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![]() ![]() Further Armenta had received a warning from a contact in Southern California that the pills were causing fatal overdoses. The investigation revealed that Armenta himself became ill after taking the pills. The Naval Criminal Investigative Services (NCIS) were able to identify Armenta as the sailor who provided the pills to the victim. In his pocket were two counterfeit pills that were laced with fentanyl. The investigation began April 18, 2020, when a Navy sailor was found dead in his workspace aboard a Navy ship. ![]() Law enforcement is working hard to take such pills off the street.” “These pills are manufactured to look like a legitimate pharmaceutical, but as in this case, result in death to the user. “The overdose statistics are grim and staggering: in King County alone fentanyl overdose deaths are up 82 percent in the first half of 2021,” said Acting U.S. Lasnik noted that Armenta had been warned the pills could be deadly, but still shared them with his friends. Armenta provided pills tainted with fentanyl to another sailor who died of a drug overdose. Ivan Armenta, 21, was separated from the Navy and taken into federal custody August 7, 2020. District Court in Seattle to 4 years in prison and 3 years of supervised release for distribution of fentanyl, announced Acting U.S. ![]()
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