Counterfeit fentanyl pills in Pennsylvania
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Since 2012, drug traffickers have been selling North Americans counterfeit medications made from fentanyl, a dangerous painkiller 25-40 times stronger than heroin, and even stronger synthetic opioids like carfentanil. The problem has spread to at least 49 states, and many Americans have suffered overdoses and death because the drugs they were taking were counterfeit.
Counterfeit pill news
- West Chester Drug Dealer Sentenced to 6 ½ Years for Selling of Deadly Fentanyl Disguised as OxycodoneSeptember 17, 2020
- DA: Philadelphia Man Charged With Selling Fentanyl-laced Oxycodone PillsSeptember 9, 2020
- Montgomery County DA Warns Deadly Counterfeit Pills May Be Circulating in Philadelphia AreaSeptember 10, 2020
- Philadelphia Man Caught in Upton With 8,000 Suspected Fentanyl PillsJune 22, 2020
- Bethlehem Police Investigation of Fatal Fentanyl Overdose Leads to Another ArrestJune 17, 2020
- Overdose Death Probe Leads Police to Stash of 170-plus Fentanyl pills in BethlehemJune 16, 2020
- Police: Man Accused in Fatal Drug Overdose Involved in 2018 ODMay 20, 2020
- Lancaster City Man Charged After Providing Drugs to 23-year-old Man Who Fatally Overdosed in Feb. 2019: PoliceApril 29, 2020
- Delco, Chesco Men Sentenced for Importing Fentanyl From ChinaMarch 16, 2020
- Two Pennsylvania men Sentenced for Importing Fentanyl and Other Dangerous Substances from China to Make into Counterfeit PillsMarch 16, 2020
- Parents charged after infant daughter overdoses on suspected fentanyl pillsJanuary 29, 2020
- Man Ordered to Trial for Providing Fentanyl-laced Drug in Fatal OverdoseFebruary 4, 2019
- Pair Accused of Attempting to Sell 40,000 Pills to Drug Agent
- Allentown Man Had Fentanyl and Meth, Authorities SayMarch 1, 2019
- Woman Charged With Providing Pure Fentanyl in Overdose DeathMay 24, 2019
- Northampton County Charges Man in Fentanyl Death of Lower Nazareth WomanOctober 26, 2018
- Look-alike Oxycodone Pill Laced With Fentanyl Worries OfficialsDecember 1, 2019
- Pill seller’s Plea Leads to Jail TimeFebruary 5, 2017
- AG: Alleged Dealer Caught with Suspected Fentanyl-laced Pills | GantNews.comJuly 21, 2016
- Two Plead Guilty to Providing Fentanyl-laced Pills Leading to DeathMay 8, 2017
Other Coverage in Pennsylvania:
Deadly Fentanyl Leads County Cops To Halt Field Tests (August 12, 2017)
SWAT Team OK After Suspected Fentanyl Exposure During Raid (August 10, 2017)
Alleged Philadelphia Fentanyl Distributor Arraigned On Federal Drug Trafficking Charges (July 12, 2017)
DEA: New Fentanyl Analogue Could Be Narcan-Resistant (May 3, 2017)
Pennsylvania Overdose Deaths Jump 23% In 2015 (July 13, 2016)