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Modesto Doctor Arrested For Illegally Prescribing Opioids

… in Modesto. “Physicians prescribing powerful medications without legitimate medical purpose is both wrong and … Jerry A. Miller. “DEA will continue to use every tool available to hold unscrupulous practitioners accountable.” …
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Op Sweet Silence Defendant Pleads Guilty, Agrees to Serve 20 Years in Prison

… to serve 20 years in prison under a binding plea agreement with the final two co-defendants entering guilty pleas in … in the federal system. “The DEA is deploying all resources available to combat criminal organizations that are … and 18, 2023, federal agents monitored the coordination and delivery of a one-kilogram methamphetamine package from …
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H-Block Gang Member Sentenced For Drug Distribution And Firearm Offense

… 2025, Gray pleaded guilty to distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine and being a felon in … to a cooperating witness, and then subsequently stole “buy” money from the cooperating witness during a controlled … a member shot a Boston Police officer at point blank range without warning or provocation.  Gray is the fourth H-Block …
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H Block Gang Member Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution And Firearm Offense

… of Roxbury, pleaded guilty to distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine and being a felon in … to a cooperating witness, and then subsequently stole “buy” money from the cooperating witness during an additional … a member shot a Boston Police officer at point blank range without warning or provocation.  The charge of distribution …
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L.A. Garment District Money Laundering Cartel Scheme Exposed

… broker finds business owners in the foreign country who buy goods from vendors in the United States and who need … to collect money from their drug sales in the United States without having to take the risk of smuggling bulk amounts of …
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DEA Announces Largest-Ever Synthetic Drug Takedown

… In Charge View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, … synthetic drug trafficking organizations that have operated without regard for the law or public safety.   These series … among teens and young adults, because they are easily available and, in many cases, they are more potent and …
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Drug dealer who sold out of his home sentenced to 72 months

… the Niagara County Drug Task Force conducted a controlled buy at Thompson’s residence on Elmwood Avenue. The drug sold … March 4, 2015, the task force conducted a second controlled buy at Thompson’s residence. The drug sold by the defendant during the second buy tested positive for heroin. On March 10, 2015, a New …
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Lockport Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Fentanyl

… the Niagara County Drug Task Force conducted a controlled buy at Thompson’s residence on Elmwood Avenue. The drug sold … March 4, 2015, the task force conducted a second controlled buy at Thompson’s residence. The drug sold by the defendant during the second buy tested positive for heroin. On March 10, 2015, a New …
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Parcel Interdiction Leads to Guilty Plea

… Later that day, investigators arranged for a controlled delivery of the parcel.  Prior to the controlled delivery, investigators removed and replaced the original … of the original bricks.  An undercover officer posing as a delivery employee approached Avalos’s listed Baltimore …
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U.K. Defendant Sentenced For Illegal Chemical Distribution Via Internet

… arranged shipment of the chemicals to customers via parcel delivery service.  On or about Aug. 4, 2005, law enforcement … it was unlawful to sell Red Phosphorus in the United States without written consent from the appropriate licensing U.S. …
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Drug Scheduling

March 28, 2025
… to make drugs are classified into five (5) distinct categories or schedules depending upon the drug’s acceptable medical … (Demerol), oxycodone (OxyContin), fentanyl, Dexedrine, Adderall, and Ritalin Schedule III Schedule III drugs, …
March 28, 2025
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Indictment Charges 14 New Haven Area Residents with Charges Related to Counterfeit Pill Production, Narcotics Trafficking

… oxycodone tablets containing fentanyl and counterfeit Adderall tablets containing methamphetamine, and the … of methamphetamine, including thousands of counterfeit Adderall pills; three kilograms of cocaine and other drugs; …
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Major Drug Trafficker and 12 Others Arrested:

… events that occurred on June 15 and 16, including the delivery of cocaine to a Bronx location and search warrants … fentanyl pills imprinted to look like 30 mg oxycodone, Adderall, and other prescription drugs. A search warrant was …
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Three Chinese Chemical Manufacturing Companies and Five Employees Charged with Conspiring to Manufacture Fentanyl

… to improve fentanyl yield and advice on which chemicals to buy to replace banned precursor products. Mexican drug … and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, have increasingly availed themselves of the fentanyl precursors and masked …
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Ten Defendants Charged In Drug Conspiracy Indictment For Allegedly Distributing Thousands Of Addictive Opiate Pain Pills In North Jersey

