USA v LFA Machines
In September 2026, DEA agents arrested three LFA Machine employees after a multi-year investigation in which federal investigators recovered LFA’s pill presses and other products from multiple clandestine labs around the United States, as well as evidence showing that Sanderson, Norris, and Packard were aware that the machines and supplies would be used to make controlled substances.
The defendants are facing six counts, including conspiracy to unlawfully manufacture, distribute, export, and import tableting machines, equipment, chemicals, products, and materials; unlawfully distributing chemicals, products, and materials; and unlawfully distributing a tableting machine.
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Pill press seizures in the United States
States in pink indicate that law enforcement has found a least one pill press making illicit pills. Click the red triangles for specific seizure incidents, January 2023 through July 2026.