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DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Back Day, safe and secure drug disposal continues to be available at any of the 11,000 DEA authorized collectors … other ways they can dispose of unwanted prescription drugs without having to leave their homes. Both the U.S. Food and …
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Leader of Salem area drug distribution network sentenced to ten years in federal prison

… rifle, a CZ 9mm caliber rifle. Alvarado was arrested without incident. On May 8, 2019, Alvarado pleaded guilty to … centerpiece of the department’s strategy for reducing the availability of drugs in the U.S. OCDETF was established in …
PRESS RELEASE

Federal investigation of Portland drug trafficking organization reveals black market peso exchange scheme

… cash deposits under $10,000 into personal bank accounts without providing identification. The bank now requires … centerpiece of the department’s strategy for reducing the availability of drugs in the U.S. In 2018, the case was …
PRESS RELEASE

Mallinckrodt Agrees To Pay $35 Million Record Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Orders Of Pharmaceutical Drugs And For Recordkeeping Violations

… 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 …
PRESS RELEASE

Four Additional Defendants Sentenced On A-PVP (A.K.A. “Gravel” Or “Flakka”) Conspiracy Charges

… awake for days; hostility and having exceptional strength without apparent fatigue. These are many of the … that it is one of the most dangerous and addictive drugs available anywhere. The seriousness of these offenses is …
PRESS RELEASE

Utica/Rome Area Heroin Ring Dismantled

… out of business -- these arrests would not be possible without their continued collaboration. Our message is … and often times deadly drug, and we will use every resource available to shut down these operations," said New York …
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Cocaine trafficker sentenced in Western District of New York

… areas.  Sometime in December 2016, Hoover agreed to receive delivery of a U.S. Postal Service parcel, which contained a … a monetary payment in exchange for her role in taking the delivery and safeguarding the parcel. Prior to delivery, the parcel was intercepted by the U.S. Postal …
PRESS RELEASE

Four L.A. County Men Arrested for Allegedly Conspiring to Distribute Vast Quantities of Meth, Fentanyl

… vehicles.             The following defendants are charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with … magistrate judge ordered Lopez-Martinez and Mendoza jailed without bond. Parra and Felix were ordered released on bond. … Wilmington Avenue in Compton. Lopez-Martinez arranged the delivery of controlled substances to drug customers. …
PRESS RELEASE

Sovah Health to Pay United States $4.36 Million to Settle Claims of Controlled Substance Act Violations

… compliance and oversight during which any failure to comply with its obligations may result in contempt of court … opioids. Sovah Health is a regional health care delivery system comprised of a hospital with two campuses - … substances, filled orders for controlled substances without a system in place to disclose suspicious orders of …
PRESS RELEASE

27 Defendants Facing State Or Federal Drug Charges For Allegedly Selling Heroin And Crack Cocaine On City’s West Side

… District Court.  The state defendants were charged with delivery of a controlled substance in separate complaints … citizens should now be able to enjoy their communities without the threat of these alleged gang and narcotic …
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Federal Investigation Takes Down New Breed Of Pill Mills In Florida

… conspiracy to traffic in a controlled (28 grams or more); delivery of a controlled substance; illegally prescribing a … and were prescribed approximately 2,732 oxycodone tablets without medical justification. Between July 2011 and June …
PRESS RELEASE

Department of Justice Announces Results of Operation Dark HunTor

… to traffic methamphetamine, counterfeit pressed Adderall (containing methamphetamine), MDMA, cocaine, and … methamphetamine, which was falsely represented to be Adderall, through the mail in the Western District of …
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Fentanyl distributor who used the dark web and crypto currency sentenced to 30 years in federal prison

… manufactured and distributed oxycodone laced with deadly fentanyl - over 350,000 such pills - to people … Hydrocodone  pills laced with fentanyl, four kilograms of Adderall pills laced with  methamphetamine, five kilograms … laced with fentanyl                         359,553 pills Adderall laced with methamphetamine             342,551 …
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Four South Arkansas Men Sentenced To A Total Of Over 31 Years For Unrelated Drug Trafficking Offenses

… Street Crimes Unit arranged for multiple controlled buys of suspected crack cocaine in October, 2013 from the … of methamphetamine for $12,500 or $13,000 for the CI to buy. Bennett then instructed the CI to come to his residence …
STORY

New, Dangerous Synthetic Opioid in D.C., Emerging in Tri-State Area

June 01, 2022
… Division brought local news outlets into their regional laboratory to see and discuss a dangerous class of drugs they are … after a lab test, so people don't realize they're buying them until it's too late. “We want to get this info …
June 01, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Washington Division Saw a Surge of Over 250% in Fentanyl Pill Seizures in 2023

