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Business Owner Who Trafficked Pounds of Meth and Cocaine Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

… ammunition. As part of his guilty plea, Johnson admitted to buying a motorcycle worth approximately $17,000, using drug …
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Michigan Man Sentenced to 96 Months for Drug and Gun Crimes in Burlington

… (including some of the bills used in one of the controlled buys), about 20 grams of fentanyl, about 65 grams of …
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St. Mary’s County Felon Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges for Distribution of Fentanyl and for Illegal Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition

… drug transaction.  As detailed in the plea agreement, after buying fentanyl from Keys, the three individuals returned to …
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Joint Law Enforcement Efforts Result in Lengthy Sentences

… teams engaged in undercover operations including controlled buys of narcotics and illegal firearms. Over the course of …
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Melvin Hill Convicted by Jury on Federal Drug and Firearms Charges

… Burlington narcotics investigators that the source could buy narcotics from Hill. In February and March, this source …
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DEA Rocky Mountain Division Announces Record Fentanyl Seizures in 2022

… oversaturated drug market.  Anyone, including our kids, can buy dangerous and deadly drugs at the click of a button. …
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Lubbock Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Combined 106 Years in Federal Prison

… documents, DEA agents used a confidential informant to buy cocaine from several defendants. They also executed …
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San Diego Resident Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in 15-Year-Old’s Death

… to actively take steps to ensure that your children are not buying drugs online. We invite you to review the Fentanyl …
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Mariah Ferry and Jose Torrez plead guilty to federal kidnapping charges for abducting and brutally beating two victims suspected of stealing drugs and money

… contacted M.T. under a ruse that Smothermon wanted to buy marijuana from M.T. When M.T. arrived at Smothermon’s …
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Kennewick WA Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years in Federal Prison

… two pounds of methamphetamine as part of a controlled buy. This led agents to Zavala-Alvarez’s residence in …
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Federal grand jury charges three men for distributing fentanyl-laced pills that caused death of rapper Mac Miller

… law enforcement is using informants and undercover to buy them on the street do they can start putting ppl in …
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Three Drug Traffickers Convicted of Drug and Money Laundering Conspiracies

… at trial revealed that in 2015 and 2016, Woolard began buying fentanyl and furanyl fentanyl powder from China after …
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Five Defendants Charged in San Jose Drug Distribution Schemes

… price of the methamphetamine if the source were willing to buy larger quantities.  Like De La Cruz, Torres Cruz is …
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Prolific Snohomish County fentanyl dealer sentenced to 15 years in prison

… cut of the profits.  Many distributors used that profit to buy from Irons to support their own addiction. During this …
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San Francisco man sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for crimes related to illegal fentanyl pill manufacturing operation

… admitted that his role in the conspiracy included buying a pill press, using it to manufacture pills, and …
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Darknet drug vendor sentenced to 10 years prison

… the payment in San Francisco and used the money to buy drugs and supplies to fulfill JetSetLife customer …
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Western U.P. Crystal Meth Conspiracy Shut Down

… purchases of methamphetamine from Hill.  These undercover buys gave the officers the evidence they needed to get a …
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Former Governor Of State Of Tamaulipas, Mexico, Indicted In The Southern District Of Texas

… of 2004. Portions of those funds were allegedly used to buy a Sabreliner 60 airplane in January 2005. As part of …
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Operation Shaw-Crank Redemption Results In 11 Defendants Being Sentenced To A Combined Total Of Over 93 Years For Drug-Trafficking

… and Arkansas River Valley area. Numerous controlled buys, surveillance, search warrants, and monitoring have …
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Mexican Toy Dealer Pleads Guilty In Drug Money Laundering Case

… in Colombia and Mexico would contact currency brokers to buy discounted U.S. dollars, which they would use to …
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SoCal Toy Company Pleads Guilty In Money Laundering Conspiracy

… and Mexican pesos would contact currency brokers to buy discounted U.S. dollars, which they used to purchase …
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Grand Jury Indicts New Defendants And Brings Additional Charges Against L.A.-Based OxyContin Ring That Allegedly Bilked Medicare

… at casinos, to purchase automobiles and jewelry, and to buy more OxyContin. The scheme allegedly was orchestrated by …
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Big Island Marijuana “Ministry” Operator Pleads Guilty To Drug And Tax Offenses

… stating “it’s retail”, and “normal retail, you know, we buy it, you know, at forty-five hundred, five grand a pound, …
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Physician Admits To Illegally Distributing 39,000 Pills

… bring names and dates of birth to Johns with the intent of buying a prescription for oxycodone.  Johns would issue the …
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Australian Man Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Helping Run The “Silk Road” Website

… Road,” a hidden website designed to enable its users to buy and sell illegal drugs and other unlawful goods and … illicit goods and services to well over a hundred thousand buyers, and to launder hundreds of millions of dollars … customer service inquiries, and resolving disputes between buyers and vendors.  The forum moderators were responsible …
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Leader Of International Money Laundering Organization Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Nine Years In Prison

… multi-level marketing scheme, through which customers could buy pre-paid debit cards. DMG sold these pre-paid debit …
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Two Extradited, Charged With Weapons Support To Hizballah One Defendant Allegedly Agreed To Acquire $9.5 Million Worth Of Surface-to-Air Missiles And Other Weapons For Hizballah

… organization. Aksu is also charged with agreeing to buy a deadly laundry list of weapons on behalf of an …
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Last Of The Arellano-Felix Brothers Sentenced

… some of the income to pay AFO members to commit crimes; to buy firearms, ammunition and vehicles; to travel on …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 13 Members And Associates Of Lower East Side Narcotics Organization With Narcotics And Firearms Offenses

… two undercover NYPD officers made approximately 25 buys of cocaine and crack cocaine from various members of …
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Car Repair Shop Owner And His Son Sentenced For Drug Trafficking And Commercial Burglaries

… David Paschall used more than five drug “brokers” to buy drugs almost every day at his shop which he would then …