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South Berwick Man Sentenced On Distribution Of Suboxone Resulting In Death Charge

… apartment in South Berwick, Verrill supplied 2 suboxone pills to Miles Malone and that Miles Malone died later that evening after consuming the pills.  The subsequent autopsy showed that Mr. Malone died … used to hold up a television; one bottle contained suboxone pills, one bottle contained clonazepam pills, and one bottle …
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Nurse Practitioner Arrested, Charged with Selling Oxymorphone

… who then agreed to sell all or a portion of the prescribed pills for a financial profit. The patients were expected to … of oxymorphone, totaling in excess of 13,000 oxymorphone pills. During the course of the investigation, investigators …
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Twenty-Four Defendants Indicted On Federal Drug Charges

… Investigation targeted illegal distribution of prescription pills NASHVILLE, Tenn. - - A single count indictment … intent to distribute and distributing diverted prescription pills, announced David Rivera, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. The diverted pills contained the controlled substances Oxycodone, …
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Anesthesiologist Sentenced For Illegally Prescribing Oxycodone And Other Prescription Painkillers

… commit criminal acts. In addition, owners and operators of pill mills spin a broad web of deception, reeling in casts … crisis that plagues our community.”  “Persons who operate pill mills in the Northern District of Georgia can expect to … who push poison in our communities,” stated Veronica Hyman-Pillot, Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation. …
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DEA-Led Investigation Dismantles Albuquerque-Based Drug Trafficking Organization

… 2.8 kilograms of heroin, approximately 10,000 fentanyl pills, 34 firearms, and approximately $124,000 in cash.  At … the case. # # # Arrests/Convictions - Major Fake Pills Guns/Weapons Seizures (Drugs/Property) Synthetic drugs …
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Indiana Woman Sentenced to 63 Months for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl

… City. At that time, McCoy had over a kilogram of fentanyl pills on her person.  This case was investigated by the DEA, … L. Schultz and Joel Gabrielse. Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Guilty Plea Guns/Weapons Fentanyl On On Press Release …
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Joint Investigation Leads To Arrest Of Doctor For Selling Assault Weapons & Drugs During Course Of Murder-for-Hire Plot

… commits arson and distributes diverted prescription pain pills out of his medical office. Through an intensive … police investigation involving the purchase of Oxycodone pills led to the additional undercover purchases of heroin …
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Derry Man Sentenced to 36 Months in Federal Prison for Importing, Manufacturing, and Distributing Steroids

… the raw materials and machines used to manufacture pills along with numerous bins and shelves with finished products—in total over 3,000 vials and 64,000 pills of controlled substances and prescription drugs, …
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Indiana Woman Sentenced to 130 Months for Fentanyl Charges

… in the Michigan City area. Marion’s co-defendants sold pills purporting to be oxycodone that were actually … back to Michigan City with over a kilogram of fentanyl pills. Marion was in possession of over $3,000 when …
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New Jersey Pharmacist Pleads Guilty In Scheme To Illegally Distribute Pharmaceutical Drugs

… June 2012.   Oxycodone, the active ingredient in brand name pills such as OxyContin, Roxicodone and Percocet, is a … on the street. Users will often crush and snort the pills or dissolve and inject them to get an immediate high. … the parking lot of Texas Road Pharmacy to provide them with pills, or would leave the pills in a car in the parking lot, …
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Data and Statistics

December 12, 2025
… communities across the nation. DEA 2026 Drug Seizures 0 Pills Seized 0 Powder Seized Fentanyl 0 Pills Seized 0 Total Seized Methamphetamine 0 Powder Seized …
December 12, 2025
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Seven Arrested In Major New York City Prescription Forgery Ring

… for addictive opioid painkillers and illegally obtain pills from pharmacies for resale on the black market. … oxycodone, leading to the dispensing of more than 160,000 pills with a street value of nearly $3 million. The ring … month. In general, each prescription was written for 180 pills of 30 mg oxycodone. However, in 2013 the number of …
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Alexandria Man Convicted of Armed Fentanyl Trafficking

… conspired with others to distribute counterfeit, pressed pills containing fentanyl, as well as Eutylone, which is a designer drug similar in character to MDMA. Pills distributed by the conspiracy twice on December 20, …
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South Texas Dealer Admits to Selling Fentanyl to Teenager Resulting in Death

… dangers of fentanyl can be found on the DEA’s website. #OnePillCanKill Fake Pills Fentanyl Awareness Guilty Plea One Pill Can Kill …
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TSA And Law Enforcement Officers In Nevadaand Florida Charged In Prescription Drug Ring Narcotics Trafficking Network Results In 20 Arrests

