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Three Family Members Sentenced For Cocaine Charges

… Oliver, were in Orlando, from St. Petersburg, and wanted to buy a kilogram of cocaine for $28,000. The following day, …
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Eagle Pass Brothers Sentenced To Federal Prison For Cocaine Distribution

… cars that they showed at various car shows in Texas and to buy and remodel homes. During recorded phone calls played at …
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Final Operation X3 “Mexican Mafia” Defendant Sentenced

… for the main distributor - Juan Pablo Contreras - who would buy the heroin wholesale from Mexico and distribute it …
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Man Sentenced To 35 Years For Meth Trafficking From Houston To Louisiana

… this investigation, law enforcement discovered Lavergne was buying large quantities of methamphetamine from suppliers in …
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Man Found Guilty Of Trafficking Crack Cocaine

… videos selling crack cocaine, during one of the controlled buys Parker could also be heard cooking crack cocaine in the …
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Wilson Man Sentenced To 130 Months For Heroin Trafficking And Firearms Charges

… Task Force and Wilson Police Department used informants to buy a total of 800 bags of heroin from Turner during five …
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Rutland Man Imprisoned 5 Years For Heroin Trafficking

… used a confidential informant to make three controlled buys of heroin from Murphy in Rutland. In November 2012, …
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New York Man Imprisoned 69 Months For Heroin Trafficking

… used confidential informants to make controlled buys of the heroin from Willis and Murphy in the Rutland …
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Man Sentenced To 36 Months In Prison For Making Meth

… process, Billings engaged in the practice of “smurfing” (buying small quantities) at local pharmacies. The sentencing …
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Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Charge

… Roosevelt Avenue, after previously making three controlled buys of cocaine from the defendant. During the execution of …
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DEA/San Diego Sheriff’s Department Arrest 65 People In Operation Mountain Shadow

… and Drug Enforcement Administration agents conducted "buy-walk" operations.  They bought methamphetamine, heroin, …
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Twin Brothers/Heroin Dealers Sentenced To Federal Prison

… for years. DINT and the DEA began making controlled buys of heroin from the Jacobson brothers, who lived in …
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Two Men Sentenced On Meth Charges

… Varney and Carter engaged in the practice of “smurfing” (buying small quantities) at local pharmacies to get around …
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Stockton Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Marijuana Warehouse Grow

… sell their product in pound quantities to whoever will buy it, frequently selling to numerous marijuana …
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Fresno County Man Sent To Prison For Mortgage Fraud Scheme

… prison for a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders in order to buy houses in Fresno and Mendocino Counties, Drug …
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Bakersfield Businessman Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison For International Drug Conspiracy

… both of Bakersfield, negotiated with an undercover agent to buy 70 kilograms of cocaine. During the negotiations, and in …
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DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

… law enforcement partners will have 219 drop-off locations available across Pennsylvania and Delaware for this upcoming … are removed. A location finder and partner toolbox are available at www.DEATakeBack.com for easy reference to April 30 collection sites. Year-round receptacles are available at more than 13,000 pharmacies, hospitals, police …
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Cocaine laced with fentanyl leads to multiple deaths, overdoses

… to tell if a product contains fentanyl. There is no test available at the drug store or from your dealer. The only … “A variety of drug treatment options and programs are available in San Diego County. If you or someone you know is … or 2-1-1 San Diego. Both of these resources are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. AGENCIES Other …
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DEA’s 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day yields fruitful results in South Carolina

… medications were collected at nearly 6,400 sites made available across the United States. I would like to thank …   Complete results for DEA’s spring Take Back Day are available at www.DEATakeBack.com . Video of DEA’s Take Back Day collections being weighed and destroyed is available at https://youtu.be/5y_LCuJvWRs .   DEA’s next …
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DEA’s 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day yields fruitful results in North Carolina

… medications were collected at nearly 6,400 sites made available across the United States. I would like to thank …   Complete results for DEA’s spring Take Back Day are available at www.DEATakeBack.com . Video of DEA’s Take Back Day collections being weighed and destroyed is available at https://youtu.be/5y_LCuJvWRs .   DEA’s next …
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DEA Warns of Increase in Mass-Overdose Events Involving Deadly Fentanyl

… a mass-overdose event occurs, DEA stands ready to offer all available resources to assist law enforcement partners, … stop these tragedies from occurring.” “We must utilize all available resources to combat the opioid and fentanyl … September 2021 Public Safety Alert on the increase in the availability and accessibility of fake prescription pills …
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DEA And Governor Wolf Announce 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

… events, approximately 330 collection sites will be available across Pennsylvania for the public to anonymously … drug take-back boxes in communities across Pennsylvania is available at https://www.ddap.pa.gov. To date, 694 permanent collection boxes are now available across the state. For more information about DEA’s …
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DEA’s National Take Back Day Set for April 24

… 434-4947 Sioux Falls - (605) 330-4421 95 Collection Sites Available Across Iowa OMAHA, Neb. – The Drug Enforcement … April 24, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.  Iowa has 95 Take Back sites available across the state, with an additional six sites …
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Final Defendant of Nine Pleads Guilty to Heroin Conspiracy

… sentenced to 12 years and seven months in federal prison without parole. Jerry R. Blue, 34, of Springfield, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole. Kevin D. Paine, 33, of Cahokia, Ill., was sentenced to five years in federal prison without parole. Keilan A. Murray, 30, of Springfield, was …
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Kansas Pharmacy Agrees to Pay $3 Million for Improperly Dispensing Meds

… to residents in nursing and long-term care facilities without valid prescriptions and that the company was … II controlled substances, such as opioid pain medications, without a written prescription only in true emergency … results in an illegal dispensing of controlled substances without a valid prescription. The federal government alleged …
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Monett man trafficked 'half the town'

… Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 12 years in federal prison without parole. On Jan. 21, 2020, Akins pleaded guilty to … Arreola-Chico was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison without parole. Maleana Lee Willhite, 40, of Verona, Mo., …
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Three Defendants Sentenced for $2.1 Million Meth Conspiracy

… sentenced to 26 years and eight months in federal prison without parole. Nava was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison without parole. Gnat was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison without parole. Guzman and Nava were found guilty at trial …
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East Bay Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Opioids Outside the Scope of Medical Practice

… 387-3956 Defendant Pleaded Guilty to Distributing Norco Without a Legitimate Medical Purpose OAKLAND, Calif. – Parto … agent a prescription for 60 high-dose Norco pills without conducting a physical examination, without asking …
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Kentucky Anesthesiologist Sentenced To 8+ Years For Unlawful Distribution Of Controlled Substances, Health Care Fraud And Money Laundering

… individuals by dispensing controlled substances to patients without a medical purpose. This sentence should serve as a … prosecute doctors like Dr. Guerrero who prescribe narcotics without a legitimate medical purpose.  We will seek justice … Schedule II and III controlled substances to patients, without a legitimate medical purpose and beyond the bounds …
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DEA’s 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day yields fruitful results in Georgia

… medications were collected at nearly 6,400 sites made available across the United States. I would like to thank …   Complete results for DEA’s spring Take Back Day are available at www.DEATakeBack.com . Video of DEA’s Take Back Day collections being weighed and destroyed is available at https://youtu.be/5y_LCuJvWRs .   DEA’s next …