… include synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, are widely available throughout the DEA Washington Division area of … Mexico. The drugs are transported into our area by parcel delivery services, tractor trailers, and personal or rental …
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Multi-Kilogram Cocaine Distributor Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison

… of cocaine, valued at an estimated $570,000, through a delivery service from an address in Puerto Rico to an … Orlando. On January 19, 2022, security specialists at the delivery service company detected the cocaine shipment and … On January 21, 2022, an undercover officer posed as a delivery driver and delivered a fake package to the address …
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Two Sentenced To 6 Years In Federal Prison For Conspiring To Traffic Crystal Methamphetamine

… - (603) 628-7411 Vermont Burlington - (802) 951-2900 The delivery of 9 kilos of crystal meth was orchestrated from … in this matter who orchestrated the shipment and delivery of crystal meth to Massachusetts from California … deliver the vehicle to a residence in Randolph, Mass. Upon delivery of the vehicle, agents observed a vehicle owned by …
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Money laundering charges added in international marijuana conspiracy to grow marijuana in Sacramento and Placer Counties houses

… charged in 2017 in a scheme to use money from China to buy houses to grow marijuana, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. … to wire transfer approximately $870,000 from China to buy six houses for growing marijuana or to pay off the …
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Ross Ulbricht, The Creator And Owner Of The “Silk Road” Website, Found Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court On All Counts

… 682-6256 Silk Road was used by more than 100,000 users to buy and sell hundreds of kilograms of illegal drugs and … Silk Road, a hidden website designed to enable its users to buy and sell illegal drugs and other unlawful goods and … Silk Road - a clandestine global marketplace that offered buyers and sellers of illegal goods and services a promise …
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Judge sentences Wentzville man to 10 years in fentanyl case

… was addressed. On July 12, 2019, a UPS employee attempted delivery of the decoy package. A person within the residence … McRoberts inside the residence during the decoy package delivery and watched him leave. McRoberts returned later to …
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Methamphetamine trafficker receives 10 years in federal prison

… Hanover County Narcotics Detectives arranged a controlled delivery of 12 ounces of methamphetamine from a source in … it was discovered that Newland had made two prior deliveries of methamphetamine to New Hanover County during …
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Newport News Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Receiving Over 200 Kilograms of Cocaine

… area. Between June and October 2016, King received four deliveries of cocaine that arrived in hidden compartments of … operated by a co-conspirator in Newport News, to receive deliveries and provide money for the purchase of … their California suppliers. In June 2016, King received a delivery of 70 kilograms of cocaine at his home in Hayes, …
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Florida man sentenced to 84 months in prison for trafficking multiple kilos of cocaine into Rhode Island

… intercepted and seized by U.S. Postal Inspectors prior to delivery to the intended recipients. The two men were … Inspectors identified cocaine in the package prior to delivery and removed the controlled substance. In its place … drug trafficking activities, a package addressed for delivery to a residence in Cumberland that contained …
PRESS RELEASE

Operation Fraud Street Mafia Results Announced: Nine Arrested for Drug Trafficking and Attempted Tax Fraud

… Fraud Street Mafia Results Announced: Nine Arrested for Drug Trafficking and Attempted Tax Fraud February 23, … is no longer a place where violent criminals can operate without consequence.” “I applaud the work of our California … California. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the ERC became available as a refundable federal tax credit for employers …
NEMESIO OSEGUERA-CERVANTES
FUGITIVE

Nemesio Oseguera-Cervantes

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 846; 21 USC 963; 21 USC 959; 21 USC 841; 21 USC 924
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Indiana Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Fentanyl Trafficking Charges

… in the case, between June and July 2021, four controlled buys of cocaine and fentanyl were made from Rutherford. Based on the buys, a search warrant was obtained and executed on July 15, …
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Two Men Sentenced On Meth Charges

… 2014, the defendant engaged in the practice of “smurfing,” buying small quantities of pseudoephedrine, at local … process, Fagan engaged in the practice of “smurfing” (buying small quantities) at local pharmacies. The …
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San Francisco Man Sentenced To 151 Months For LSD And Ecstasy Trafficking Offenses

… ecstasy that was delivered to an undercover DEA agent in a buy-bust operation, and that Mr. Cook was arrested on the day of the buy-bust operation, wearing a backpack containing 630 grams …
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Laredo Pharmacist Pays Six Figures to Settle Controlled Substance Act Violations

… operator and pharmacist-in-charge. The pharmacy registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration March 19, 2003, and … prescriptions for controlled substances that practitioners without a legitimate medical purpose allegedly issued. They … supply of controlled substances and listed chemicals is available for legitimate medical, scientific, research and …