… tens of thousands of highly-addictive prescription narcotic pills from Florida to users in Connecticut. Second, we have … Fla. to Stamford, Conn. to sell thousands of oxycodone pills. On April 8, 2011, the DEA arrested that individual, … who was in possession of approximately 6000 oxycodone pills, in a hotel in Stamford. The arrested individual …
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Fentanyl Dealers Sentenced to Federal Prison

… P. Hakala-Finch prosecuted the case. Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Fentanyl Awareness On On Press Release Image Layout …
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DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days Meet A Growing Need For Americans

… Take-Back Day program by dropping off more prescription pills than ever this past Saturday.  After seven previous … spread over almost four years, 780,158 - ( 390 - tons) of pills were brought to the 6,072 - collection sites that DEA …
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San Diego Pharmacy Owners Pay $750,000 To Resolve Drug Diversion Allegations

… Center Pharmacy was unable to account for roughly 21,000 pills at four locations over a two-year span.  In some … two pharmacy technicians allegedly diverted thousands of pills.  In others, Medical Center Pharmacy allegedly …
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Former Ohio Police Officer Sentenced To Six Years In Federal Prison For Extortion

… with marijuana, methamphetamine, bath salts and ecstasy pills to sell and split the profits. A portion of the drugs … informant who sold large quantities of oxycodone pills to Dailey approximately five days a week for seven … awareness was missing crack and powder cocaine and ecstasy pills. The inventory analysis also revealed that the …
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Drug Trafficking Ringleader, Who Hid Huge Amounts of Drugs and Cash in Arlington, Sentenced to 15 Years

… 15 pounds of heroin, 35,000 suspected fentanyl pills, 24 firearms, and approximately $ 778,000.  … nearly 6 kilos of heroin, and nearly 2 kilos of fentanyl pills, much of it buried underground.  On the property, …
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Milwaukee Area Pharmaceutical Controlled Substance Distribution Ring Targeted

… were then either paid in cash or retained some of the pills.  Many of these individuals also utilized their … Schedule II controlled substance.  Once filled, the pills were then returned to one of the group’s main …
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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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Report fraudulent and suspicious pharmaceutical activities anonymously through the DEA San Diego RxAbuse Tip Line

… well as information about people who are doctor shopping or pill seeking for illegal purposes. The vast majority of … lead to further identification of doctors, pharmacists, and pill seekers who are fueling the opioid crisis that we are … know of someone who is illegally obtaining or dispensing pills, please call and report them to help make this …
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Orlando Pharmacist Convicted Of Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone

… licensed pharmacist, dispensed more than 500,000 oxycodone pills during the timeframe of the conspiracy and collected … The patients paid a premium, in cash, for the pain pills because they had fraudulent prescriptions and … all of the major retail pharmacies.  Many of the oxycodone pills were purchased by drug addicts and drug dealers who …
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Columbia Man Admits To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

… and money laundering charges for owning and operating a ‘pill mill’ pain clinic which served as a front for the mass … drugs” stated Special Agent in Charge, Veronica F. Hyman-Pillot. “We are committed to ‘following the money trail’ to … clinic, located in Cartersville, Ga., was prescribing pain pills outside the bounds of legitimate medical practice. …
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Waterbury Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison

… revealed more than 370 grams of cocaine, narcotic pills, four loaded handguns, gun magazines, numerous rounds …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Drug Conspiracy and Illegal Reentry

… a total of 10 kilograms of heroin and 100,000 fentanyl pills before Bojorquez-Moreno stopped communicating with the …
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Waterbury Man Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Prison For Role In Oxycodone Trafficking Ring

… Task Force into the large-scale trafficking of oxycodone pills from Florida to Connecticut.  The investigation … by commercial airline or automobile, and sold the pills for profit to various Connecticut-based narcotics …
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Physician Pleads Guilty To $1 Million Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… filled the prescriptions and gave some or all of the pills to Cummings, who illegally distributed them. Womboldt, … compensation for writing the prescriptions, Baker received pills from Cummings or Womboldt and was often paid $100 per … by health care benefit programs. The estimated sales of the pills totaled $952,520. Health Care Fraud - Baker admitted …
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Statement of Anne Milgram Administrator at a Hearing Entitled, “Drug Enforcement Administration Oversight”

January 23, 2025
… States, and raise public awareness about how just one pill can kill. We have transformed our vision by focusing on …
January 23, 2025