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Nash County Armed Meth Trafficker Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Trafficking Kilograms of the Drug

… Crystal Meth gun and ammo.jpg 1,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills (fentanyl pills) concealed in a dog chew toy RALEIGH, N.C. – A Nash …
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Renton, Washington, Mid-Level Leader of Local Drug Trafficking Group Connected to CJNG Cartel, Sentenced to Prison

… of methamphetamine; 12 pounds of heroin; 3,200 fentanyl pills; 22 firearms; and $566,391. In their sentencing memo, … against criminal networks. ###   Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Guns/Weapons OCDETF/Task Force Synthetic drugs …
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Investigation by Tucson Strike Force Leads to Indictment of 13 Involved in Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… of methamphetamine, cocaine, counterfeit M-30 OxyContin pills laced with fentanyl, and heroin. The investigation … of Arizona, Tucson, is handling the prosecution. Fake Pills OCDETF/Task Force Synthetic drugs Drug Trafficking …
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DEA El Paso Recognizes First Ever National Fentanyl Awareness Day

… mixing fentanyl with other illicit drugs—in powder and pill form—to drive addiction and create repeat customers. … of fentanyl, visit www.DEA.gov /fentanylawareness. ### Fake Pills Overdose Press Conferences Prevention/Education - DEA …
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Man Involved in Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Prison

… and distribution of illegal drugs, namely fentanyl pills, methamphetamine, and heroin. Sillas-Burgos was also … includes 147 pounds of methamphetamine, 130,400 fentanyl pills, and ¼ pound of heroin. Investigators also recovered …
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Waterbury Man Sentenced for Role in Heroin and Fentanyl Trafficking Ring

… for street distribution, approximately 1,000 fentanyl pills disguised as Percocet pills, one firearm and approximately $50,000 in cash. …
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Waterbury man sentenced to four years for role in heroin and cocaine trafficking ring

… for street distribution, approximately 1,000 fentanyl pills disguised as Percocet pills, one firearm and approximately $50,000 in cash.  …
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Waterbury man sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for role in heroin and fentanyl trafficking ring

… for street distribution, approximately 1,000 fentanyl pills disguised as Percocet pills, one firearm and approximately $50,000 in cash. On …
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Waterbury man sentenced to 87 months in prison for role in heroin and fentanyl trafficking ring

… for street distribution, approximately 1,000 fentanyl pills disguised as Percocet pills, one firearm and approximately $50,000 in cash. On …
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Watertown man sentenced to 70 months in prison for role in heroin and fentanyl trafficking ring

… for street distribution, approximately 1,000 fentanyl pills disguised as Percocet pills, one firearm and approximately $50,000 in cash. …
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DEA to accept electronic vaping devices and cartridges as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday

… help remove unwanted, expired and unused prescription pills that can be abused, stolen or resold which helps our continued dedication to combat the prescription pill, fentanyl and heroin epidemic of substance abuse and …
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Two Individuals Sentenced in Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Distribution Case

… two pounds of methamphetamine and 234 fentanyl pills in Tuschoff’s car. The following day when law … they found more methamphetamine, heroin, and 196 fentanyl pills. Law enforcement officers also recovered $37,775 of …
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Local pharmacist pleads guilty to unlawful distribution of oxycodone

… charged and only accepted in cash, a higher-than-market-per-pill price, usually $5-6 per pill. Truong ordered a much higher volume of opiates for HP …
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South Florida doctor sentenced to eight years in prison for conspiring to illegally distribute oxycodone

… recruited patients gave Marrero-Castellanos their Oxycodone pills.  Marrero-Castellanos sold those pills to others.   Suarez-Gonzalez and Arlene Gonzalez …
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Second Significant Sentence Handed Down in "Operation Director's Cut"

… and to import and distribute more than 500,000 Ecstasy pills. On two occasions, de Basseville and d’Esclavelles … the shipment of a package containing 10,000 Ecstasy pills obtained in the Netherlands to the United States. De …
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Chicago Medical Clinic Owner Gets Six Years Prison for Selling Opioids to Patients Illegally

