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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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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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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 …
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Luxury car purveyor extradicted on fraud and money laundering charges

… allegedly recruited straw purchasers – people who would buy luxury cars in their names, but had no intention of …
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DEA Makes Three More “Fake Pot” Drugs Temporarily Illegal Today

… themselves of their current stocks and to cease making or buying more. Over the past three years, smokable herbal …
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Three More Synthetic Drugs Become Illegal For At Least Two Years

… themselves of their current stocks and to cease making or buying more.  During the next two years, DEA will work with …
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Defendants Sentenced for Trafficking Methamphetamine in Middle Georgia

… Informants (CI) to conduct three methamphetamine buys from Mendez and two heroin buys from Willis; the substances were later tested and …
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Five Defendants, Including Two Doctors, Charged in Connection with Actor Matthew Perry's Fatal Overdose Death Last Year

… or consent, and lied to wholesale ketamine distributors to buy additional vials of liquid ketamine that Chavez intended … from Iwamasa to Sangha’s stash house in North Hollywood to buy vials of ketamine. On October 24, 2023, while waiting …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Seizure Of Additional $28 Million Worth Of Bitcoins Belonging To Ross William Ulbricht, Alleged Owner And Operator Of “Silk Road” Website

… Road,” a hidden website designed to enable its users to buy and sell illegal drugs and other unlawful goods and … unlawful goods and services to well over a hundred thousand buyers, and to launder hundreds of millions of dollars … online criminal marketplace designed to enable its users to buy and sell drugs and other illegal goods and services …
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Indiana Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Meth Trafficking

… a pound of methamphetamine during a series of controlled buys. In August 2020, investigators arrested Fowler and …
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Fort Wayne man sentenced to 17 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine

… informant and an undercover agent made several controlled buys of heroin and cocaine from Mr. Jefferson.  Jefferson …