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Fresno Man Pleads Guilty In Interstate Marijuana Trafficking Ring And Money Laundering

… drug and money laundering ring that extended from Fresno to Alabama and Georgia, Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. … medical purposes, but was sold for profit in Georgia and Alabama. A medical marijuana dispensary was used as a front … in Kelley’s name to transport marijuana to Birmingham, Alabama for distribution. The Drug Enforcement …
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Community Event
December 15, 2019 - December 17, 2019
December 15, 2019 - December 17, 2019

Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC)

10:00 PM - 7:00 AM (EST)
Birmingham, AL
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will be hosting two regional one-day Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC) on Monday, December 16, and Tuesday, December 17, 2019. The same conference will be held both days. Participants can attend either day. The conferences will be held at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham, 1000 Riverchase...
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Attorney General William P. Barr Joins DEA Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea to Announce results of Operation Crystal Shield

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Alabama Birmingham - (571) 362-1600 Huntsville - (571) … alone, which covers the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas, DEA conducted 115 investigations, …
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Montgomery man facing 40 years in federal prison following drug trafficking and firearms convictions

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Alabama Birmingham - (571) 362-1600 Huntsville - (571) … threatening the safety of our citizens in this region of Alabama and throughout the country. This ‘career offender’s’ …
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Alabama Birmingham - (571) 362-1600 Huntsville - (571) … every American. The DEA New Orleans Division, which covers Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi, seized 275,000 …
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New Orleans Division Encourages Communities to Make Every Day Take Back Day

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Alabama Birmingham - (571) 362-1600 Huntsville - (571) … events.  Collection sites in the New Orleans Division (Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi) collected a …
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Multiple individuals indicted in major drug trafficking operation

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Alabama Birmingham - (571) 362-1600 Huntsville - (571) … multiple states, including Texas, California, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. The following individuals …
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Birmingham Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Fentanyl That Caused 20-Year-Old’s Death

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Alabama Birmingham - (571) 362-1600 Huntsville - (571) … purchasing fentanyl from Pearson was a former University of Alabama student. Police found her in a house on Jefferson …
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Mobile Man Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Illegally Possessing a Firearm as a Convicted Felon

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Alabama Birmingham - (571) 362-1600 Huntsville - (571) … U.S. Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama made the announcement. The Bureau of Alcohol, …
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Illegal Alien Sentenced to more than Three Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Alabama Birmingham - (571) 362-1600 Huntsville - (571) … Jackson - (601) 965-4400 Oxford - (662) 234-8542 Anniston, Alabama – A St. Clair County woman has been sentenced on …
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Illegal Immigrant Sentenced for Reentering the United States

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Alabama Birmingham - (571) 362-1600 Huntsville - (571) … U.S. Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama made the announcement. The Department of Homeland …
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Armed Meth Dealer Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Alabama Birmingham - (571) 362-1600 Huntsville - (571) … U.S. Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama made the announcement.  The Drug Enforcement …
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Alabama Birmingham - (571) 362-1600 Huntsville - (571) … which consists of the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas, Operation Last Mile comprised of 22 …
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DEA New Orleans Division Announces the Seizure of Over 20 Million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Alabama Birmingham - (571) 362-1600 Huntsville - (571) … which covers the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas, seized 501,761 of those pills and 613 …
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DEA to accept vaping devices and cartridges as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Alabama Birmingham - (571) 362-1600 Huntsville - (571) … Louisiana – 7,046 pounds; Mississippi – 3,753 pounds; Alabama – 6,800 pounds; and Arkansas – 28,073 pounds.   For …
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Physician Admits To Illegally Distributing 39,000 Pills

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Alabama Birmingham - (571) 362-1600 Huntsville - (571) … pharmaceuticals in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.  The case was investigated by the DEA-Little Rock …
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Perryville Pharmacist Sent To Prison For 10 Years, To Pay $850,000 For Role In Pill Scheme

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Alabama Birmingham - (571) 362-1600 Huntsville - (571) … pharmaceuticals in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. This effort, dubbed Operation Pilluted, involved …
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Armed Drug Dealers Sentenced to Decades in Federal Prison

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Alabama Birmingham - (571) 362-1600 Huntsville - (571) … U.S. Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama made the announcement. Homeland Security …
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DEA Safely Disposes of 620,000 Pounds of Unused Medications on 28th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Alabama Birmingham - (571) 362-1600 Huntsville - (571) … New Orleans Division collected over 41,348 pounds across Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Since its …
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Arrests Made in Joint Federal/Local Investigation Targeting Jackson, Calhoun, Liberty, and Gadsden Counties

… Florida • Dewayne Deshun “Max” Thornton, 23, of Dothan, Alabama Previous federal arrests from this same … 49, of Malone, Florida • Curtis Vickers, 38, of Dothan, Alabama • Latoya Latasha White, 34, of Lake Wales, Florida … office, the Holmes County Sheriff’s office, the Dothan, Alabama Police Department, the North Star …
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Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Alabama Birmingham - (571) 362-1600 Huntsville - (571) … In the New Orleans Field Division states of Louisiana, Alabama and Arkansas, three federal search warrants and 2 …
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Mexican Citizen Sentenced To Nine Years For Trafficking Methamphetamine

… citizen who entered the country illegally and resided in Alabama. In June 2015, an individual in Pasco County advised law enforcement that a Mexican man in Alabama, known to him as Gregorio, contacted the individual …
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Leader Of Interstate Cocaine Smuggling Organization Sentenced To More Than Ten Years In Federal Prison

… plan was for the UC to first register a vehicle in Alabama and then drive to Houston and pick up multiple … Office conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle bearing an Alabama license plate. The car was occupied by two women. …
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Houma Man Indicted For Distribution Of Cocaine

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Alabama Birmingham - (571) 362-1600 Huntsville - (571) …
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Methamphetamine Dealer Pleads Guilty In Federal Court

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Alabama Birmingham - (571) 362-1600 Huntsville - (571) …
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Two Men Sentenced After Pleading Guilty To Drug Charges

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Alabama Birmingham - (571) 362-1600 Huntsville - (571) …
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Tangipahoa Parish Men Indicted On Drug And Gun Charges

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Alabama Birmingham - (571) 362-1600 Huntsville - (571) …
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Amite Man Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison On Federal Drug Charges

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Alabama Birmingham - (571) 362-1600 Huntsville - (571) …
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Bogalusa Man And Woman Sentenced For Drug Violations

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Alabama Birmingham - (571) 362-1600 Huntsville - (571) …
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Bogalusa Man Sentenced For Drug Violations

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Alabama Birmingham - (571) 362-1600 Huntsville - (571) …