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Indiana Man Sentenced to 300 Months for Trafficking Fentanyl, Meth

… methamphetamine and 98 grams of fentanyl in five controlled buys with law enforcement. Knox also provided a firearm to a felon during one of the controlled buys. In addition, Knox maintained a residence where …
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Former Miami-Dade County resident sentenced to more than 8 years in prison for bank fraud and money laundering schemes

… an FDIC-insured financial institution for the purpose of buying an apartment in Aventura, Florida. He submitted a … belonging to co-conspirators and accomplices, and by buying property through shell corporations, in order to …
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Shawnee Auto Dealer Sentenced To 30 Months For Illegal Deals With Drug Traffickers

… to 30 months in federal prison for helping drug dealers buy vehicles used for drug trafficking without attracting … marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine from California to buyers in Kansas and Missouri. Crow introduced Lenie to … another instance, undercover officers talked to Lenie about buying a 2006 Acura TSX for $15,950 in cash. They told him …
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Santa Barbara Methamphetamine Distributor Sentenced to 180 Months in Prison

… Reno - (775) 327-8900 Guam Hagatna - (671) 472-7384 Buy-bust narcotics.jpg Seized narcotics  IMG_0455.JPG Seized …
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Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Death Resulting from Gun Crimes

… of his mother, Lynn Hooks, and his friend, Dakota Carr, to buy a gun for himself and one for his girlfriend from Piazza … pawn shop, and he, Hooks and Carter conspired to have Hooks buy the guns to get around a background check requirement … Hooks lied on a form and falsely claimed to be the guns’ buyer. Carr processed that form, knowing that it contained …
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St. Louis County Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison in Connection with Fentanyl Death

… a week. On those occasions Brewer and/or Houston would buy 20 to 40 pills at $10 to $20 per pill. The investigation … facility and contacted Houston and Brewer via Snapchat to buy “Percocet pills.” Matthews disputed that he provided the …
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Major Meth Distributor Pleads Guilty

… A confidential informant assisted in the controlled buy of 413 grams (approximately one pound) of … $1,400. A confidential informant assisted in the controlled buy of 431.27 grams of methamphetamine from Hall on June 22, …
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Hayesville, N.C. man sentenced to more than 21 years in federal prison for trafficking in methamphetamine

… of the investigation, law enforcement conducted controlled buys and seized significant quantities of methamphetamine … sentencing hearing, investigators made three controlled buys of methamphetamine from Jones and seized …
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Columbus Convicted Felon Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Attempting to Sell “Meth” in Harris County, Georgia

… County Sheriff’s Office and DEA arranged a controlled buy of “ice” methamphetamine from McBride on September 20, … of methamphetamine remaining to sell. The controlled buy occurred at a gas station in Fortson, Georgia (Harris …
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Three Fentanyl Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison

… fentanyl and a controlled purchase was set up by the DEA to buy an additional half kilogram of fentanyl. Rosa Cotto arrived at the buy location with the drugs, and he was arrested. A bag …
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Operation Boyztown Results in Rare Life Sentence for Methamphetamine Distributor

… drug offenders.  Twenty-five years ago, if you wanted to buy wholesale quantities of drugs at wholesale prices, you … so infiltrated with Mexican cartel operatives, that you can buy pretty much any drug in any state in the country at …
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Cocaine Dealer In St. Mary’s County Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison

… Holt gave his girlfriend around $20,000, more or less, to buy a 2012 Jeep. In December 2012, Holt also delivered … located at 4338 Glenmore Avenue in Baltimore, in order to buy the property.  The monies Holt provided in these …
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Owner Of Silver Spring Nightclub Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking

… at his Laurel restaurant, and used drug proceeds to buy an upscale restaurant/nightclub in Silver Spring … 2010 to 2012, Miskiri gave money to the Mullings DTO to buy marijuana in California and Arizona, which was shipped …
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Three members of Lockport fentanyl ring arrested

… officers, in June 2017, conducted two controlled buys of half a bundle of heroin from White. During each of … law enforcement officers made three additional controlled buys of heroin and fentanyl from Haney.   On Oct. 09, 2018, …
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Columbus Resident Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine

