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Bakersfield man sentenced for structuring synthetic drug proceeds

… years and nine months in prison for conspiring to structure over $700,000 in cash withdrawals from four different bank … to court documents, Akroush structured cash withdrawals over a three-year period in amounts just under $10,000 in order to evade the currency …
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Skagit County business owner sentenced to prison for laundering money for drug cartel that trafficked heroin and fentanyl

… to send tens of thousands of dollars to Mexico in amounts structured to avoid any reporting … in Pierce, Kitsap, King, Skagit and Snohomish Counties. Over the course of the investigation law enforcement seized … with fentanyl, a powerful and potentially deadly opioid.  Over the past few months leaders of the distribution …
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DEA to accept electronic vaping devices and cartridges as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… 387-3956 SAN FRANCISCO – With robust public participation over the course of 17 prior events, the National … Take Back Day Initiative continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s … Concerns have been raised across the United States over illnesses and death caused by vaping and the high youth …
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Major Takedown Dismantles Multi-state Heroin And Fentanyl Network Project Huntington: Operation Saigon Sunset Takes At Least 450 Grams Of Fentanyl – Enough To Kill More Than 250,000 People -- Off Streets

… in Huntington for nearly 15 years, trafficking large amounts of heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine from Detroit to be … These searches resulted in the seizure of two handguns, over seventy half gram baggies of heroin ready for … of his residence in July 2017 resulted in the seizure of over 360 grams of fentanyl.  The DEA’s investigations in …
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25 Waco Area Aryan Brotherhood Members And Associates Charged In Connection With Methamphetamine Distribution Operation

… 2013, the defendants conspired to distribute various amounts of methamphetamine. During this 10 month long … nine pounds of “crystal” methamphetamine, 15 firearms, over $9,000 in U.S. currency and other assets in connection … large-scale prison gang involved in violent organized crime over three counties in Central Texas,” said FBI Special …
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Two Austinites Sentenced To Ten Years In Federal Prison For Role In Synthetic Marijuana Distribution Scheme

… cannabinoids. During this investigation, authorities seized over 1,000 pounds of synthetic cannabinoids. Evidence … investigation revealed that they distributed at least that amount of synthetic cannabinoids from 2011 until June 2013. … shops,” convenience stores, adult book stores, as well as, over the Internet. Synthetic cannabinoid products are …
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Leader Of Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced To More Than 11 Years

… Atlanta Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), which oversees the Charlotte District Office. According to filed … the leader of a drug ring responsible for trafficking large amounts of narcotics, including cocaine, heroin and … 15 to 50 kilograms of cocaine. According to court records, over the course of the conspiracy law enforcement seized …
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The Pacific Northwest Collects 16 Tons At The Latest DEA National Drug Take-Back Day

… SEATTLE - Residents of the Pacific (PNW) responded overwhelmingly to the most recent DEA National Prescription … really rose to the challenge by safely removing significant amounts of unused pharmaceutical drugs from unintended … tribal law-enforcement and community partners have removed over 300,328 (150.2 tons) of medication from circulation.  …
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United States Attorneys Announce Final Statistics On Operation Mountain Sweep, Targeting Illegal Marijuana Cultivation On Public Lands

… Administration estimates the value of this marijuana to be over $1.45 billion. In California, Operation Mountain Sweep … marijuana plants seized in California since July 1. Huge amounts of trash, miles of irrigation line, and many pounds … land in the West is being scarred in this way and cannot recover without costly human intervention. U.S. Attorney Wagner …
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Guns, Cocaine and Cash Seized in Bronx Apartment

… operation in the Morris Park neighborhood of the Bronx. Over 10 kilograms of cocaine, with an estimated street value of $3.5 million, $350,000 cash, a pistol and an assault rifle were …
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Rochester man going to prison for cocaine conspiracy

… co-conspirator purchased three electronic devices from Best Buy in which to secrete United States currency that would be …
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California meth supplier pleads guilty to possession with intent to distribute

… a controlled purchase with the defendant. During the buy, which took place inside Bess’s vehicle, the defendant …
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Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Meth Trafficking, Gun Crimes

… Drug Task Force used informants to make four controlled buys of methamphetamine from Xiong. Agents arrested Xiong …
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Tenderloin Dealer who Sold Fentanyl that Killed One and Injured Another Sentenced to Six Years in Prison

… District.  On May 18, 2020, Doblado-Canaca sold drugs to a buyer that he had sold to before.  He later learned that the buyer then provided the drugs to two other individuals in … in the Tenderloin.  Specifically, on May 20, 2020, the same buyer Doblado-Canaca sold to on May 18 called him to set up …
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8 Defendants in McKinney guilty of trafficking methamphetamines

… Depetris’s source of supply. They immediately conducted a “buy-bust” operation on Reyes at Helton’s residence, where …
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Keene woman sentenced to 18 months in prison for role in fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

… had been asked to drive another person to Massachusetts to buy drugs and that they had agreed to do so. Bowers …
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Manchester man sentenced to 30 months for participating in fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

… asked him and his girlfriend to drive to Massachusetts to buy drugs and that they had agreed to do so.  The defendant …
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Multi-Agency Operation Nets more than 70 arrests in Highlands County

… conducted long-term surveillances, made undercover buys, and utilized innovative investigative techniques to …
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North Highlands Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Distribution

… contain. This sentence should be a message to anyone buying or selling illicitly obtained pills—not knowing that …
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Owner Of Kentucky Pain Clinics Faces Additional Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Charges

… illegally distributing and dispensing prescription drugs to buy a house in Willisburg, Kentucky, a boat, farm property, …
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Ohio Woman Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Kidnap Man After Failed Cocaine Deal

… individual told Casillas that an associate of his wanted to buy one kilogram of cocaine. Casillas and Hernandez agreed …
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Two Men Sentenced In Shreveport For Cocaine And Methamphetamine Charges

… on January 21, 2014. Using surveillance and controlled buys, agents recorded the defendants at various times …
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Seven Charlotte Men Sentenced For Conspiracy To Traffic Narcotics

… 2013, law enforcement made approximately 30 undercover drug buys from the defendants at or near a residence located on …
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Six Mission, Texas Residents Plead Guilty To Participating In Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Scheme

… derived from the importation, receiving, concealment, buying, and/or selling of cocaine; (2), transport or …
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Hartford Man Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison For Role In Armed Robbery

… to a house on Case Street in Hartford for the purpose of buying stolen jewelry.  When one of the individuals entered …
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New York Man Imprisoned 39 Months For Heroin Trafficking

… used confidential informants to make controlled buys of the heroin from Willis and Murphy in the Rutland …
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Four Ruston, La. Residents Sentenced For Conspiracy To Distribute And Possess Cocaine

… to July 2014 in the Lincoln Parish area. They were recorded buying cocaine and scheduling to convert cocaine to crack …
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New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty To Drug And Firearms Charges

… to court records, in June 2015, while DEA agents were buying heroin undercover from an unnamed trafficker, they …
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Arkansas Man Sentenced To 65 Months In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking

… and the Springdale Narcotics Unit conducted two controlled buys with an intermediary for Calderon in which a quantity …
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7 Sentenced In DEA Investigation Of Methamphetamine Trafficking In Alabama

… she led the operation by sending couriers to Atlanta to buy multiple kilograms of methamphetamine between January …