weighing approximately 1.85 kilograms. Additionally, …
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Dozens arrested as part of Houston Violent Crime Initiative

… approximately 248 kilograms of meth, including meth pills some of which laced with fentanyl; over 1.7 kilograms … of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and PCP, as well as four pill presses and over $110,000 in cash. The FBI, Houston …
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Utah Man Faces Federal Charges of Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in Death

… of the victim, Yanito sold counterfeit blue “M30” pills containing fentanyl to the victim. Financial research … for the District of Utah are prosecuting the case. Fake Pills Fentanyl On On Press Release Image Layout Landscape …
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Portland Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Shipping Firearm and Ammunition to the U.K. , Possessing Meth

… of items used to manufacture counterfeit prescription pills. During their search of Schirm’s residence, … to be a small laboratory used to make counterfeit Xanax pills. In addition, they located and seized two firearms, …
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Ohio Man Sentenced for Distributing Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals in Dallas

… District Judge Sean D. Jordan. “Counterfeit pharmaceutical pills like the ones Mr. Seymour and his co-conspirators … in the DFW area.  He distributed counterfeit pharmaceutical pills, marijuana, and THC and was responsible for making …
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Toppenish Woman Charged with Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses

… stems from information that she was supplying fentanyl pills to multiple users in the Yakima area.  Based on this … of Gorst’s motel room, where enforcement seized fentanyl pills, methamphetamine, and a Smith and Wesson semiautomatic …
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Repeat Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Over Ten Years in Prison

… 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 …
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Double Homicide Suspect Charged With Drug Crime

… 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 …
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Porterville Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Distribution

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

… 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 …
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Pain Clinic Owners Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegal Opioid Prescribing

… 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 …
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Fort Worth Jury Convicts Whitt Drug Trafficker

… 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 …
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Seven arrested in connection to RX drug distribution operation

… 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 …
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Bradenton drug dealer sentenced to prison

… 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 …
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Lasalle County Doctor Sentenced for Dispensing Prescription Drugs to Addicts for Sex

… 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 …
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Peoria woman sentenced to 12 years for distributing fentanyl resulting in the death of a man

… 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 …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 27, 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 …
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Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes' Pharmacy settles claims

… 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 & …
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Large methamphetamine and fentanyl distribution network dismantled in Evansville, IN

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

… 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 …
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Puyallup, Washington, man pleads guilty to trafficking heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine

… 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 …
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Fresno man indicted for trafficking fentanyl, LSD, cocaine and heroin and a firearm offense

… 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 …
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Twelve charged with narcotics trafficking offenses

… 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. …
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Ten year prison term imposed for a fentanyl distributor

… 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 …
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DEA's 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Delivers Positive Numbers Throughout South And Central Texas

… 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 …
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Man Pleads Guilty To Methamphetamine Related Charges

… 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 …
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Lakeside Gang Member Indicted In Fentanyl Overdose Death

… 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 …
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Bradenton Man Sentenced To More Than 10 Years For Drug Trafficking

… 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 …
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DEA And Partners Across Michigan Continue Drug Abuse Prevention Efforts With Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday

… 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 …