… referenced in court, DEA agents conducted a controlled buy of 55.64 grams of 100% pure methamphetamine from Thomas … 17, 2019, at a gas station in Columbus. Another controlled buy occurred on Sept. 6, 2019, when DEA agents purchased …
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Spokane Man Involved in Robbery of Large Amount of Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Sentenced to Federal Prison

… 6, 2022, Baughman went to a stash house in Spokane to buy a large quantity of methamphetamine and fentanyl from a … trafficking organization. Immediately recognizing that the buy money was counterfeit, the sellers declined the sale. …
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DEA Busts Steroid Traffickers And Dismantles Laboratories Across The Nation

… located in Lithuania and Moldova. There is great danger in buying steroids, chemicals, and other illicit products on … extremely unsanitary, further illustrating the danger in buying these products illegally.  For example, recent lab …
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Illinois Ice Meth Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

… he was sentenced, admitted that he conspired with others to buy and resell methamphetamine throughout the Pekin and …
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DEA Operation Meltdown Shuts Down Hundreds of Illegal Online Pharmacies

… BeSafeRx campaign  page for information on how to safely buy prescription medication online and how to locate a …
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Felon who Supplied Fentanyl that Resulted in One Fatal and Two Nonfatal Overdoses Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison

… men who were at a gas station and offered to take them to buy cocaine. The victims gave Mora $140 and asked for $100 … spotted Mora, who told the detective to meet him later to buy drugs. Mora was arrested later that day. Capsules …
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Father and Son Admit Trafficking Cocaine to St. Louis

… Jr. and/or Dixson III would send couriers to Texas to buy kilograms of cocaine from Miguel Angel Gonzalez, who … 2021, Quintin Deforest Adkins drove to Texas with cash to buy six kilograms of cocaine. That vehicle was seized, and …
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51 Arrested In Major Heroin Takedown

… on the streets during the course of enforcement, such as a buy-walk, or buy-bust operation. Fentanyl cases in 2014 have been …
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DEA Announces Major Steroid Operation

… and protecting public health.” There is great danger in buying steroids, chemicals, and other illicit products on … extremely unsanitary, further illustrating the danger in buying these products illegally.  For example, recent lab …
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Father, Son, Sentenced for Trafficking Cocaine to St. Louis

… Dixson Jr. and/or Dixson III sent couriers to Texas to buy kilograms of cocaine from Miguel Angel Gonzalez, who … bought it from Carlos Gonzalez. Dixson Jr. was at one point buying as much as eight to 16 kilograms per week. During the …
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LeFlore County Resident Sentenced To Twenty Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Meth

… a sale for 27.85 grams of methamphetamine in a controlled buy during an undercover investigation by the Oklahoma … a sale for 52.9 grams of methamphetamine in a controlled buy during an undercover investigation by the Drug …
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Manchester Man Sentenced to 80 Months in Federal Prison for Operating Counterfeit Pill Lab

… methamphetamine pills from the defendant during controlled buys in March and April, 2024.  Investigators applied for … blue pills that the defendant sold during the controlled buys. DEA tested some of the pills and powders recovered …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Encourages Open Conversations on Dangers of Drugs and Social Media as Students Return to School

… are encouraged to emphasize the dangers associated with buying pills online. In Nebraska, DEA has seized fentanyl … on the tough topics including the use of social media for buying and selling drugs. One pill can kill. Let’s raise …
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Homicides in Buffalo Down Over 50% Following Implementation of VIPER

… possess firearms and ammunition; Individuals who unlawfully buy, sell, or traffic (or attempt illegally to buy, sell or traffic) guns; and Violent criminals and drug …
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Drug Trafficker Unlawfully Residing in the United States Sentenced to Federal Prison for His Leading Role in Distributing Fentanyl and Heroin and Laundering Millions in Drug Proceeds

… Laundered Money Through A Tualatin Beauty Salon and By Buying Real Estate PORTLAND, Ore.— Luis Antonio Beltran … the Mazatlán Beauty Salon in Tualatin, Oregon, and by buying real estate that they converted into …
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U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Emergency Schedules All Illicit Fentanyls In An Effort To Reduce Overdose Deaths

… prescription drugs. As a consequence, users who buy these substances on the illicit market are often unaware …