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July 15, 2021
… 15, 2010 Washington, Oregon, Alaska and Idaho Yields Overwhelming Results in Prescription Drug Take Back October … 2010 Canadian Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison For Selling Millions of Marijuana Seeds Across the Border September 9, …
July 15, 2021
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Verdict Returned Against Two Remaining Defendants In Murder-for-Hire And Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

November 01, 2012
… to Laredo with Marcus Mickle in order to meet with undercover DEA agents posing as Mexican cartel marijuana and … to a maximum of life for the firearms count plus a $10 million fine. In addition, Epps is facing a minimum of five …
November 01, 2012
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DEA Teams up with more than 4,300 Partners to Remove Unneeded Prescription Medications from Communities

November 14, 2022
… National Prescription Take Back Day has removed almost 17 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities … medications from their home.” A specific breakdown of amounts collected by regions across Pennsylvania, where a …
November 14, 2022
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36 arrested during joint law enforcement initiative in northern Alabama

October 15, 2019
… of California.  During the course of the investigation, over 74 pounds of “ice” methamphetamine, a kilo of cocaine … than $123,000 was seized by federal agencies. This amount does not include amounts of money seized and forfeited by state and local …
October 15, 2019
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Leader of International Drug Trafficking Organization and His Trusted Lieutenant Plead Guilty to Federal Charges

July 22, 2022
… Mexico.  Magana-Ramirez was responsible for bringing large amounts of heroin, methamphetamine, and fentanyl into … was one of the conspirators involved in threatened violence over drug debts. During the investigation, Mondragon also …
July 22, 2022
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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

April 27, 2021
… illicit fentanyl and driving the record-setting rates of overdose deaths.  The majority of fentanyl available in the … to 2020, both the number of fentanyl seizures and the total amount of fentanyl seized in the SDFD more than doubled. … to December 2020.  Project Wave Breaker aims to reduce the amount of fentanyl coming across the Southwest border, …
April 27, 2021
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Law Enforcement Warns of Increase in Fentanyl Overdoses

May 21, 2021
… Law Enforcement Warns of Increase in Fentanyl Overdoses May 21, 2021 Seattle Contact Info Contact Us (206) … prescription pills and are incredibly dangerous because the amount of fentanyl varies from each pill, even in the same … them are often lethal if consumed even if in the smallest amounts, and may be lethal simply touching them. All …
May 21, 2021
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Brownsville Drug Dealer Gets Four Life Sentences

December 11, 2013
… Today, Senior U.S. District Judge Hilda Tagle, who presided over the trial, handed down the sentence, noting her concern … Cardenas. He was further ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,700. Cardenas was sentenced on a total of 17 … led law enforcement to four separate seizures of large amounts of marijuana during these months. Cardenas was also …
December 11, 2013
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20 Arrested And Charged Federally In Connection With Drug Trafficking In Central Texas

March 10, 2016
… prison based on their involvement, drug type and drug amount involved. Ramon Rodriguez, Mendoza, Lopez, Denova and … one kilogram of “crystal” methamphetamine and smaller amounts of cocaine and marijuana. All of the defendants … federal custody. Detention hearings are expected to occur over the next two weeks before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey …
March 10, 2016
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

March 11, 2020
… has issued one of the largest narcotics rewards ever – $10 million – for information leading to the arrest of El …
March 11, 2020
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Fifteen Men Charged With Trafficking Drugs In Bernalillo And Santa Fe Counties

December 12, 2013
… provisions that seek a money judgment of at least $1.3 million and property and assets obtained directly or …
December 12, 2013
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DEA’s Albuquerque Office Spearheads New Mexico’s Multi-Agency Participation In Nationwide Synthetic Drug Takedown

May 09, 2014
… seizure of bank accounts containing an aggregate of $1.4 million, $150,000 to $200,000 in cash, 177 kilograms of …
May 09, 2014
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DEA and Partners Hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 27

October 24, 2018
… Milwaukee - (414) 336-7300 DEA aims to dispose of 10 million pounds of unused pills After collecting a total of more than 9.9 million pounds (nearly 5,000 tons) of expired, unused and … unwanted prescription medications during 15 previous events over the past eight years, the Drug Enforcement …
October 24, 2018
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Leader Of New Castle Drug Distribution Ring Convicted By Federal Jury

August 29, 2011
… Madison - (608) 210-4300 Milwaukee - (414) 336-7300 Millions of dollars in marijuana transported from Arizona to … of Harmon’s co-conspirator, Bradford Raines. Officers discovered additional quantities of marijuana and approximately …
August 29, 2011
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Major Mexican Heroin Trafficking Organization Targeted

