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Modesto Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Structure Cash Proceeds Of Interstate Oxycodone And Hydrocodone Trafficking

… cash deposits and subsequent cash withdrawals were made in amounts of $10,000 or less to attempt to prevent Currency … made available to law enforcement. In total, more than $1.5 million in cash was deposited into co-conspirators’ bank …
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Tacoma, Wash. Man Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Oxycodone And Making Illegal Cash Deposits

… co-conspirators in California. He made the cash deposits in amounts of $10,000 or less to attempt to prevent Currency … June 2, 2014. Ruem faces up to 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine for conspiring to distribute oxycodone, up to …
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Three Plead Guilty To Charges Related To Methamphetamine Trafficking In Kern County

… the center console, found two firearms, a distribution amount of methamphetamine in a clear plastic bag, and $844 … a maximum statutory penalty of life in prison and a $10 million fine. The actual sentence, however, will be …
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Defendants Convicted At Trial Of Conspiring To Traffic Cocaine

… is currently released on electronic monitoring with a bond amount of $200,000. The defendants’ sentencing hearings are … release following a term of imprisonment, and a fine of $10 million dollars. The defendants are each subject to a …
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Four Indicted For Growing Marijuana Inside Seven Elk Grove And Sacramento Houses

… enforcement that a residence was using an unusually large amount of electricity, commonly seen in indoor marijuana … a maximum statutory penalty of life in prison and a $10 million fine. Any sentence, however, would be determined at …
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Members of a Houston-Based Organization Responsible for Breaking Into Pharmacies in Rural Iowa and Nebraska Indicted

… pharmacies across 31 states and stealing an estimated $12 million worth of controlled substances.  Investigators with … were reported nationwide, with an estimated loss of 3.8 million doses of controlled substances. Across the DEA Omaha …
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DEA Summit Brings Together Families Suffering Tragic Losses from Fentanyl

… noted in 2021. This year alone, DEA has seized a record 62 million fentanyl pills, exceeding last year’s total of 58 million. Fake Pills Fentanyl Awareness One Pill Can Kill …
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West Los Angeles Pharmacy Owners Found Guilty In National Illegal Prescription Drug Trafficking Scheme

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … the U.S. tax system by failing to report approximately $1.5 million in income while living a life of luxury.” According … the Kabovs understated their income by approximately $1.5 million.  They falsely claimed to have suffered net losses …
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Grand Jury Indictment Of 17 Members Of A Multi-state Organization

… Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, Upstate New York and other states over the last year and a half.   The 17 defendants are … state and local level worked together seamlessly to uncover the novel smuggling methods used in this 'family … has ultimately saved lives."   "This crew trafficked large amounts of cocaine and heroin across state lines and into …
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St. Louis Area Pediatrician Indicted, Accused of Exchanging Prescriptions for Sex Acts

… are each punishable by up to 20 years in prison, a $1 million fine or both prison and a fine. Each charge of …
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KC Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Meth Conspiracy, Illegal Firearms

… more than 10 kilograms of heroin, valued at more than $1.7 million. Matthew John Fabulae, 33, of was sentenced by U.S. …
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generation

… has issued one of the largest narcotics rewards ever – $10 million – for information leading to the arrest of El …
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generation

… has issued one of the largest narcotics rewards ever – $10 million – for information leading to the arrest of El …
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Attorney General William P. Barr and U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson announce launch of Operation Relentless Pursuit

… will be complemented by a financial commitment of up to $71 million in federal grant funding that can be used to hire …
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DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

… law enforcement, Take Back Day has removed more than 15 million pounds of medication from circulation since its …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

… Drug Take Back Day, the program has removed more than 15.2 million pounds of medication from circulation since its …
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Seven Members Of Las Cruces-Based Prescription Drug Trafficking Ring Facing Federal Charges

… face a maximum penalty of 20 years of imprisonment and a $1 million fine if convicted.  Charges in indictments and …
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Member Of Violent Gang Sentenced To Decade In Prison For Racketeering And Drug And Firearms Trafficking

