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Alleged Newark Drug Dealer And Associates Indicted In Heroin Distribution Conspiracy

… During the calls, agents overheard Pender agreeing to buy heroin from Bassett. They also observed Pender meet with … area on December 9, 2009, and witness him making a drug delivery of approximately four kilograms of heroin, which …
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Jury Convicts Conroe Man Of Trafficking Cocaine And Conspiring To Launder Drug Money

… had already been speaking to Benitez about trying to buy large amounts of cocaine from him and his drug supplier. … of cocaine to Benitez on a ranch he owns in Conroe. This delivery happened in the early morning hours and was …
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DEA and Partners Announce Results of 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… dangerous drugs.” “Take Back Day wouldn’t be as successful without the help and support of all 181 collection sites … Complete results for DEA’s April 2021 Take Back Day are available at www.deatakeback.com . Photos and video from Take Back Day are available on Flickr. Off …
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

… Americans of the alarming increase in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl … and alprazolam (Xanax®); or stimulants like amphetamines (Adderall®). Fake prescription pills are widely accessible … sold on social media and e-commerce platforms – making them available to anyone with a smartphone, including minors. …
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

… Americans of the alarming increase in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl … and alprazolam (Xanax®); or stimulants like amphetamines (Adderall®). Fake prescription pills are widely accessible … sold on social media and e-commerce platforms – making them available to anyone with a smartphone, including minors. The …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications

… DEA’s 21st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day are available at www.DEATakeBack.com . For those who missed …
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Seven Defendants Indicted on Federal Charges in Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy

… District of Georgia. Each of the defendants is charged with Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to … help stem the tide against the public health crisis.” “The availability of deadly fentanyl and its chemical analogues … Vidalia area. Operation Ace in the Hole II, as outlined in USA v. Page, et al. , charges seven defendants as …
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DEA And Otsego County Sheriff's Office Arrest Two Defendants On Drug Charges

… as well as $513 in U.S. currency and a fraudulent USA Virgin Islands Driving License inside of the apartment.  … Lucy P. Bernier and she remanded Collins back to the OCCF without bail due to his three felony convictions.  Collins …
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Kent, Washington, Resident Indicted for Dealing Fentanyl While Illegally Possessing a Firearm

… away for his drug sales. In January, Muse started staying overnight at a Lynwood, Washington apartment.  On February …
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Heroin and Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Drug Conspiracy Resulting in Death

… an individual, M.D., causing M.D.’s fatal overdose in the overnight hours of July 19, 2019. As a result, the court …
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Former Miami-Dade County resident sentenced to over 12 years in prison for attempted international narcotics trafficking

… with Senese, who claimed that he was returning from an overnight stay in the Bahamas.  However, Senese could not …
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Bridgeport Man Sentenced To Four Years In Federal Prison For Kidnapping

… driven to a trap house where he was locked in a bathroom overnight.  The next day, Whitehurst directed the victim to …
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Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

… engine, also contained methamphetamine and was destined for delivery to an automotive shop in the Charlotte area. … On February 4, 2016, the day the shipment was scheduled for delivery, law enforcement approached Diaz-Fernandez who was … of a federal facility. All federal sentences are served without the possibility of parole. Upon completion of his …
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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 … Federal Bureau of Prisons. All federal sentences are served without the possibility of parole.    Assistant U.S. …
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Three Fentanyl Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison

… drugs was located in the backseat. Both men were arrested without incident. On the same day, Rosa Cotto was determined … 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

… Operation Boyztown Results in Rare Life Sentence for Methamphetamine Distributor May 05, 2020 Omaha Contact … involved one wiretap and could not have been accomplished without the cooperation of multiple law enforcement … drug offenders.  Twenty-five years ago, if you wanted to buy wholesale quantities of drugs at wholesale prices, you …
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Lee’s Summit Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute More Than 2,000 Kilos of Cocaine

… Lee’s Summit Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute More Than 2,000 Kilos of Cocaine … on Tuesday, April 20, to 25 years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Walters to forfeit … City, Kansas, received 50 to 60 kilograms of cocaine per delivery. Walters said he purchased 10 to 20 kilograms of …
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Springfield, Mo., man sentenced to 20 years for meth conspiracy

… R. Bough on Friday, Sept. 25, to 20 years in federal prison without parole. On May 16, 2019, Stone pleaded guilty to … Stone was preparing to travel to the Kansas City area to buy methamphetamine. Agents from the Drug Enforcement …
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Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Illegally Selling Millions Of Prescription Pills On The Internet

… of “yes” or “no” questions. Customers ordered the drugs without ever seeing or speaking to a physician or medical practitioner and without obtaining a valid prescription.  During the course … bottles that were received as a result of the undercover buys did not bear the name of any doctor who had prescribed …
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Former Office Manager of New Jersey Medical Practice Admits Conspiring with Doctor to Divert Controlled Substances

… practice to distribute prescription amphetamine to patients without a legitimate medical reason, U.S. Attorney Philip R. … to distribute dextroamphetamine-amphetamine (brand name Adderall), a Schedule II controlled substance, outside the …
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Buffalo Man Sentenced for Conspiring with Local Doctor Unlawfully to Obtain Drugs

… cocaine to Dr. Keefe, who was an active user of cocaine, Adderall, and prescription opiates. In January 2014, Dr. … Keefe, and all 22 prescriptions were fraudulently issued without a legitimate medical purpose. Dr. Keefe was …
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Spokane Physician Pays $120,000 to Resolve Allegations He Prescribed Controlled Substances Without Legitimate Medical Purpose

… to Resolve Allegations He Prescribed Controlled Substances Without Legitimate Medical Purpose December 11, 2025 Seattle … substances are dangerous and highly abused by those with substance use disorders.  In issuing the prescriptions, …
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… @DEASanDiegoDiv James M. Nunnallee Domestic Southern California in the Carlsbad, Imperial County, and San Ysidro areas … become a gateway to addiction. Working in close partnership with local law enforcement, Take Back Day has removed more … Americans for profit. These fake, deadly pills are widely available and deadlier than ever. Fake pills are designed to …
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

… Americans of the alarming increase in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl … and alprazolam (Xanax®); or stimulants like amphetamines (Adderall®). Fake prescription pills are widely accessible … sold on social media and e-commerce platforms – making them available to anyone with a smartphone, including minors. …
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

… Americans of the alarming increase in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl … and alprazolam (Xanax®); or stimulants like amphetamines (Adderall®). Fake prescription pills are widely accessible … sold on social media and e-commerce platforms – making them available to anyone with a smartphone, including minors. The …
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Leominster Man Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For Drug Offenses

… 951-2900 Defendant possessed multiple kilos of counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine BOSTON – A … in Worcester for possessing large quantities of counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine intended for … who was distributing significant quantities of counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine in Rhode Island. …
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Two indicted in connection with multimillion-dollar marijuana enterprise

… with their management of Northern Herb, a marijuana delivery service that operated in Massachusetts from 2015 to … more than $300,000 towards the mortgage on her house and to buy a 2017 Porsche Boxster, among other things.  It is …
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Dominican man sentenced to 10 years in prison for fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

… his co-defendant, Yossi Rafael Rincon-Ramirez, to make drug deliveries.   Four of the fentanyl sales he arranged during … DEA agent in Nashua, New Hampshire. Based on these drug buys, law enforcement officers arrested the defendant at his …