… two kilograms of oxycodone, more than 595,000 hydrocodone pills, and more than 190,000 alprazolam pills (commonly known as Xanax), to individuals whom they …
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Former owner of Chicago medical clinic guilty of selling opioid prescriptions to patients who lacked medical need for the drugs

… two kilograms of oxycodone, more than 595,000 hydrocodone pills, and more than 190,000 alprazolam pills (commonly known as Xanax), to individuals whom they …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 27

… 686-4085 DEA aims to dispose of 10 million pounds of unused pills El PASO , Texas  – After collecting a total of more … drugs because they believe that taking a prescription pill is a safe way to get high. If we reduce the …
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Arizona Man Convicted of Controlled Substance Offense

… approximately 10 grams of what appeared to be oxycodone pills. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) laboratory … the presence of methamphetamine and revealed that the pills thought to be oxycodone contained fentanyl. “The …
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Members of drug ring connecting North Dakota Indian Reservations and Michigan residents face federal charges

… responsible for trafficking tens of thousands of Oxycodone pills, worth an estimated $2.5 million, throughout the three …
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DEA launches “Secure Your Meds” winter campaign

DEA launches “Secure Your Meds” winter campaign December 17, 2020 Omaha Contact Info Contact Us (402) 965-3600 (571) 387-3545 Emily Murray Recruiter Name Scott Kunkel (571) 362-7282 Omaha.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 7300 World …
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DEA Hosts Its Third Statewide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

… be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the state free of charge, no questions … and increased enforcement to address doctor shopping and pill mills. On …
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Owner Of Multiple Ohio Pain Clinics Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison And Ordered To Forfeit $6.3 Million In Pain Clinic Profits

… Care in Columbus, Ohio. “Bias was a huge part of a greater pill tsunami into the Southern Ohio area,” Assistant U.S. … to sentencing. The “clinics were just a portion of the pill operations being run by felons and failed doctors in …
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Four Michigan Men Charged With Distributing Heroin, Fentanyl And Vicodin, That Resulted In Three Overdose Deaths

… response to the ongoing epidemic of heroin and prescription pill abuse in the United States and in southeast Michigan. … third indictment charged Stevens with distributing Vicodin pills to an 18-year-old man from Franklin. The man died of …
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Michigan Doctor Receives Nearly 5 Year Federal Prison Sentence For Drug Distribution And Health Care Fraud

… doctor will spend nearly five years in prison for running a pill mill and fueling the prescription drug addiction … said. "Doctors who poison our community by pushing pain pills for profit will be treated as criminals and held …
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New Jersey Doctor Convicted By Federal Jury For Writing Illegal Oxycodone Prescriptions In Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… in a conspiracy that put tens of thousands of prescription pills on the streets for resale. Michael Durante, 59, of … provided prescriptions for more than 70,000 oxycodone pills to be illegally resold by his coconspirators. At …
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

… Take Back Days give the public the opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially … partners. DEA’s last event collected more than double the pills as their first event two years ago, with almost 50% …
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Milford Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty To Illegal Drug Distribution And Health Care Fraud Offenses

… “We are finding with increasing frequency that the types of pills he distributed are contributing to drug overdose … recklessly and illegally put these and other prescription pills on the street.  I thank our partners in this ongoing …
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Fairfield Doctor Who Illegally Prescribed Oxycodone Sentenced

… 2016, authorized the couple to receive thousands of pills of oxycodone and Percocet, a medication containing … through a middleman for street-level resale of the pills in and around Waterbury.  The Controlled Substances …
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Violent South Coast Drug Dealer Sentenced To Over 20 Years In Prison

… brothers believed they were purchasing 15,000 OxyContin pills.  Instead, Monteiro and his crew robbed the Gonsalves … brothers of the $225,000 they brought to purchase the pills.   Judge Casper previously sentenced Monteiro’s heroin …