PRESS RELEASE

Queens Doctor Arrested For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

March 20, 2013
… 2012, Mayard issued 2,953 oxycodone prescriptions - 376,469 pills - to numerous individuals, without performing any … that Dr. Mayard wrote prescriptions for over 9,000 pills of oxycodone per week affecting the availability of …
March 20, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Canadian Drug Kingpin With Ties To The Rizutto And Bonanno Crime Families, The Hells Angels And The Mexican Sinaloa Cartel Pleads Guilty To Narcotics Trafficking Crimes Carrying Sentence Of 20 Years To Life And $1 Billion In Forfeiture

May 31, 2013
… 83 kilograms of cocaine and tens of thousands of MDMA pills through the U.S. and Canada BROOKLYN, N.Y. -   - … pounds of marijuana, 83 kilograms of cocaine, 60,000 MDMA pills, multiple firearms and ammunition, more than 800 …
May 31, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Baltimore Prescription Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison

April 10, 2014
… of 2012 to July 2013, Ashbrook illegally sold prescription pills, often OxyContin and Percocet, to David Paschall and … 14,930 milligrams of oxycodone, which is roughly 1,000 15mg pills.  He further admitted that members of the conspiracy …
April 10, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Canadian Drug Kingpin With Ties To The Rizutto And Bonanno Crime Families, The Hells Angels, And The Mexican Sinaloa Cartel Sentenced To 27 Years For Leading A Billion Dollar Narcotics Trafficking Enterprise

August 20, 2014
… 83 kilograms of cocaine, and tens of thousands of MDMA pills through the U.S. and Canada BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Jimmy … pounds of marijuana, 83 kilograms of cocaine, 60,000 MDMA pills, multiple firearms and ammunition, more than 800 …
August 20, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Washington Division Announces Summer Teen Academies Across the DMV

July 31, 2025
… Life pledge Kids are eager to share the message that One Pill can Kill and conversations save lives Download Original Image Kids are eager to share the message that One Pill can Kill and conversations save lives DEA Washinton … targeting fentanyl in communities in DC, MD, VA.  ### One Pill Can Kill Outreach/Drug Prevention On On Press Release …
July 31, 2025
GENERAL INFORMATION

DOJ and DEA Announce Significant Drug Law Enforcement Actions and Seizures

July 16, 2025
… 20, 2025, DEA has seized approximately 44 million fentanyl pills, 4,500 pounds of fentanyl powder, nearly 65,000 pounds …
July 16, 2025
STORY

DEA Adds Precursor Chemicals Used to Make Illicit Fentanyl to the Special Surveillance List

October 30, 2023
… punches and dies, which are used in the production of fake pills, as well as 28 precursor chemicals that can be used to …
October 30, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Operation Overdrive Targets Fentanyl Traffickers on the Yakama Nation Indian Reservation, Thirteen Charged, Thousands of Pounds of Drugs Seized

July 14, 2025
… DEA Seattle Field Division. “The fentanyl powder and pills that we took off the streets could have yielded about … cocaine, 7 pounds of fentanyl power, 4,704 fentanyl laced pills, $22,512 in drug proceeds, and 12 firearms.  According …
July 14, 2025
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Two Interrelated Drug Rings in Seattle Area Taken Down in Series of Arrests Following Wiretap Investigation

June 02, 2025
… area,” said David F. Reames.  “The fentanyl powder and pills our team seized in this case could have yielded enough … of cocaine, 19 kilos of fentanyl powder, 250,000 fentanyl pills, and four kilos of heroin. The street value of the … 18 kilograms of methamphetamine, more than 57,000 fentanyl pills, and 17 firearms. They also seized more than $353,000 …
June 02, 2025
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Washington Jury Finds Mexican National with Ties to the Jalisco Cartel Guilty of Trafficking in Hundreds of Pounds of Fentanyl, Heroin, Methamphetamine, and Cocaine in Eastern Washington and Montana

April 18, 2025
… investigators seized approximately 161,000 fentanyl-laced pills (to include Mexi-blues and rainbow-colored pills), approximately 80 pounds of methamphetamine, …
April 18, 2025
GENERAL INFORMATION

Operation Engage Manchester

March 28, 2025
… 2023.  Laboratory testing indicates 7 out of every 10 pills seized by DEA contain a lethal dose of fentanyl, an … Monitoring the Future ) In 2023, 7 out of 10 fentanyl-laced pills contain a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl ( Drug …
March 28, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Hartford Man Sentenced to 36 Months for Oxycodone Distribution and Gun Possession Offenses

August 20, 2025
… and a co-conspirator were illegally selling oxycodone pills that were prescribed to his co-conspirator.  In August … 2024, investigators made controlled purchases of oxycodone pills from Benitez and his co-conspirator. Benitez was …
August 20, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Large-Scale Drug Trafficker in Little Rock, AR Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison

May 08, 2025
… the back room of the home had paraphernalia such as empty pill bottles and glass bottles.  Upon further investigation, … located inside the safe multiple bags of multi-colored pills and tablets. Also discovered inside the safe were …
May 08, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Queens Pharmacist Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Illegally Distributing Oxycodone and Filing False Tax Returns