May 24, 2017
… and our partners in the DEA and the Mexican government are committed to exposing, disrupting, and … heroin from Sinaloa, Mexico to the United States for well over two decades, as well as moving laundered drug proceeds … Kingpin Act range from civil penalties of up to $1,437,153 million per violation to more severe criminal penalties.  …
May 24, 2017
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Wife Of Former Mexican Official Convicted In Bank Fraud Conspiracy

October 16, 2017
… approximately five hours of deliberation. At trial, the government presented evidence that included several extremely … fictitious U.S. and Mexican companies and more than $40 million in laundered funds. The jury heard that … to J.P. Morgan Chase Bank official in an effort to move $2 million to an offshore account in Bermuda. Perez-Ceballos …
October 16, 2017
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Los Gueros Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Targeted

September 24, 2013
… trafficking in relation to a 2006 Mexican Navy seizure of over five tons of cocaine.  Esteban and Luis Rodriguez … the Kingpin Act range from civil penalties of up to $1.075 million per violation to more severe criminal penalties.  … may include up to 30 years in prison and fines of up to $5 million.  Criminal fines for corporations may reach $10 …
September 24, 2013
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Alleged Drug Trafficker Extradited From Mexico To Eastern District Of California

April 04, 2016
… of narcotics. According to court documents, the government alleges that Rios-Madrid regularly exported large … cocaine totaled, on average, between $500,000 and $1.3 million every month. Operatives in the United States … agencies seized large quantities of cocaine and over $1 million in cash. This case is the product of an …
April 04, 2016
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10 Tons Of Medication Collected On Take Back Day

November 02, 2016
… in 731,269 pounds-almost 366 tons-of unused medicine.  Over the life of the program, 7.1 million (more than 3,500 tons) of prescription drugs have … with painkillers.  Almost 30,000 people-78 a day-died from overdosing on these painkillers or heroin in 2014, according …
November 02, 2016
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Illegal Alien and Mexican National Convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute Kilograms of Meth

May 05, 2025
… 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Defendant possessed over four pounds of 100% pure Methamphetamine BRUNSWICK, GA: … for receiving a package from Jalisco, Mexico containing over two kilograms of 100% pure methamphetamine. Ismael … testimony and evidence produced during the trial the Government established that on September 12, 2024, the …
May 05, 2025
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High Desert Doctor Arrested on Federal Narcotics Charges

August 16, 2021
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … the DEA’s investigation, which included various undercover operations in which agents from the DEA and California … and that about 43 percent of them shared common addresses, email addresses, “caregivers” or phone numbers with other …
August 16, 2021
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Denver Man Sentenced for Fentanyl, Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearm

September 05, 2024
… In the crossbody bag Rhodes was wearing, officers discovered 3,200 blue counterfeit oxycodone hydrochloride pills … the rest of Rhodes’s luggage and found a digital scale, over 100 unused small, plastic baggies and marijuana. Rhodes …
September 05, 2024
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Meth Distributor Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison

June 11, 2024
… of Truman and Home Road on Nov. 28, 2020. While rolling him over to frisk for weapons, officers saw a plastic baggie …
June 11, 2024
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Meth Trafficking Co-Conspirator Sentenced to 17+ Years in Prison

May 24, 2024
… highway interdiction officers signaled to pull Palmer’s car over on Illinois Route 143 exit ramp off Interstate 70 near …
May 24, 2024
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Career Drug Criminal Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison

February 29, 2024
… Administration highway interdiction officers pulled Palmer over as he was driving a rental car on the Illinois State …
February 29, 2024
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Jury Convicts Denver Man of Fentanyl, Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearm

December 08, 2023
… In the crossbody bag Rhodes was wearing, officers discovered 3,200 blue counterfeit oxycodone hydrochloride pills … the rest of Rhodes’s luggage and found a digital scale, over 100 unused small, plastic baggies and marijuana. Rhodes …
December 08, 2023
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Previously Convicted Felon Sentenced for Trafficking Fentanyl, Heroin

June 15, 2023
… law enforcement. During the pursuit, which reached speeds over 90 miles per hour, Stewart drove on the wrong side of …
June 15, 2023
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16 Kansas City Metro Area Residents Indicted for Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

June 23, 2022
… by agents, analysts, and prosecutors who remain together over time, and they epitomize the model that has proven most …
June 23, 2022
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St. Louis man sentenced to 25 years for heroin, cocaine distribution

January 04, 2021
… later obtained court-authorized wiretap interceptions over various cellular telephones used by Hill and his …
January 04, 2021
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Former El Paso Police Officer Sentenced for Drug Conspiracy

June 23, 2022
… and running license plate registrations to identify undercover police vehicles near the residence and stash house. On … from a stash house he used. During the investigation undercover agents bought quantities of cocaine from Saenz at his … count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute over 500 grams of cocaine. On November 1, 2021, Saenz was …
June 23, 2022