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Ten Defendants Charged with Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Alleging Prescription Drug Fraud

February 11, 2021
… 25 fraudulent prescriptions to procure in excess of 2,000 pills. The defendants named in the indictment, and their …
February 11, 2021
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Court Sentences Mobile Man to 292 Months Imprisonment in Multi-Defendant Interstate Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy

December 14, 2023
… who provided him the US currency, ten ecstasy pills, 1 gram of heroin and the $8,000 in U.S Currency. On …
December 14, 2023
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Melvin Hill Convicted by Jury on Federal Drug and Firearms Charges

August 25, 2023
… officers seized hundreds of folds of fentanyl, hundreds of pills containing methamphetamine, and powder cocaine. They …
August 25, 2023
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Defendants Convicted and Sentenced in Long-Term Methamphetamine and Oxycodone Drug Trafficking Investigation in Bay County

March 10, 2023
… and multi-thousands of prescription narcotics pills by Kenneth Sizemore, Marcel Michaud, Darrell Britt, …
March 10, 2023
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Local Leader of Violent Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced to 12+ Years in Prison

February 28, 2023
… Jaquette and C. Andrew Colasurdo. ### Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Synthetic drugs Fentanyl Methamphetamine Heroin On On …
February 28, 2023
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Front Range Task Force Prevents Millions of Potentially Deadly Doses of Fentanyl from Reaching the Streets of Longmont

December 05, 2022
… lethal dose.   Fentanyl is found in both powder and pill form and has been found mixed with other substances, … For more information on fentanyl visit www.dea.gov/onepill or www.dea.gov/fentanylawareness.      Reyes-Carillo …
December 05, 2022
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DEA Miami Field Division Joins with Florida Families to Increase Awareness about the Dangers of Fentanyl

November 22, 2022
… Follow DEA Miami via Twitter at @DEAMIAMIDIV. Fake Pills Outreach/Drug Prevention Synthetic drugs Fentanyl On …
November 22, 2022
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25 Charged in Drug Bust Targeting Recording Studio

September 14, 2022
… cocaine, methamphetamine, THC, and fake pharmaceutical pills; eight vehicles; 37 firearms; and more than $300,000 …
September 14, 2022
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Leader of International Drug Trafficking Organization and His Trusted Lieutenant Plead Guilty to Federal Charges

July 22, 2022
… pounds of meth into the region as well as heroin, fentanyl pills and cocaine. Prosecutors have agreed to recommend no …
July 22, 2022
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DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

April 20, 2022
… from the community, can remove the unwanted prescription pills found in homes to prevent harm.  This collaborative …
April 20, 2022
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Eight Charged with Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl and Money Laundering Conspiracy

March 24, 2021
… of fentanyl, 24 kilograms of cocaine, 500 fentanyl pills and approximately $1,470,000 in cash and real assets.  …
March 24, 2021
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44 Charged Following 18 Month Investigation Into Drug Trafficking Organization

November 11, 2020
… for heroin, methamphetamine and diverted pharmaceutical pills.    On May 6, 2020, the wire intercepts lead …
November 11, 2020
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DEA Announces Launch of Project Safeguard

October 20, 2020
… methamphetamine 33 pounds of heroin 30,000 illicit fentanyl pills More than $3 million of drug trafficker assets Cocaine …
October 20, 2020
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O.C. doctor arrested on federal narcotics charges that allege prescriptions to ‘patients’ who suffered fatal overdoses

December 18, 2018
… ago when the doctor could not justify the number of opioid pills he was prescribing to individual patients. During two …
December 18, 2018
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DEA agents in Iowa take more than $2 million in drugs off streets

January 22, 2020
… more than 200 pounds of methamphetamine, 50,000 fentanyl pills and 10 kilograms of heroin estimated at more than $2 …
January 22, 2020
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Doctor Who Illegally Distributed Prescription Painkillers And Laundered Proceeds Sentenced To 160 Months In Federal Prison

March 14, 2018
… “patients.” Investigators in Oregon identified over 12,000 pills of oxycodone that Cham illegally prescribed to the …
March 14, 2018
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McKesson Settlement: Pays $150 Million, Largest Fine In DEA History

January 17, 2017
… an increasing amount of oxycodone and hydrocodone pills, frequently misused products that are part of the …
January 17, 2017
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Reno Doctor And Eight Others Charged In Illegal Prescription Drug Distribution Case

April 29, 2016
… drug distribution cases, and plan to shut down dangerous ‘pill mill’ operations that are contributing to what amounts …
April 29, 2016
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Reno Doctor Robert Rand And Eight Others Indicted On Federal Prescription Drug Distribution Charges

May 11, 2016
… in Nevada, and have disrupted a number of so-called pill mills. Our efforts in this area continue, and I am …
May 11, 2016
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Las Vegas Physician And Pharmacist Charged With Unlawful Sales Of Large Quantities Of Prescription Painkillers

September 29, 2011
… are working tirelessly to shut down these dangerous pill mills and pharmacist co-conspirators.” Defendants …
September 29, 2011
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Federal Indictment Targets 27 Including Members Of An International Drug Trafficking Organization And Los Angeles County Based Street Gangs

August 23, 2012
… of methamphetamine, white rock substances, various pills not yet identified, drug paraphernalia and at least …
August 23, 2012
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Oxycodone Drug Trafficking Ring Faces Federal And State Operating From Massachusetts, Florida And Puerto Rico

April 11, 2013
… Pam Bondi. “Florida has shed the notorious title of “pill mill capital,” and anyone who engages in prescription …
April 11, 2013
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New Charges For Former NY State Assemblyman Brook-Krasny

June 14, 2017
… fraud and selling prescriptions for powerful addictive pain pills. Related charges were filed in an earlier indictment …
June 14, 2017
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Medical Doctor Indicted For Causing Patient’s Overdose Death In Staten Island

December 21, 2017
… indicted for unlawfully prescribing thousands of oxycodone pills to patients without a legitimate medical purpose. Dr. …
December 21, 2017
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 13 Members And Associates Of Lower East Side Narcotics Organization With Narcotics And Firearms Offenses

December 21, 2012
… transactions of cocaine, crack cocaine, and oxycodone pills in the Lower East Side buildings and the surrounding …
December 21, 2012
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Documents

March 04, 2021
Documents Fulltext search Advanced Search Enter Keywords Below Filter Results Select To Narrow Search Results Document Type Publication (4) DEA Administrator Remarks (3) Testimony (1) Publication Type DEA Administrator (3) Drug Prevention (3) Intelligence …
March 04, 2021
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Felon who Supplied Fentanyl that Resulted in One Fatal and Two Nonfatal Overdoses Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison

November 24, 2025
… U.S. Attorney Samantha Reitz prosecuted the case.  Fake Pills Fentanyl Awareness Fentanyl On On Press Release Image …
November 24, 2025
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Waterbury Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison

August 12, 2025
… revealed more than 370 grams of cocaine, narcotic pills, four loaded handguns, gun magazines, numerous rounds …
August 12, 2025
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Panama City Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking 10 Pounds of Meth

July 24, 2025
… six-ounces of methamphetamine and approximately 95 pressed-pills containing fentanyl. Williams subsequently bonded out …
July 24, 2025
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Pensacola Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Fentanyl, Meth, Cocaine, and Heroin

July 22, 2025
… Lewis that contained approximately four pounds of fentanyl pills. With this information, law enforcement obtained a …
July 22, 2025