November 29, 2023
… New York, announced the charges. “From pharmacist to pill pusher, Daniel Russo betrayed his years of medical … for oxycodone and dispense thousands of oxycodone pills in return for hundreds of thousands of dollars in …
November 29, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Rockville Centre doctor indicted for allegedly selling opioid and amphetamine prescriptions

October 30, 2019
… deaths and has paved a path to the emergence of counterfeit pills. Law enforcement is working tirelessly to identify … message that Nassau County will not tolerate this type of pill pushing by doctors which is extremely dangerous to our …
October 30, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Son of Sinaloa Cartel Member Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking

October 31, 2024
… was in the apartment along with more than 42,000 fentanyl pills, methamphetamine, and heroin. Additionally, DEA found … States Attorney Caitlin Baunsgard. ## Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Synthetic drugs Methamphetamine Heroin Fentanyl On On …
October 31, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

U.S. Attorney's Office and DEA Announce Federal Charges Against Albuquerque Based Drug Trafficking Organization

October 29, 2024
… with the DTO. Agents seized approximately 715,000 fentanyl pills, over seven kilograms of cocaine, and multiple … Rubalcaba alone, agents allegedly found 660,000 fentanyl pills, three kilograms of cocaine, and five firearms, two of …
October 29, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

California Man and Utah Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking in Idaho

April 01, 2024
…  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 …
April 01, 2024
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Ringleader and Members of Multi-State Anabolic Steroid Trafficking Network Sentenced

November 02, 2021
… raw materials received from China to manufacture liquid and pill-form steroids for wholesale distribution. Lambert’s … for Lambert several days a week pressing powders into pills and shipping product to customers across the country. …
November 02, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Washington Division Releases 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment for D.C., Maryland, and Virginia Communities

March 02, 2021
… of Maryland, D.C., and Virginia. Counterfeit prescription pills (often made to resemble Percocet, Oxycodone (“M-30s”) … while still offering heroin, fentanyl, and counterfeit pills for sale. The DEA Washington Division uses the annual …
March 02, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Baltimore fentanyl dealer pleads guilty to distributing thousands of fentanyl tablets made to look like oxycodone

November 29, 2019
… tablets of fentanyl, which resembled 15 mg Oxycodone pills, weighing 3.32 grams.  Law enforcement subsequently … fentanyl from Morris’ vehicle, as well as additional pills.  Subsequent lab analysis indicated that the 1,859 …
November 29, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Baltimore Drug Dealer Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison as Part of a Drug Conspiracy Operating in Baltimore

April 05, 2023
… 717.72 grams of crack cocaine; 10.999 grams of fentanyl pills; and kilo wrappers and drug paraphernalia. Throughout … | USAO-MD | Department of Justice Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Guns/Weapons OCDETF/Task Force Seizures …
April 05, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Medical Director of Baltimore County Pain Management Clinic Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute and Dispense Oxycodone

January 24, 2023
… cocaine, and marijuana; and had been accused of selling her pills. In related cases, Rosen’s partner, Howard Hoffberg, … | USAO-MD | Department of Justice Diversion Division Fake Pills Pharmaceuticals/Pharmacists/Physicians Prescription …
January 24, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

President Biden Releases National Drug Control Strategy to Save Lives, Expand Treatment, and Disrupt Trafficking

April 21, 2022
… HERE . Read the fact sheet on the Strategy HERE . Fake Pills Overdose Press Conferences Synthetic drugs Drug …
April 21, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Twenty Charged in ‘Operation Shut Down Corner’

January 26, 2022
… lbs of drugs (including cocaine, fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills, methamphetamine, and marijuana), $420,000 in assets … high priority transnational organized crime networks. Fake Pills Gangs Press Conferences Arrests/Convictions - Major …
January 26, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

New Reward Offered for the Capture of Jian Zhang

August 30, 2021
… of fentanyl, fentanyl analogues and other illicit drugs, pill presses, stamps, or dies used to shape fentanyl and fentanyl analogues into pills, to customers in the United States through the mail or …
August 30, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Two Chinese nationals charged with operating global opioid and drug manufacturing conspiracy resulting in deaths

August 22, 2018
… adulterated cancer medication, creating counterfeit pills that replaced the active cancer-fighting ingredient … drugs. It also created and shipped counterfeit Adderall pills that were adulterated with deadly bath salts. The …
August 22, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s Ninth And Final Prescription Drug Take Back Day Being Held Saturday September 27 New Disposal Rules In Effect Next Month Provide For Convenient, Ongoing Disposal Opportunities For Patients’ Unwanted Pharmaceuticals

September 22, 2014
… enter their zip code.  Or they can call 800-882-9539.  Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the … its recognition of the need for a way to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially …
September 22, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Columbia District Office Heads Up Ninth And Final Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Saturday, September 27, 2014

September 26, 2014
… be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the state free of charge, no questions … their zip code.  Or they can call 1-800-882-9539. Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the …
September 26, 2014
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DEA Charlotte District Office Heads Up Ninth And Final Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Saturday, September 27, 2014

September 26, 2014
… be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the state free of charge, no questions … their zip code.  Or they can call 1-800-882-9539. Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the …
September 26, 2014