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Two Utqiagvik residents indicted on drug trafficking charges

… - (509) 374-3444 Yakima - (509) 454-4407 Approximately 200 pills containing fentanyl were mailed to Utqiagvik from … inspection of the package revealed approximately 200 blue pills hidden inside. Preliminary test results, subject to laboratory confirmation, indicated the pills contain fentanyl. Postal inspectors state they …
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Georgia Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison

… . For more information on fentanyl, visit DEA’s One Pill Can Kill Campaign at  www.dea.gov/onepill .  The materials on this website are available for …
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Grand Jury Indicts New Defendants And Brings Additional Charges Against L.A.-Based OxyContin Ring That Allegedly Bilked Medicare

… obtained and distributed more than 900,000 OxyContin pills obtained in part through fraud against public … The indictment alleges that more than 900,000 OxyContin pills were diverted to the street, where they were sold for …
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New Jersey Doctor Indicted On Charges He Sold Oxycodone Prescriptions To Patients With No Legitimate Need For The Drug

… sold 90-count prescriptions for 30 milligram oxycodone pills to numerous patients for $150 or $200 when the patients had no medical need for the potent pain pills.  Kang’s own records allegedly revealed that he knew … patients were addicted to oxycodone or were reselling the pills.  Kang is charged with strict liability for …
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Long Island Doctor Indicted For Causing Oxycodone Overdose Deaths Of Two Patients

… Conway issued 5,554 oxycodone prescriptions - 782,032 pills - to numerous individuals between January 2009 and … Conway provided him with two prescriptions totaling 450 pills of the drug; (2) On October 27, 2011, Christopher … days after Conway provided him with a prescription for 180 pills of oxycodone. Patient records seized in this case …
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Two men plead guilty to roles in large multi-drug trafficking conspiracy across Hampton Roads Virginia

… home in York County to manufacture heroin/fentanyl pills for distribution. These pills were pressed to look like commonly marketed opioid pills, such as Oxycodone. Mackie pleaded guilty to operating …
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Long Beach Man Sentenced To 6 Years & 4 Months In Prison For Trafficking Oxycodone And Hydrocodone

… for conspiring to distribute oxycodone and hydrocodone pills. According to court documents, in April 11, 2013, Chim … pharmacies in Modesto, and then transported and mailed the pills to others involved in the conspiracy in Washington … on the black market. After illegally selling the pills, the defendants deposited the cash proceeds of the …
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Norton doctor pleads guilty to illegally prescribing prescription drugs

… including illegally prescribing more than 25,000 oxycodone pills, more than 17,000 hydrocodone pills, and more than 10,000 benzodiazepine pills; obtaining drugs by fraud; health care fraud; making a …
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Connecticut Man Sentenced To Over 22 Years For Oxycodone Conspiracy

… to Court documents, Diaz and others acquired oxycodone pills outside of Maine.  Some of these pills were obtained from people in Connecticut who diverted … were obtained in bulk from California and elsewhere. The pills were transported to Maine by Diaz or other …
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DEA And Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

… have been collected. That’s more than a quarter pound of pills for each of the 25 million children aged 12 to 17 in America, pills that won’t result in abuse or overdose.   The public … may be called for location sites is l 800-882-9539.  Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the …
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DEA And Local Law Enforcement Partners Take Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs October 28

… the public its 14th opportunity in seven years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially … and unwanted prescription drugs. Individuals can take pills and other solid forms of medication to one of almost …
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West Bloomfield Doctor sentenced for opioid drug conspiracy

… sold in the Metropolitan Detroit area or in Tennessee.  Pills travelling from Michigan to Tennessee are commonly known as diverting pills down the “Southern Pipeline.”  Both Michigan and …
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Norwalk Man Sentenced To 70 Months In Federal Prison For Illegally Selling Prescription Narcotics

… conducted several undercover purchases of OxyContin pills from Sandalo at a cost of $40 to $45 for each … a search of Sandalo’s residence revealed 731 OxyContin pills, 683 Percocet (which contain oxycodone and …
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Fort Lauderdale resident sentenced to 30 Years in prison for distributing fentanyl resulting in death

