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Three Sentenced in International Controlled Substances and Prescription Drug Trafficking Operation

… of Schedule IV controlled substances Tramadol (an opiate pain reliever) and Soma (also known as, Carisoprodol, a …
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Owner of Savannah-Area Clinic Charged for Role in Providing Access to Notorious ‘Pill Mill’ Doctor

… “In this case, the dispensing of addictive prescription pain medication (often-times opiate-based) under the guise …
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Former Alaska Advanced Nurse Practitioner Sentenced to 30 Years for Illegally Prescribing Millions of Opioids Causing Five Deaths

… of her patients were vulnerable and suffering from chronic pain, addiction, and mental illness, yet Spayd disregarded …
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Eight defendants arrested for distributing millions of opioid pills from India

… organizations,” said Boyle. “The diversion of prescription pain killers contribute to the widespread abuse of opioids …
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Pill mill clinic manager sentenced to nine years in federal prison for illegal opioid distribution

… of operating medical clinics purporting to offer legitimate pain management services. His earliest clinic was started in …
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New York Man Sentenced 15 Years In Prison For Participating In Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy And Failing To Appear In Court

… and throughout New England.  The diversion of prescription pain killers, in this case oxycodone, contributes to the …
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New York Man Pleads Guilty To Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy And Failure To Appear In Court

… and throughout New England.  The diversion of prescription pain killers, in this case oxycodone, contributes to the …
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Federal Jury Convicts Los Zetas Drug Cartel Sicario And Plaza Boss

… him and his cartel, at times inflicting the cruelest of pain, forcing relatives to watch their loved ones murdered …
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Los Zetas Drug Cartel Sicario And Piedras Negras Plaza Boss Sentenced To Life In Federal Prison

… him and his cartel, at times inflicting the cruelest of pain, forcing relatives to watch their loved ones murdered …
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Seventeen Charged In White Plains Federal Court With Massive Oxycodone And Heroin Conspiracies In And Around Rockland County

… suburban communities and inner city.  Diverted prescription pain medication and heroin drug crews are public health … is poison by prescription.  The abuse of prescription painkillers, and oxycodone in particular, has become a … 12 additional defendants. We will not permit prescription painkillers and other illegal drugs to decimate our …
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Niagara Falls Doctor Among Fourteen Charged In Major Prescription Drug Investigation

… for him and his coworkers to illegally distribute diverted pain medication in return for profit. Throughout this …
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Yonkers Pharmacy Store Manager Arrested And Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

… Ji Yun Lee exploited his access to highly addictive pain medication and functioned as a ‘go-to’ prescription …
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Long Island Nurse Practitioner And Brooklyn Podiatrist Plead Guilty To Illegally Distributing Oxycodone

… of New York to illegally distributing the highly addictive painkiller oxycodone to customers, whom the defendant knew … who traffic narcotics are significantly responsible for the pain pill and heroin addiction we see in NY. These …
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Nationwide Oxycodone Trafficking Ring Dismantled

… Act. As a prescription-only product, this powerful pain reliever from the opioid family carries a high risk of … deaths in Oregon were caused by oxycodone and its cousin painkiller hydrocodone. People who become addicted to …
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Nine Defendants Charged With Operating Heroin Trafficking Ring In Brooklyn, Queens And Long Island

… overdoses, over 47,000 overdose deaths mostly due to opioid pain relievers and heroin. This case is just one of many …
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Fourteen Plead Guilty In White Plains Federal Court To Participating In Massive Oxycodone And Heroin Conspiracy In And Around Rockland County

… opioids,” said DEA SAC Hunt.  “The abuse of diverted pain medication and heroin are destroying lives and enabling … in today’s 14 guilty pleas.”   “The abuse of prescription painkillers and heroin continues to plague too many of our …
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Doctor And Owner Of Bronx Clinics Involved In Illegal Distribution Of More Than Five Million Oxycodone Pills Is Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison

… which more than five million tablets of the prescription painkiller oxycodone were unlawfully distributed over a … prescription opioid used to treat severe and chronic pain conditions.  Oxycodone prescriptions, once written, …
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Sumter Man Sentenced for Drug Conspiracy in Sumter, Richland Counties

… in both counties.  RCSD deputies made several undercover buys of methamphetamine and fentanyl from Tucker over a …
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Attorney General Alan Wilson Announces Large State Grand Jury Operation ‘Ganjapreneur’ Involving Illegal THC Products Being Sold Openly in South Carolina Businesses

… sought to peddle these products to anyone who would buy them. In turn, they were directly profiting off the …
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Sumter County Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy in Sumter, Richland Counties

… RCSD narcotics investigators made several undercover buys of methamphetamine and fentanyl from Tucker over a …
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Six Defendants Plead Guilty to Scheme to Transport Stolen Catalytic Converters Across State Lines

… converters. By December 2019, Marshall had mostly ceased buying junk vehicles and scrapping them out for parts, and …
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Wallingford Man Charged with Trafficking 16 Kilograms of Fentanyl into Connecticut

… Thereafter, investigators arranged a controlled delivery of the drug shipment to Montanez using …
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Dominican National Sentenced to 28 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Meth in the New Hampshire Seacoast

… area.  In late 2023, Mendez Carmona made at least three deliveries of controlled substances to undercover law …
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Central Oregon Man Charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine

… of a firearm case and has multiple prior convictions for delivery of a controlled substance. The case is being …
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Four L.A. County Men Arrested for Allegedly Conspiring to Distribute Vast Quantities of Meth, Fentanyl

… Wilmington Avenue in Compton. Lopez-Martinez arranged the delivery of controlled substances to drug customers. …
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Approximately 32,000 Fentanyl Pills Seized at JFK Airport Hotel: Two Men from California Arrested

… Barajas-Valencia allegedly orchestrated the shipment and delivery of the approximately 32,000 fentanyl pills. Both …
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Eleven area residents indicted for $1.7 million meth, heroin conspiracy, numerous illegal firearms

… pounds of marijuana. Investigators conducted a controlled delivery of the parcel, the affidavit says, which Ruiz …
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12-Person Cocaine Trafficking Ring Dismantled

… ordered quantities of cocaine and made arrangements for the delivery of the narcotics for resale. Calderon, Martinez, …
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Peruvian citizen pleads guilty to role in transnational drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy

… $472,000 in drug proceeds, and arranging for the delivery of approximately 140 kilograms of cocaine to …