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New Reward Offered for the Capture of Jian Zhang

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

… 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 …
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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

… 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 …
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DEA Columbia District Office Heads Up Ninth And Final Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Saturday, September 27, 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 …
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DEA Charlotte District Office Heads Up Ninth And Final Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Saturday, September 27, 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 …
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DEA Nashville District Office Heads Up Ninth And Final Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Saturday, September 27, 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 …
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DEA Atlanta Divisional Office Heads Up Ninth And Final Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Saturday, September 27, 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 …
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DEA’s Ninth And Final Prescription Take-Back Day Being Held Saturday September 27

… its recognition of the need for a way to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially … their zip code.  Or they can call 1-800-882-9539.   Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the …
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Surveillance Leads To Seizure Of $8 Million Worth Of Heroin

… in part by those that become addicted to diverted pain pills, and it’s the heroin and pain pills sold in the illegal drug market causing the most harm …
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Physician And Pharmacist Among Those Arrested In Drug Conspiracy And Health Care Fraud Case

… defendants unlawfully acquired and distributed over 200,000 pills containing oxycodone. “Doctors and pharmacists are … Claude Nolan, and Darrell Hendricks; charged as bulk pill buyers are Timothy Peden, Troy Fletcher, Christopher …
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Nine Sentenced For Illegally Distributing Controlled Substances Over The Internet

… in its four years of operation using websites such as ezdietpills.net, pillsavings.com, and doctorrefill.net.  Arnold laundered … pharmacies that filled the drug orders and shipped the pills to customers.  Johnson was ordered to forfeit …
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Fentanyl-Related Substances (FRS)

February 26, 2025
… laced with potentially fatal doses of fentanyl. Whether in pill or powder, even the tiniest amount of FRS is deadly. …
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DEA Releases 2024 Edition of Drugs of Abuse Resource Guide

January 03, 2025
… marijuana concentrates, vaping, stimulant drugs, and fake pills.        Because education plays a critical role in …
January 03, 2025
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DEA Releases annual National Drug Threat Assessment

… whether it’s mixed with heroin or pressed into counterfeit pills, along with methamphetamine and cocaine continue to …
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Florida Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Conspiring to Launder Money and Distribute Fentanyl

… fentanyl, provided the undercover agent with photos of the pills and a code phrase to order the pills containing fentanyl. Two packages sent as part of this …
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Violent Sex Offender from Blytheville Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Production of Child Pornography

… recovered multiple firearms, marijuana, 94 methamphetamine pills, suspected oxycodone, suspected alprazolam, and other pills. At the time of the search, Barnett had previous …
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Gang Member Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Narcotics in Southwestern Connecticut

… with fentanyl, heroin, crack and powder cocaine, and opioid pills.  Some of the drugs seized during the investigation … Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) Program. Counterfeit Pills Diversion Division OCDETF/Task Force Fentanyl Cocaine …
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Season 5 of Awkward Conversation Launches on YouTube Wednesday, September 24

… Building resilience despite economic challenges. Mar 4: One Pill Can Kill  – A deep dive into the fentanyl crisis. New … to enrich the lives of millions of people! # # # One Pill Can Kill Outreach/Drug Prevention Prevention/Education …
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Two New Bedford Men With Significant Criminal Histories Charged With Conspiracy To Distribute Controlled Substances

… amounts of suspected fentanyl, cocaine and unidentified pills; cutting agents; multiple small “presses” used to … doubt in the court of law.   Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Guns/Weapons Fentanyl Cocaine On On Press Release …
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Four L.A. County Men Arrested for Allegedly Conspiring to Distribute Vast Quantities of Meth, Fentanyl

… cocaine, fentanyl powder, and counterfeit fentanyl pills and stored the narcotics at a safehouse in Compton.  … powder fentanyl, approximately 360,000 counterfeit fentanyl pills, approximately $1,642,371 in drug proceeds, 13 …
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Drug Trafficker in Western Washington, Caught Twice with Kilos of Drugs and Firearms, Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

… 14 kilograms of methamphetamine, 83,000 fentanyl-laced pills, 3 kilograms of heroin, and 1 kilogram of fentanyl … Western District of Washington. ### Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Guns/Weapons Synthetic drugs Fentanyl Cocaine Heroin …
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DEA, DA SINI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service & DA’S East End Drug Task Force announce takedown of alleged Montauk Drug distribution ring

… of a package of approximately 100 oxycodone and alprazolam pills addressed to one of the locations where the defendants … approximately 650 grams of cocaine; marijuana; various pills, including alprazolam and hydrocodone; and assorted …
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Chinese National Indicted for Importation of Enough Chemicals to Make Millions of Fatal Doses of Fentanyl

… of millions upon millions of deadly doses of fentanyl-laced pills.” A federal grand jury charged Minsu Fang aka Fernando … due process of law.   #OnePillCanKill Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Fentanyl Awareness Seizures (Drugs/Property) Synthetic …
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Over 20 Pounds of Narcotics and a Gun Seized in the Bronx

… including what appeared to be heroin/fentanyl and oxycodone pills, as well as methamphetamine. CARLOS TORRES and a … found in the hallway and in the ceiling. A bag of oxycodone pills was recovered from a filing cabinet in the living …
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Carlsbad Man Sentenced for Federal Drug and Firearms Offenses

… first incident, officers located 3.8 kilograms of fentanyl pills, over $11,000 in cash, and two loaded firearms in … ### Arrests/Convictions - Major Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Guns/Weapons OCDETF/Task Force Seizures …
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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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DEA Task Force and Waterbury police investigation takes down heroin trafficking ring; 15 charged

… for street distribution, approximately 1,000 fentanyl pills disguised as Percocet pills, one firearm and approximately $50,000 in cash.  “DEA …
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Nineteen indicted in drug distribution conspiracy

… of methamphetamine, more than $160,000 in cash, fentanyl pills and a fentanyl pill manufacturing lab.  Today alone, law enforcement seized …
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Eleven indicted in wide-ranging conspiracy trafficking heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine in multi-state area

… 25 pounds of methamphetamine, as many as 15,000 fentanyl pills, more than $150,000 in cash drug proceeds and 23 …
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Nineteen indicted in cartel-connected drug trafficking conspiracy

… 20 pounds of methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, 200 fentanyl pills, nine firearms, and more than $250,000 in cash.  … various quantities of cocaine, heroin, 1500 fentanyl pills, and six firearms. "The results of this operation are …