Fort Lauderdale resident sentenced to 30 Years in prison for distributing fentanyl resulting in death November 14, 2019 Miami Contact Info Contact Us (571) 362-3364 (571) 362-3364 - Option 5 Miami.FD.PIO@dea.gov 571-362-3106 Miami.Recruiting@dea.gov Talk …
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Stephentown Man Sentenced To 30 Years For Gun And Drug Convictions

… more than 30 grams of heroin, and more than 700 oxycodone pills ALBANY, N.Y. - Joshua Stegemann, age 39, of … recovered large amounts of cocaine, heroin, and oxycodone pills, along with two loaded handguns, a loaded shotgun, and … more than 30 grams of heroin, more than 700 oxycodone pills, three firearms, dozens of rounds of ammunition, and …
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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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Essex County, New Jersey, Man Pleads Guilty To His Role In Oxycodone Distribution Ring

… Feb. 5, 2014, to Aug. 13, 2014, he personally purchased pills containing oxycodone from conspirators and then sold the pills to others. Oxycodone is a - meaning that it has a high … to severe psychological or physical dependence. The Endocet pills obtained and re-sold by Policarpio each contained 10 …
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California Man and Utah Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking in Idaho

…  A pound and a half of methamphetamine, over 1,000 fentanyl pills, and a firearm were found in the car.  Another firearm … County and throughout the region. ### Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Synthetic drugs Methamphetamine Fentanyl On On Press …
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Long Beach Man Sentenced To Over 26 Years In Prison For Role In Narcotics Conspiracy Involving Powerful Opioid Acetylfentanyl

… of acetylfentanyl from the organization, which obtained pill presses from China that were used illegally to make … from China, which they then used to produce homemade pills designed to look like legitimate pharmaceuticals. …
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CVS To Pay $3.5 Million To Resolve Allegations That Pharmacists Filled Fake Prescriptions

… Boston.  The DEA estimated the street value of the diverted pills to be over $1 million. The forged prescriptions traced … in just six months.  Those 29 prescriptions totaled 1,290 pills of hydrocodone, or seven pills a day.  At a different …
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Vallejo Man Sentenced to over 10 Years in Prison for Methamphetamine Offense

… from Mexico and found to be in possession of hundreds of pills hidden near the wheel well of his vehicle. On March … in a desk next to bottles containing Xanax and Oxycodone pills and a bag containing 229 grams 100% pure …
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Man Indicted by Queens DA in Possession of Deadly Fentanyl

… enough to produce approximately 20,000 counterfeit fentanyl pills. A recent bulletin from the DEA indicated that in 2022, six out of ten counterfeit pills contained a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl. …
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DEA Continues Its Drug Abuse Prevention Efforts With Prescription Drug Take Back Day This Saturday

… taken in over 7.1 million pounds-more than 3,500 tons-of pills.  Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the …
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Convicted Felon Gets 38 Years in Federal Prison for Dealing Fentanyl Resulting in Death of Arkansas Man

… located, among other items, approximately 730 counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, 240 gross grams of fentanyl … admitted to selling fentanyl in both powder and counterfeit pill form in Northwest Arkansas. Driskill also admitted to …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day

… on the serious dangers of fentanyl poisoning from fake pills and other illicit drugs.  DEA supports the efforts of … mixing fentanyl with other illicit drugs—in powder and pill form—to drive addiction and create repeat customers. …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day

… on the serious dangers of fentanyl poisoning from fake pills and other illicit drugs.  DEA supports the efforts of … mixing fentanyl with other illicit drugs—in powder and pill form—to drive addiction and create repeat customers. …
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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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Large-scale poly drug trafficking organization dismantled in Colorado

… seized 1,472 counterfeit 30-mg oxycodone hydrochloride pills (fentanyl), 3 lbs. of methamphetamine, 1.64 lbs. of ephedrine, 288 Schedule II synthetic opioid pills, 18.7 grams of cocaine, 6.7 grams of heroin, 10 benzodiazepine pills and numerous rifles, handguns and a shotgun.   In …
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Oak Park Gang Members and Drug Suppliers Charged with Drug and Firearm Offenses

… Parker and his associates sold fentanyl powder, fentanyl pills, more than 15 pounds of methamphetamine, and 12 …
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Waterbury Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison

… for street distribution, approximately 1,000 fentanyl pills disguised as Percocet pills, one firearm, and approximately $50,000 in cash. …