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Puerto Rican Drug Kingpin Among Ten Charged Over $1 Million Cocaine Delivery At Times Square Hotel

MANHATTAN, NY. - John P. Gilbride, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner, Raymond W. Kelly, and Charles R. Pine, the Special Agent in Charge of the...
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Floridian Fuzz Guilty Of Hauling Cocaine Through East Texas

BEAUMONT, TX - A 51-year-old Spring Hill, Florida man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Tony Darrell Fuzz pleaded guilty to possession with intent to...
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Another Huge Turnout At DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Event

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Americans participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on April 30th turned in more than 376,593 (188 tons) of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at the 5,361 take-back sites that were available in all 50 states...
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Ten Arrests Made In Connection With Alleged Crystal City Cocaine And Heroin Trafficking

CRYSTAL CITY, TX -- - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas E. Hinojosa and United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced that federal, state and local authorities have arrested 10 individuals in the Crystal City area on federal drug trafficking charges. Those arrested yesterday include: 24-year-old...
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Over $1.5 Million In Heroin Seized From A Packaging Mill In Fort Lee, NJ: Drug Workers Transported From New York City

MANHATTAN, NY. - JOHN P. GILBRIDE, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement ("DEA"), New York City Special Narcotics Prosecutor BRIDGET G. (“SNC”) and Passaic County Prosecutor CAMELIA M. VALDES announced today the arrests of 10 members of a narcotics trafficking ring at a...
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Three Members Of Robbery Crew Charged With Kidnapping And Murder Crew Netted Over 750 Kilograms Of Cocaine And $4 Million In Drug Proceeds In More Than 100 Robberies – Decedent Was One Of Many Victims Kidnapped And Tortured By The Crew

BROOKLYN, NY. - A superseding indictment was unsealed this morning in federal court in Brooklyn charging Sergio Alejo, also known as “Viejo,” Wendell Alomar-Cabrera, also known as “Gregorio,” and Gabriel Pabon, also known as “Jose,” with the October 16, 2006, murder of Luis Sifuentes in Durham, North Carolina. These charges...
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Park Slope Heroin Rings Dismantled In Operation Sin City

NEW YORK, NY. - New York City Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and John P. Gilbride, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today the indictment and arrest of 12 narcotics traffickers...
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-Media Advisory-

Acting Special Agent In Charge Thomas Hinojosa will be participating in a National Prescription Take Back Press Conference, April 27, 2011 at 2:30 p.m., at the DEA Houston Field Office, located at 1433 West Loop South, in the 1 st floor training room. He, along with invited guest Harris County...
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Former Police Chief Of Sullivan City Sentenced To Prison

SULLIVAN CITY, TX - Former Sullivan City Police Chief Hernan Guerra has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole for drug-trafficking, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. United States District Judge Randy Crane sentenced...
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Over 5,300 Sites Join DEA Nationwide Effort To Take-Back Prescription Drugs On April 30th

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is this Saturday, April 30th. More than 5,300 sites nationwide have joined the effort that seeks to prevent pill abuse and theft. This is hundreds more sites than were established for the event last fall. The free...