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Multiple Defendants Charged In Allegheny County-Beaver County Prescription Drug Ring

… epidemic. As this case illustrates, abuse of prescription pills can result in grave harm and death.” “Prescription …
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DEA St. Louis Collects 27 Tons Of Unwanted, Expired Medications In Final Takeback

… its recognition of the need for a way to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially …
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FedEx Indicted For Its Role In Distributing Controlled Substances And Prescription Drugs

… the road by online pharmacy customers demanding packages of pills; that the delivery address was a parking lot, school, …
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Doctor Charged In Illegal Sales Of Prescriptions For Controlled Substances: Medical Practices At JFK International Airport And On Long Island

… and funnel many thousands of potentially dangerous pills onto the black market deserve to be prosecuted as the …
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Rhode Island Man Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Over Six Kilograms of Methamphetamine Intended for Distribution

… the trunk and found to contain over six kilograms of orange pills containing methamphetamine.  United States Attorney …
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Jonesboro Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute 500 Grams or More of Methamphetamine

… 380 grams of marijuana, and over 120 assorted pills, including ecstasy. Also located during the search was …
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Armed Baldwin County Methamphetamine Dealers Sentenced to Prison

… agents that he had methamphetamine, MDMA, and blue “Roxy” pills in his trailer, which agents recovered. Crook further …
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DEA New Orleans Division Hosts 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… said Special Agent in Charge Steven Hofer. “Every pill collected is a potential life saved and one less …
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DEA Hosts the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

… we’re helping to keep our homes and communities safe. Every pill we collect represents one less opportunity for misuse, …
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DEA Surge Targets Sinaloa Cartel Networks Worldwide

… 480 kilograms of fentanyl powder, 714,707 counterfeit pills, 2,209 kilograms of methamphetamine, 7,469 kilograms …
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DEA New Orleans Division Delivers Major Blow to Sinaloa Cartel, Securing Dozens of Arrests and Seizures

… - Major Asset Forfeiture Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Guilty Plea Guns/Weapons Major Law Enforcement …
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Member Of Violent Gang Sentenced To Decade In Prison For Racketeering And Drug And Firearms Trafficking

… two scales with cocaine residue, a bag of oxycodone pills and over 400 rounds of various calibers of ammunition …
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Last of Three Men Involved in Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Conspiracy Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison

… grams of powder fentanyl, over 2,300 “M30” blue fentanyl pills, over 50 grams of heroin, and two firearms.  The …
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Three Charged with Trafficking Narcotics in the Naugatuck Valley

… additional quantities of fentanyl and cocaine, narcotic pills, a .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol with an …
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Violent Bridgeport Gang Member Sentenced to More Than 22 Years in Federal Prison

… distributed heroin, crack cocaine, marijuana and Percocet pills; used and shared firearms; and committed at least six …
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DEA & DA Sini: 15 gang members & associates indicted for alleged drug distribution ring

… cocaine, 116 grams of crack cocaine, 18 grams of Oxycodone pills, 12 ounces of marijuana, and various paraphernalia …
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Gang Member Involved in Courthouse Shooting Sentenced

… distributed heroin, crack cocaine, marijuana and Percocet pills; committed numerous acts of violence against rival …
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Massachusetts Fugitive Charged with Possessing Fentanyl and Cocaine

… of fentanyl, one kilogram of cocaine, a kilogram press, a pill press, a scale, and other drug paraphernalia. …
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Man Charged in Sales of Nearly 50 Pounds of Crystal Meth in Manhattan and Queens

… with other dangerous drugs and pressed into counterfeit pills. We work tirelessly with law enforcement partners to …
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Five Indicted for Drug Trafficking in “The Jungle” and Seattle’s International District

… and the Tukwila Police Department. ## Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Guns/Weapons OCDETF/Task Force Synthetic drugs …
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Prominent Oregon Drug Trafficker and Final Defendant in Large Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced

… seized approximately 200,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl, two pounds of powdered fentanyl, …
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DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… once again showed their dedication to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent addiction before it …
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Defendants Sentenced for Drug Trafficking that Resulted in Two Deaths

Defendants Sentenced for Drug Trafficking that Resulted in Two Deaths February 28, 2024 Atlanta Contact Info Contact Us (404) 893-7000 571-362-3458 DEA.Atlanta.Media@dea.gov SA Sheri Kindred 571-362-2922 Atlanta.Division.Recruiting@dea.gov Talk to a …
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Two More Defendants Arrested During 2023 Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad Plead Guilty to Federal Drug Offenses

… 893.3 net grams of pure meth and 657 net grams of fentanyl pills with the intent of transporting them to North Dakota …
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Leader of Craven County Armed Drug Organization Trafficking Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Sentenced to 35 Years

Leader of Craven County Armed Drug Organization Trafficking Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Sentenced to 35 Years October 11, 2023 Atlanta Contact Info Contact Us (404) 893-7000 571-362-3458 DEA.Atlanta.Media@dea.gov SA Sheri Kindred 571-362-2922 …
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30 Multi-State Drug Trafficking Ring Members Arrested, Charged

… over $300,000 in U.S. currency, six vehicles, and a pill press. “Methamphetamine and fentanyl are a source of …
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Former leader of Kenyan organized crime family and his brother plead guilty to narcotics, weapons, and obstruction offenses

… into Africa in order to fuel the production of the illicit pills in South Africa. The defendants used the proceeds of …
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35 defendants to include the ring leader charged in major take down of international drug trafficking organization based in Lane County

… heroin, 6 pounds of fentanyl in the form of 4000 fentanyl pills, 76 firearms, 1 grenade, multiple vehicles, and more …
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Akron, Ohio Doctor Is Sentenced To 5 Years In Federal Prison For Illegally Distributing Prescription Painkillers

… to identify and prosecute physicians who illegally divert pills.” Heim was registered with the State of Ohio Medical …
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Feds Crack Down On Illegal Trafficking Of Oxycodone

… DEA said, “The sharp increase in the distribution of pain pills for non-medical reasons continues to be a major …