Posts Tagged ‘counterfeit drugs’
Counterfeit Fentanyl Pills and Powder Being Seized In Ever Larger Amounts In Arizona
Law enforcement in Arizona has seen the amount of seized fentanyl powder increase by 2,000 and the number of fentanyl pills increase by 3,000 in just one year. Despite the increased seizures, the number of lives lost in that state to opioid overdoses also continues to rise. With fake pills being reported across the state – in Kingman, Phoenix, and Tucson, no pill bought on the street can be considered safe…
[...]New York Residents Charged After Being Found With Over 12 Kilos Of Counterfeit Xanax Pills
The year-long Operation Dark Gold operation netted charges against 35 individuals selling drugs online. Included in this list are five people from New York – Jian Qu, Raymond Weng, Kai Wu, Dimitri Tseperkas, and Chiad Akkaya- who sold multiple types of drugs and were found in possession of four pill presses and over 12 kilos of suspected counterfeit Xanax pills…
[...]DOJ Indicts Two In Northern California Who Distributed Counterfeit Pills Made With Fentanyl
U.S. Department of Justice announced an indictment against Alfredo Sanchez and Saybyn Borges for distribution and possession with intent to distribute counterfeit oxycodone pills that were made with fentanyl. In just over one month’s time, the DEA says the pair sold over 7,500 fake pills…
[...]New Mexico Authorities Warn Of Increase in Counterfeit Fentanyl Pills
Law enforcement in New Mexico is worried after seeing an increase in the number of counterfeit pills made with fentanyl that are being found. The state lost over 20 people to fake oxycodone pills in 2016 and U.S. Customs and Border Protection keeps seeing the amount of fentanyl they are seizing increase…
[...]Pill Presses, Punches and Dies Found in Home of Man Indicted for Possession of Counterfeit Pills Made with Methamphetamine
The U.S. Department of Justice indicted Gino Carl von Eckstein after he was found in possession of counterfeit Adderall pills he manufactured using methamphetamine. A search of his car and several properties turned up fake pills, additional powder, and two pills presses needed to make the pills…
[...]South Carolina Man Produced Counterfeit Prescription Pills with Pill Presses and Imported Fentanyl
A pretrial bail hearing gave the world some insights into a case out of South Carolina that is still sealed. Agents with a DEA-lead task force arrested Eric Hughes in August of 2017 after a car accident caused thousands of plls to spill out of his vehicle and onto the roadway. Hughes is allegedly the leader of a counterfeit pill drug ring that used rental properties to manufacture millions of counterfeit Xanax and oxycodone pills which were sold online…
[...]North Carolina Brothers Believed To Have Sold Counterfeit Xanax to High Schoolers
Police arrested triplet brothers in North Carolina on suspicion of manufacturing and selling counterfeit Xanax that contained fentanyl. An investigation led police to believe the trio to be a major supplier of those pills to Holly Springs High School students…
[...]Rhode Island Man Was The Organizer For An International Fentanyl Pill Ring
Newly released court documents show the role that Steven Barros Pinto played in an international drug ring that made and sold fake fentanyl pills across the United States, including in North Dakota, Oregon, North Carolina, Florida, Colorado, Maryland, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Georgia. The DOJ believes that the counterfeit pills made by this ring with fentanyl and other illegal ingredients caused multiple deaths or serious injuries in North Carolina, New Jersey, and Oregon…
[...]Foreign Hosted Online Pharmacy Sold Counterfeit Pills Made with Fentanyl Analogues to Americans
In a first case of its kind, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted two people from New Jersey for operating multiple fake online pharmacies that shipped some customers counterfeit pills made with fentanyl. The pills that Evelin Bracy and Jorge Rodriguez Lopez sold killed one of their customers in Boise, Idaho…
[...]Mother And Son In New Jersey Indicted For Selling Counterfeit Fentanyl Pills
The U.S. Department of Justice announced indictments against a New Jersey mother and son for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy. Candace and Tyler Gottlieb both sold counterfeit pain pills that contained both fentanyl and heroin to a confidential human source…
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