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Alleged Members Of Drug Trafficking Organization Arrested

… and federal indictments would not have been possible without the outstanding participation and assistance from …
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Indictments Charging Twenty-Three People With Drug Trafficking

… at our disposal to pursue and bring to justice those who, without conscience distribute this poison into our …
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Philadelphia Doctor Pleads Guilty To Running Pill Mill

… office staff would give the refill orders to Gosnell, who, without seeing the customer, would write the requested …
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Jasper County Pharmacists Plead Guilty To Illegal Distribution Of Controlled Substances

… outside the course of professional practice to customers without valid prescriptions at the CVS Pharmacy in Newton, …
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Guilty Pleas Entered In Methamphetamine Case

… grams of methamphetamine. Allen and Johnson are being held without bond pending their January 6, 2012, sentencing …
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Pierce County Man Who Shot Two Intruders At His Marijuana Grow Indicted For Drug Manufacturing And Illegal Gun Possession

… Court in Tacoma today at 2:30 PM. “As you can see, freedom without responsibility results in violence and bloodshed,” …
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Idaho Dentist Pleads Guilty To Prescription Drug Fraud

… @DEASeattleDiv Robert A. Saccone Domestic Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington Additional Division Info Community … Registration: Idaho 571-387-2800 Diversion Registration: Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Division Contacts Alaska Anchorage - … Akhtar further admitted the prescriptions were written without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual …
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Large Scale Dark Web Heroin, Cocaine Trafficker Pleads Guilty

… online transactions in digital currency can be completed without a third-party payment processor and are therefore …
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Airport Security Screener Sentenced To Prison For Role In A Conspiracy To Obstruct The TSA

… nevertheless allowed the luggage to pass through security without further investigation.  On November 3, 2015, Jessica …
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Woman Arrested In Prague On Charges Of Conspiring To Bribe U.S. Air Force Contract Administrator

… in the GMX account, which, once read, could be deleted without being sent, thus minimizing the electronic record of …
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East Bay Doctor Indicted For Health Care Fraud And Distribution Of Controlled Substances

… other controlled substances, in exchange for cash payments, without first determining whether the purchasers had any …
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Visalia Doctor Sentenced For Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone

… prescription drugs, including oxycodone and hydrocodone, without medical necessity. Brown prescribed to customers who …
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Methamphetamine Traffickers Sentenced To 23 Years And 17 Years In Prison

… On October 27, 2014, Espinoza-Patino pleaded guilty without a plea agreement to all the charges alleged against …
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Two Syracuse Men Arrested On Federal Drug Charges

… Magistrate Judge Andrew T. Baxter and were ordered held without bail, pending a detention hearing scheduled for …
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United States Attorneys Announce Final Statistics On Operation Mountain Sweep, Targeting Illegal Marijuana Cultivation On Public Lands

… in the West is being scarred in this way and cannot recover without costly human intervention. U.S. Attorney Wagner …
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

… 837-2324 Stockton - (571) 387-3956 SAN FRANCISCO - , Calif. With public participation at an all-time high after four … to www.dea.gov. This site will be continuously updated with new take-back locations daily. Americans participating … The success of this event would not be possible without the invaluable support of our federal, state, and …
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Orangevale Man Sentenced For Hydrocodone Distribution

… of approximately 74 purported patients were used, often without knowledge or consent of the persons to whom those …
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Federal Jury Convicts Three Individuals Of Illegally Distributing Controlled Substances Over Internet

… and other physicians to review the customers’ orders without conducting a physical examination, meeting or even …
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63 Federal Convictions Stemming From Multi-Agency Operation Trident

… found a 12-gauge shotgun, a sawed-off .22-caliber rifle without a serial number, a 9mm handgun, and numerous rounds …
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Fentanyl Supply Chain

February 07, 2025
… Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States “The Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartels … across the United States to flood American communities with fentanyl and methamphetamine, drive addiction, fuel … This is possible because drug traffickers are able to buy the tools they need, like pill presses and stamps, …
February 07, 2025
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Sutter Facilities Agree to Pay $3.2 Million to Resolve Alleged Controlled Substances Act Violations

… in protecting the public and that responsibility starts with strict compliance to the Code of Federal Regulations,” … the United States.  A copy of the settlement agreement is available  here . The claims resolved by this settlement are …
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DEA’s Louisville Field Division Kept Nearly 89 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl out of Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia in 2025

… The drug is mass-produced at secret factories in Mexico with chemicals sourced from China. In an effort to intensify … advertising, billboards, and social media resources are available at dea.gov/fentanylfree.   DEA’s efforts are part …
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High-Speed Ditching of Bulk Methamphetamine Leads to 135-month Sentence for Convicted Felon

… man has been ordered to federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute bulk crystal methamphetamine, … Drug Enforcement Administration conducted the investigation with the assistance of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, … crimes involving children. The HSTF further utilizes all available tools to prosecute and remove the most violent …
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DEA LA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day

… Fentanyl pill generic 1.jpg Fake prescription pills made with fentanyl DEA LA.jpg LOS ANGELES – On Sunday, August 21, … safe from the presence of fentanyl.  DEA is proud to work with families who have been affected by fentanyl poisonings … times more potent than morphine.  It is inexpensive, widely available, highly addictive — and potentially lethal.  Drug …
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DEA Washington Division Gears up to Celebrate the 24th National Drug Take Back Day

… have everything ready in the more than 300 collection sites available  on April 22nd  across the DMV,” mentioned Jarod …
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RICO indictment charges “110 Gang”

… state and local law enforcement partners to use every available tool to hold gang members and affiliates …
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More Than 450 Arrests of Illegal Immigrants and Suspected Drug Criminals Across Arkansas

… organized the overall operation. In addition to assisting with immigration enforcement, these task forces also … and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents collaborated with the Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI), Drug … a minor. “We will continue to use every tool and resource available to identify, locate and apprehend those criminal …
DRUG FACT SHEET
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Methamphetamine

Methamphetamine

January 22, 2025
Stimulant that speeds up body’s system that comes as pill or powder. Available in prescription as Desoxyn® to treat obesity and ADHD. Crystal meth resembles glass fragments and is an illegally altered version of the prescription drug that is cooked with over-the-counter drugs in meth labs.
January 22, 2025
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Kilo Fentanyl Distributor in Craven County Sentenced to 40 Years

… Craven County Sheriff Chip Hughes. “His prosecution, along with his co-conspirators has resulted in a significant reduction in the availability of these dangerous drugs in our communities.” … search warrants were executed at residences associated with the drug trafficking organization, including Garcia’s …
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Communities Nationwide Turn In Nearly 630,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications on DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… for DEA’s fall National Prescription Drug Take Back Day are available at www.deaTakeBack.com .                           …