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Multi-Agency Law Enforcement Operation Tackles Gun Violence In Miami-Dade County

… --1,728 grams cocaine --634 grams heroin --2473 MDMA pills --2874 Oxycodone pills --15,208 grams of marijuana --5 bullet proof vests --576 Percocet pills --10 Morphine pills      DEA Special Agent in Charge …
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Leader of Large Cartel-Connected Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

… of methamphetamine; 12 pounds of heroin; 3,200 fentanyl pills; 22 firearms; and $566,391. On the wiretapped phone … Jaquette and Andy Colasurdo. ###   Drug Trafficking Fake Pills OCDETF/Task Force Synthetic drugs Methamphetamine …
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Metro-West Drug Traffickers Charged In Oxycodone Distribution Ring

… details Bourque’s distribution of thousands of (Percocet) pills to both re-distributors and drug customers.  Bourque … and McGuire, among others, as “runners” to distribute pills and collect drug proceeds. On March 29, 2013, it is … alleged that Ouellette and Cotter distributed 700 Oxycodone pills to Bourque.  In a search of Ouellette’s home, law …
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Bakersfield Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing and Attempting to Sell Fentanyl, Cocaine and Methamphetamine

… shopping mall and sell him 20,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl for $42,000. During their meeting, … and located a total of 51,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl, approximately 40 pounds of …
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Narcotics (Opioids)

Opium

January 22, 2025
Opium is a highly addictive non-synthetic narcotic that is extracted from the poppy plant, Papaver somniferum. The opium poppy is the key source for many narcotics, including morphine, codeine, and heroin.
January 22, 2025
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is 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.  DEA San Diego … service is free of charge, with no questions asked. Only pills and other solids, like patches, will be accepted-the …
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Los Angeles Man Found Guilty Of Federal Narcotics Conspiracy Involving The Opioid Acetyl Fentanyl

… from China, which they then used to produce homemade pills designed to look like pharmaceutical products. Bowen and his co-conspirators then distributed the pills in bulk across the nation. The drug organization also …
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DEA In Kentucky With Law Enforcement And Community Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

… 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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Indictment Charges Eight Men in an Interstate Fentanyl and Cocaine Conspiracy

… some of which was at least 65% pure; more than 6,000 fake pills containing fentanyl produced to resemble OxyContin; … https://www.facebook.com/usaodc Drug Trafficking Fake Pills OCDETF/Task Force Press Conferences Seizures …
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Leader of Violent, Cartel-Connected, Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison

… pounds of meth into the region as well as heroin, fentanyl pills, and cocaine. In asking the court to impose a 17-year … Jaquette and C. Andrew Colasurdo. ### Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Guns/Weapons OCDETF/Task Force Seizures …
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Bristol Drug Trafficker, Career Offender Sentenced To Six Years In Federal Prison

… entering, resulted in the seizure of 54 grams of cocaine, a pill bottle containing 23, 40mg pills of oxycodone, and a variety of other pills including …
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Bakersfield Man Indicted for Distributing Fentanyl

… to court documents, on Dec. 16, 2020, Randall sold fentanyl pills to a victim who later ingested the pills, resulting in her overdose death. This case is the …
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Sacramento And Bay Area Drug Traffickers Given Lengthy Sentences

… December of 2008, agents purchased approximately 9,000 MDMA pills from Johnson. During the investigation, … 8, 2008, the California Highway Patrol seized 11,000 MDMA pills from a vehicle driven by Robert Ly after he was … Highway 80 near West Sacramento. Approximately 39,000 MDMA pills were seized during this investigation. This case is …
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Leader Of Oxycodone Trafficking Ring Sentenced To Over 10 Years In Prison

… involved in the illegal distribution of prescription pain pills is a top priority for this Office because of the … obtained and filled doctors’ prescriptions for pain pills and then illegally resold the pain medication to …
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Southampton Town Councilman Sentenced To 24 Months In Prison For Conspiring To Illegally Distribute Oxycodone

… Westchester - (914) 682-6256 Defendant exchanged oxycodone pills for cash and steroids CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - Earlier … those prescriptions and illegally exchanged the oxycodone pills for cash and steroids with another co-conspirator. The oxycodone pills were then re-sold to drug abusers. Troyan was arrested …
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Riverhead Physician Assistant Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Illegally Prescribe Oxycodone

