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St. Louis Man Pleas Guilty of Meth Distribution

January 04, 2022
… investigated, conducting a total of five undercover purchases of methamphetamine from Jones beginning in May 2020. Investigators successfully introduced an undercover detective to Jones, who made the purchases of methamphetamine from Jones over an approximately two-month period between May and July …
January 04, 2022
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St. Louis Man Sentenced for Attempting to Purchase Cocaine

May 25, 2021
… make the purchase, Equere and the distributor were pulled over on I-270 in Madison County. Officers searched the car …
May 25, 2021
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Jury Finds Pair Guilty on Drug Trafficking Charges

April 08, 2021
… tampering. U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey presided over the trial, which lasted more than two weeks. The …
April 08, 2021
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Wright City man charged with distribution of fentanyl at the Ameristar Casino

August 04, 2020
… the criminal complaint, investigators began conducting an overdose death investigation after a victim was found … Charles, Missouri, on August 2, 2020. The investigation uncovered surveillance video from the Ameristar Casino in St. … sold fentanyl while at the Ameristar Casino in St. Charles over the weekend of August 1-2. The Drug Enforcement …
August 04, 2020
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California man sentenced for smuggling heroin and meth to Kansas City

February 26, 2020
… January 5, 2019, when the Kansas Highway Patrol pulled him over on I-70 in Thomas County. In DeJesus’ vehicle, a …
February 26, 2020
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Pomona Woman Sentenced For Methamphetamine Offense

February 25, 2015
… it was determined that Elliot was responsible for over 142 grams of pseudoephedrine. Co-defendants Toni …
February 25, 2015
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DEA NEWS: St. Louis County Woman Sentenced For Selling Heroin

September 05, 2012
… convicted of distribution of heroin, was sentenced to over 7 years in federal prison. Shirl Driver, 55, of St. …
September 05, 2012
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DEA Continues Its Drug Abuse Prevention Efforts With Prescription Drug Take Back Day This Saturday

April 27, 2017
… Day this Saturday, April 29, from 10 to 2 local time, at over 5,000 sites around the country.  The service is free of … asked.  America is experiencing an epidemic of addiction, overdose, and death due to abuse of prescription drugs, particularly opioid painkillers.  6.4 million Americans age 12 and over-2.4 percent of the …
April 27, 2017
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California Man Sentenced On Charges Of Conspiracy To Distribute More Than 5 Kilograms Of Cocaine And 1000 Kilograms Of Marijuana And Money Laundering Charges

July 02, 2014
… The defendant also directed the couriers to pick up millions of dollars in marijuana drug proceeds and transport … involved in the drug conspiracy, the United States seized over $3 million, over 1000 kilograms of marijuana and over …
July 02, 2014
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Operation Wild Wild East: Conviction On Drug Money Laundering Charges For New Orleans Man

May 03, 2017
… The jury also found that Pendleton must forfeit over $1 million in cash and assets that were involved in his … heroin dealers. Through that investigation, the government began developing evidence that Pendleton was …
May 03, 2017
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16 Defendants Charged in Superseding Indictment Alleging Bulk Shipments of Cocaine to Canada, Four Murders

October 21, 2024
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … also ordered the murder of another victim on May 18, 2024, over a drug debt. Clark and Malik Damion Cunningham, 23, a … $255,400 in United States currency, and more than $3.2 million in cryptocurrency. According to the superseding …
October 21, 2024
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DEA to hold 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

April 21, 2021
… secure home medicine cabinets PHILADELPHIA – With opioid overdose deaths increasing during the pandemic, the Drug … DEA’s October 2020 Take Back Day brought in a record-high amount of expired, unused prescription medications, with the … of the pandemic. “DEA and its partners collected a record amount at its last Take Back event, making it the largest …
April 21, 2021
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Leader of conspiracy that manufactured illegal drugs on an industrial scale sentenced to 20 years in federal prison

August 07, 2020
… in this drug trafficking conspiracy distributed massive amounts of dangerous illegal drugs, including deadly … a drug conspiracy dating back to 2016 that imported large amounts of drugs purchased with cryptocurrency on the Dark … selling poison, destroying lives and spreading violence are over,” said acting Special Agent in Charge Robert Hammer, …
August 07, 2020
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DEA-led pursuit of Pakistani drug lord leads to U.S. guilty plea