… Towanda R. Thorne-James Domestic New Jersey with offices in Atlantic City, Camden, Monmouth/Ocean, … and pharmacists who illegally make these opiate pills available for abuse,” said Director Elie Honig of the … of means to obtain the prescription pills, including buying pills from low-income residents of Paterson who had …
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Two doctors, two licensed physical therapists, a licensed clinical social worker, a pharmacist, and four pharmacy owners and operators among those charged in Brooklyn as part of national health care fraud initiative

… offices in Queens, provided large-quantity oxycodone scripts to “patients” – individuals he never actually …
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$11 Million Dollar Heroin Shipment Seized En Route From New York City To New England

… Frank A. Tarentino III Domestic New York state with offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long … Two New York-based traffickers arrested during drug delivery in Connecticut: over 50 pounds of heroin, 20 pounds … cut off the supply of heroin at its source. Suppressing the availability of heroin, which is destroying an increasing …
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DEA Safely Disposes 620,000 Pounds of Unused Medication on 28th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… into the wrong hands. This program would not be possible without the support of our law enforcement and community … out on a semi-regular basis, safe disposal options are available year-round. Nearly 17,000 pharmacies, hospitals, …
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West Haven Man Who Made and Trafficked Narcotic Pills Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Prison

… oxycodone tablets containing fentanyl and counterfeit Adderall tablets containing methamphetamine, and the … 4, 2024, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 400 grams or … Investigations (HSI), and the U.S. Marshals Service, with the assistance of the Connecticut State Police, and the …
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Former Wallingford Doctor Who Sold Opioid Prescriptions for Cash Sentenced to Federal Prison

… quantity of opioid-based pills, as well as Alprazolam and Adderall, to a number of patients.  Investigators also … office visit.  In addition, the source provided Braylovsky with $1,600 in cash for a prescription during an office … from him during the investigation.  Braylovsky then met with an undercover law enforcement officer posing as a …
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Meth on the rise in New Jersey

… heroin withdrawal symptoms. Methamphetamine is readily available, inexpensive, and provides the user with a high … heroin users who need to get through the work week without yielding to withdrawal symptoms.  Another factor …
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Chicago Field Division Contributes To The Record Number Of Prescription Drugs Collected At 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Event

… with this 15th, and future events, would not be possible without the collaboration of state/local law enforcement, … Complete results for DEA’s spring Take Back Day are available at www.deatakeback.com. DEA’s next Prescription …
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Methamphetamine Distribution Ring Dismantled

… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 230 S. Dearborn Street Ste. 1200 Chicago , IL 60604-1745 United States … remains a top priority of my office and I will use every available federal resource to help keep our communities … meaning they were “fronted” the drug from a source without paying for it at the time-or making only partial …
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Mallinckrodt Agrees To Pay $35 Million Settlement

… an increasingly excessive quantity of oxycodone pills without notifying DEA of these suspicious orders. Through … need to go beyond “know your customer” to use otherwise available company data to “know your customer’s customer” to …
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FORT Investigates Fentanyl Death, Brings First-Ever Texas Murder Charges

… indicted on Texas state charges of Murder and Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 1B Over … individuals received a combined 152 years in federal prison without parole. ### Arrests/Convictions - Major Drug …
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Colombian Woman Sentenced to 10 Years and $5 Million Forfeiture for Narcotrafficking

… relied on hitmen to collect drug debts, and she did so without regard for the harm she inflicted on communities … this lucrative and violent organization saw their final delivery – justice,” said HSI Acting Special Agent in Charge …
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Boston Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy

… to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute PCP, MDMB-4en-PINACA and … a member shot a Boston Police officer at point blank range without warning or provocation.  Carpenter-Grady was a … of Correction’s inmate mail policies, which prohibit delivery to inmates of original copies of any materials …
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Sophisticated Sinaloa Cartel Money Laundering Organization Dismantled

… employees in hotel rooms and parking lots. Following the delivery of the illegal money, the criminal organization … drug cartels.”  “Mexican drug cartels cannot succeed without money launderers,” said U.S. Attorney Randy …
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Major Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution And Money Laundering

… cocaine.  The same procedure was followed for each of the deliveries.  The truck driver would communicate with the … laundering conspiracies; a book titled “Cover Your Tracks Without Changing Your Identity; How to Disappear Until You …
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U.S. Postal Service Employee Sentenced To 46 Months In Prison For Mailing And Receiving Packages Of Cocaine Husband Who Was Charged With Her Sentenced Last Month

… packages of cocaine, which were mailed from Puerto Rico to delivery addresses along her mail route. Nunez intercepted … despite never delivering the packages to their actual delivery addresses, and ultimately transported them to … arrived in Kearny, N.J., law enforcement noted that the delivery address on the package would be assigned to Nunez’s …