… - (914) 682-6256 Defendant Issued Prescriptions for Pills to be Sold in Exchange for Cash BROOKLYN, N.Y. - … substances, issued prescriptions for thousands of oxycodone pills to co-conspirators for the purpose of illegally …
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Former Suffolk County Legislator Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Public Records and Patronizing a Prostitute

… provide the undercover police officer with oxycodone pills in exchange for sexual conduct, with Spencer texting … was found in possession of two 30-milligram oxycodone pills which he possessed without a prescription. Following …
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Manhattan Doctor Charged With Writing Thousands Of Illegal Prescriptions

… Westchester - (914) 682-6256 Over 2.2 Million Oxycodone Pills Diverted BROOKLYN, N.Y. -   - A criminal complaint was … for oxycodone, totaling over 2.2 million oxycodone pills, a disproportionately high amount for a family …
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Kentucky Man Convicted Of Pharmacy Robbery And Intent To Distribute Hydrocodone

… and possession with intent to distribute Hydrocodone pills. The jury returned the verdict after a 3-day trial. … armed with a handgun, stole approximately 4,000 Hydrocodone pills. Hydrocodone is a Schedule II controlled substance. … after the robbery Ayala possessed the stolen Hydrocodone pills with intent to distribute them. Carlton S. Shier, IV, …
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Visalia Doctor Sentenced For Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone

… for abuse, and users will often crush and snort the pills or dissolve and inject them to get an immediate high. … cards. After obtaining the oxycodone and hydrocodone pills, the defendants shipped the pills to other states. Eight defendants in that case pleaded …
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Surgeon Receives 78 Months In Prison For Distributing Oxycodone

… the distribution of tens of thousands of oxycodone pills. The announcement was made by Special Agent in Charge … filled the prescriptions and sold the oxycodone pills on the black market.  On several occasions, Gundel … with tens of thousands of deadly, addictive oxycodone pills.  Those who misuse their privilege to prescribe and …
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Twenty-Four Indicted In Oxycodone Trafficking And Health Care Fraud Scheme

… estimates, Florida prescribes ten times more oxycodone pills than all other states combined. Each day, individuals … our efforts on those pharmacies who are churning out pills that are fraudulently prescribed at area pain clinics. …
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Visalia Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone

… for abuse, and users will often crush and snort the pills or dissolve and inject them to get an immediate high. … cards. After obtaining the oxycodone and hydrocodone pills, the defendants shipped the pills to other states. Eight defendants in that case have …
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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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Monmouth County, N.J., Doctor Indicted On Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy, Money Laundering And Tax Charges

… this case: Oxycodone, the active ingredient in brand name pills such as Oxycontin, Roxicodone and Percocet, is a … DiLorenzo’s conspirators would obtain oxycodone pills at pharmacies and then distribute the pills.   DiLorenzo allegedly agreed to split the proceeds …
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Methamphetamine Trafficker is Found Guilty of Drug and Gun Charges

… gun and ammo.jpg 1,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills (fentanyl pills) concealed in a dog chew toy CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. …
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San Diego Neighborhood Pharmacist Pays $150,000 Penalty For Mishandling Drugs

… that Ms. Loechler was unable to account for nearly 16,000 pills over a two-year span. The unaccounted-for pills were the powerful and highly addictive drug oxycodone, … for services, dispensing expired drugs, and “advancing” pills to customers. In addition to paying $147,500 in …
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Doctor, Physician Assistant Charged With Fraudulently Obtaining And Distributing Prescription Medicines

… would allegedly fill the prescriptions and then return the pills to the doctor. Other times, it is alleged, Dr. … provide them to Gary Menissian, who would then return the pills to Dr. Villarreall. Both are employed at Rhode Island … prescriptions for Percocet, Vicodin, Adderall, and Ativan pills at various pharmacies in the Providence area. Records …
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Physician And His Patient Indicted In Scheme To Fraudulently Prescribe And Dispense Oxycodone And Adderall

… prescribe and dispense thousands of Oxycodone and Adderall pills, authorities announced today. From approximately … attention to such a high number of prescriptions and pills, the indictment alleges. In all, Stelmachowski used these prescriptions to obtain approximately 37,000 pills or tablets of Oxycodone and Adderall, according to the …
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Owner/Operator Of GenPharm Pharmacy In Dallas Area Pleads Guilty

… City - (405) 475-7500 Tulsa - (918) 459-9600 Operated a Pill Mill in Desoto, Texas: Three Defendants Previously Pled … ongoing, Kigham dispensed more than 70,000 30mg oxycodone pills based on legitimate prescriptions.  Another …