… a search of his residence, a half kilogram of cocaine, over $25,000, two plastic bags containing crack cocaine, two … scales with cocaine residue, a bag of oxycodone pills and over 400 rounds of various calibers of ammunition were …
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Carlsbad Man Sentenced for Federal Drug and Firearms Offenses

… to court documents, in May of 2023, Montoya was pulled over in three separate traffic stops – two in Eddy County … incident, officers located 3.8 kilograms of fentanyl pills, over $11,000 in cash, and two loaded firearms in Montoya’s …
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Federal Jury Finds Career Offender From Albuquerque Guilty Of Crack Trafficking And Firearms Charges

… initiative is making a difference in New Mexico.  For over 15 years, Mr. Mirabal had no regard for the law or the … enforcement officers seized more than 100 grams of crack, over a kilogram of cocaine, a loaded firearm and assorted …
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Last Of Three Defendants Convicted For Role In Murder Of Southlake, Texas, Man Is Sentenced

… to one count of interstate stalking and testified for the government at trial. All three defendants are Mexican … electronic devices to assist in the search, and he created email accounts for Ledezma-Cepeda and “El Gato” to …
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Op Sweet Silence Defendant Pleads Guilty, Agrees to Serve 20 Years in Prison

… seizure then triggered a series of calls and messages over court-authorized wiretaps and the Muscogee County Jail … including Clemons, and others expressing frustration over the marijuana seizure.  Clemons was also a known … and spoons with suspected methamphetamine residue, over 50 pouches of prepackaged suspected marijuana and other …
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Three Mexican Nationals Arrested for Conspiracy to Distribute 133.5 Pounds of Methamphetamine

Three Mexican Nationals Arrested for Conspiracy to Distribute 133.5 Pounds of Methamphetamine September 19, 2025 Phoenix Contact Info Contact Us 571-362-5600 571-362-0582 Joshua Boyer 571-362-0582 PhoenixSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter …
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Wife Of Large-Scale Drug Trafficker Sentenced For Money Laundering Conspiracy

… and marijuana distribution. The defendant laundered over $200,000 of her husband’s drug proceeds. In total, over 160 pounds of pure methamphetamine, as well as an … cash drug proceeds, and by depositing cash drug proceeds in amounts less than $10,000 so as to conceal the nature of the …
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California Man Sentenced to 26 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine and Guns in Eastern Idaho

… While Morales was pending those charges, he supplied large amounts of methamphetamine, along with other drugs, to local …  Firearms purchased by these straw purchasers have been recovered at crime scenes in Idaho and states across the … U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill sentenced Morales to over 26 years in federal prison.  In January 2023, Judge …
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Greenwood Village Psychiatrist Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Distribution of Controlled Substances and Financial Crimes

… sale of controlled substances, and one patient’s poly-drug overdose death. The investigation revealed that the … looked in detail at Weiss' prescribing records they discovered other red flags, including poly-drug prescribing. It … ask for it to be counted, and then decline to deposit any amount more than $10,000.  “Howard Weiss knowingly and …
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Man Sentenced to Prison after Fentanyl Found in BBQ Grill

… an outstanding warrant. While on the premises, officers discovered a large bag containing over a half pound of fentanyl concealed in a barbecue grill …
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Man Sentenced for Selling Fentanyl that Killed Mother of Three

… mother, leaving her three young children alone for over 15 hours, was sentenced Wednesday to 7.5 years in … He also admitted that the victim was killed by a fentanyl overdose. On Wednesday, Judge Fleissig said it was “beyond … Regional Drug Task Force.  Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Overdose Fentanyl On On Press Release Image Layout Landscape …
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Texas Man Sentenced for Transporting Cocaine

… what was later confirmed by laboratory testing to be just over a kilogram of cocaine. Garcia-Blanco admitted that he …
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Final Defendant in St. Louis Fentanyl Drug Ring Sentenced to 20 Years

… multiple kilograms of fentanyl in the St. Louis area over the course of the conspiracy, which began at least as … the St. Louis County Police Department, would eventually uncover a drug ring that was supplied by an Arizona man charged … Park neighborhood of St. Louis. Investigators recovered fentanyl, cash, assault rifles, handguns and a stolen …