June 01, 2018
… the U.S. and our global allies. He agreed to send huge amounts of deadly drugs to American streets and … and facilitated addiction and abuse by supplying huge amounts of heroin to New York and nationwide. We are pleased … States court of law.” “Shahbaz Khan boasted to an undercover officer about his ability to smuggle drugs anywhere in …
June 01, 2018
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Operation Pill Nation II Doctor Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison

July 24, 2014
… money judgment.  The Court entered a money judgment in the amount of $1,952,563.00, representing the amount of proceeds obtained as a result of Heromin’s … for these highly addictive opiate pain medications. Over 500,000 oxycodone pills and 230,000 alprazolam pills …
July 24, 2014
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Cartel Connected Leader Of Large Drug Distribution Ring Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison

March 21, 2017
… led a drug distribution ring that distributed large amounts of methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine throughout … was recorded discussing his ability to provide large amounts of drugs for distribution in the U.S. and Canada.  … enforcement seized from his various stash houses a total of over 30 pounds of meth and heroin and numerous firearms, …
March 21, 2017
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Santa Rosa Man Pleads Guilty To Role In North Bay Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracy

March 30, 2017
… an average of a half-kilogram of heroin per week over a period of at least seven months.  Reyna-Ceron … to laundering the proceeds of those transactions, which amounted to between $2,500 and $3,000 per day.  On July 19, …
March 30, 2017
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Lawrence man sentenced to 45 years in prison for operating major fentanyl trafficking organization

August 27, 2020
… During the trial, which began on October 1, 2019, the government presented evidence that Martinez operated a … The first group of customers, who ordered the smallest amounts of drugs, was served by various telephones (“small … provided with evidence showing that investigators seized over 12 kilograms of fentanyl from the Martinez organization …
August 27, 2020
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Member of Newark Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 10 years in Prison

May 15, 2020
… months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute over a kilogram of heroin and 240 grams of crack cocaine. … the conspiracy and was responsible for obtaining wholesale amounts of narcotics, including heroin and cocaine, and … users. At the time of the arrests, law enforcement found over a kilogram of heroin, over 200 grams of crack cocaine, …
May 15, 2020
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DEA and its Partners Remove More than 670,000 Pounds of Unused Medications

May 28, 2024
… Prescription Take Back Day has removed more than 18.6 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities …
May 28, 2024
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Last Defendant in Missouri/Oklahoma Drug Ring Sentenced to 22 Years

November 14, 2023
… Investigators Found Storage Unit with Meth, Guns and Half a Million Dollars SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Bakersfield, …
November 14, 2023
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Grand jury indicts more than a dozen people in drug ring stretching from LA to St. Louis

January 13, 2021
… a maximum term of imprisonment of life, a fine of up to $10 million or both. The money laundering offense carries a …
January 13, 2021
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Attorney General William P. Barr Announces Updates on Operation Legend

September 09, 2020
… 12 kilos of cocaine, 268 firearms, and approximately $5.19 million in drug proceeds; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, …
September 09, 2020
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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DEA and its Partners Remove More than 670,000 Pounds of Unused Medications from Communities Nationwide

May 29, 2024
… Prescription Take Back Day has removed more than 18.6 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities …
May 29, 2024
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Attorney General William P. Barr Joins DEA Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea to Announce results of Operation Crystal Shield

September 10, 2020
… of more than 28,560 pounds of methamphetamine, $43.3 million in drug proceeds, and 284 firearms. In the DEA El …
September 10, 2020
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Former Chihuahua, Mexico State Police Officer Sentenced to Prison on Federal Racketeering Charge

June 08, 2018
… the United States. Law Enforcement also took possession of millions of dollars in drug proceeds which were destined to …
June 08, 2018
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El Paso, Texas Man Sentenced To Twenty Years In Federal Prison For Heroin Trafficking Conviction

November 05, 2013
… 32 pounds of heroin with a retail value of $2.9 million found secreted in defendant’s vehicle during routine …
November 05, 2013
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DEA and U.S. Coast Guard announce 18,000 pound cocaine offload in San Diego

December 18, 2019
… 18,000 pounds of cocaine – worth an estimated $312 million – at the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal in San Diego. … DEA Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon. “The staggering amount of illegal drugs offloaded today is a testament to …
December 18, 2019
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DEA Surge In Drug Diversion Investigations Leads To 28 Arrests And 147 Revoked Registrations

April 02, 2018
… and pharmacies that dispensed disproportionately large amounts of drugs. The ultimate goal of the surge was … and intelligence research specialists to analyze 80 million transaction reports from DEA-registered …
April 02, 2018