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Two Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Cocaine Offenses

(NEW YORK) - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William J. Bratton, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD), and Joseph A. D’Amico, the...
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United States Files Civil Complaint Seeking Injunctive Relief, Penalties And Forfeiture Of Assets Tied To Suffolk County Clinic’s Illegal Distribution Of Prescription Painkillers

NEW YORK - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division and Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, today announced the filing of a civil complaint seeking injunctive relief and penalties against Roger Kaplan and Choice...
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Father, Girlfriend Of Rikers Island Inmate Charged With Conspiracy And Solicitation To Commit Murder

NEW YORK - - Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, joined by James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), and New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton, today announced that the father and girlfriend of a 36- year-old Queens man...
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Major Takedown Of Western New York Narcotics Pipeline Investigation Leads To Indictment Of 25 Individuals In Erie County Court; Seizures Of Over Half A Million Dollars In Heroin And Cocaine

BUFFALO - ) - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA); Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, New York State; Joseph D'Amico Superintendent, New York State Police; and Daniel Derenda, Police Commissioner Buffalo Police Department announced that first degree narcotics...
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DEA Takes Down Drug Den Day Care

PHOENIX - DEA agents and detectives with the Scottsdale Police (PD) Drug Enforcement (DEU) simultaneously executed seven search warrants across Phoenix today, as part of a long-term joint investigation into a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking organization responsible for the monthly distribution of hundred-pound quantities of meth across the U.S. During the...
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21 Members Of South Bronx Drug Trafficking Organization Charged With Narcotics Trafficking And Firearms Offenses

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Angel M. Melendez, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the U.S. Immigration...
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New Yorkers Safeguarded Their Medical Cabinets Of Lurking Dangers- Unused, Unwanted And Expired Medication

NEW YORK - Thousands of Americans in communities across the country discarded more than 400 tons of unused, expired, or unwanted drugs as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) on Saturday, April 30, 2016. Last weekend, more than 4,200 federal, state and local counterparts...
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Arizonans Turn In Nearly 6 Tons Of Prescription Drugs To DEA

PHOENIX - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) Phoenix Division finalized the collection and tally of prescription drugs turned in this past Saturday in conjunction with DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. In all, citizens across Arizona turned in over 12,712 pounds of controlled substances from their homes in a statewide...
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DEA Medical Marijuana Case Secures Indictments Against Five

PHOENIX - Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman and Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced a State Grand Jury indictment of Perry Hester, Brandon Hester, James Donaldson, and Christopher Rafferty in connection with a statewide medical marijuana caregiver grow scheme. The defendants are accused of giving fraudulent information to the state...
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120 Members And Associates Of Two Rival Street Gangs In The Bronx Charged In Federal Court With Racketeering, Narcotics, And Firearms Offenses

NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William J. Bratton, James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), the Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD), Angel M. Melendez...