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Man Arrested for Selling 4,000 Counterfeit Fentanyl Pills

1/15/2026

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Luis Sanchez-Acevedo, 41, faces federal charges for selling approximately 3,000 counterfeit fentanyl pills near a Forest Park farmers market.
He was arrested on January 13, 2023, when agents seized an additional 1,000 pills containing fentanyl and xylazine, an animal sedative linked to overdose deaths.
Sanchez-Acevedo, a Mexican citizen unlawfully present in the U.S., is presumed innocent as the Drug Enforcement Administration and Clayton County Police continue their investigation.

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Luis Sanchez-Acevedo, 41, faces federal charges for selling approximately 3,000 counterfeit fentanyl pills near a Forest Park farmers market.
He was arrested on January 13, 2023, when agents seized an additional 1,000 pills containing fentanyl and xylazine, an animal sedative linked to overdose deaths.
Sanchez-Acevedo, a Mexican citizen unlawfully present in the U.S., is presumed innocent as the Drug Enforcement Administration and Clayton County Police continue their investigation.