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Brooks County Marijuana Traffickers Convicted

… were frequently used by this organization to store large amounts of narcotics after it has circumvented the … and maximum of life in federal prison and a maximum $8 million fine. A fifth defendant, Lamar Gonzalez, 38, has not …
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Public Response To DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days Keeps Growing

… from DEA’s previous five Take-Back events, more than 2.8 million (1,409 tons) of prescription medications have been … the Denver Field Division, new records were set for the amount of prescription drugs collected in the division’s …
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New Jersey Pharmacist Pleads Guilty In Illegal Pharmaceutical Drug Distribution Scheme

… were materially false in that they did not report the true amount of cash Hsia made through the pharmacy in tax years … a maximum potential penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine. The violations of the tax code to which Hsia …
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Brothers Plead Guilty For Roles In Drug Conspiracy

… in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. The amount of these deposits was intended to avoid federal … potential penalty of 40 years in prison and a fine of $4 million. Sentencing is currently scheduled for Feb. 15, …
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California Man Pleads Guilty To Operating Bi-Coastal Marijuana Distribution Ring

… was due, co-conspirators deposited (typically in an amount under $10,000) into one of many “feeder” accounts in … up to a lifetime of supervised release, and a fine of $1 million.  The charge of money laundering provides a sentence …
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Member Of Sinaloa Cartel Sentenced To 19 Years In Prison For Distributing Cocaine And Heroin Shipped To Chicago From Mexico

… prison for his role in a conspiracy to transport large amounts of narcotics to the Chicago area. Tomas … has resulted in seizures of approximately $30.8 million, approximately eleven tons of cocaine, 265 kilograms …
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DEA’s Seventh Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In Tennessee

… of Columbia and U.S. territories. The local and national amounts collected are the second highest totals ever … drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high; more (6.8 million) currently abuse prescription drugs than the number …
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DEA’s Seventh Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In Georgia

… of Columbia and U.S. territories. The local and national amounts collected are the second highest totals collected … drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high; more (6.8 million) currently abuse prescription drugs than the number …
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DEA’s Seventh Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In North Carolina

… of Columbia and U.S. territories. The national and local amounts collected are the second and third highest totals … drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high; more (6.8 million) currently abuse prescription drugs than the number …
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Four Convicted In Drug And Money Laundering Conspiracy

… during the course of the conspiracy, and more than $1 million  in currency was transported to South Texas. Based upon the amount of the alleged cocaine involved, all of the …
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Jury Convicts Houston Man Of Smuggling Almost 9 Kilograms Of Methamphetamine

… of 8.966 kilograms with a purity level of 48.4%. The total amount of actual methamphetamine in the bottles was 4.339 … years and up to life in federal prison and a possible $10 million fine. He is set for sentencing May 22, 2015. …
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10 Arrested In Large-Scale Drug And Money Laundering Conspiracy

… a personal money judgment from the defendants in the amount of $250,000. If convicted of the marijuana … and up to life in federal prison as well as a possible $10 million fine. If convicted of the money laundering charge, …
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DEA To Publish Final Rule Rescheduling Hydrocodone Combination Products

… which by itself is a Schedule II drug, and specified amounts of other substances, such as acetaminophen or aspirin. “Almost seven million Americans abuse controlled-substance prescription …
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Man Arrested In Hammondsport, New York With More Than Two Pounds Of Cocaine

… suburbs or in the city drug trafficking by anyone - in any amount - will not be tolerated . This individual was … Baker (and Judge Furfure ordered) $500,000 cash or $1 million property bond. The investigation was conducted by …
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Three Members Of Drug Crew Arrested In Utica, New York

… intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine, in an amount exceeding five kilograms. If convicted of this … sentence of up to life imprisonment, a fine of up to ten million dollars, and a term of supervised release of at …
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DEA, Tempe PD And AZ Attorney General’s Office Dismantle Drug Trafficking Organization

… resulted in the following: 77 state indictments $7.5  million dollars 485 pounds of methamphetamine 50 Kilograms … the substantial number of indictments and the significant amount of contraband, weapons and cash seized is a direct …
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Two Men Who Allowed Bellevue Apartment For Hash Oil Manufacturing Sentenced To Three Years In Prison

… level apartments.  In all the fire caused more than $2 million in property damage.  The total amount of restitution owed by these defendants will be …
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Pittsburgh Cocaine Ringleader Sentenced To 30 Years

… that Mr. Dorsett said he had actually sold twice that amount. He faced 30 years to life because of the quantity of … bought with drug proceeds, although the judge waived an $8 million fine. The U.S. attorney's office would not comment, …
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California To Connecticut Marijuana Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracy

… on the West Coast. Human couriers also carried large amounts of the marijuana proceeds on airline flights between … and his co-conspirators transferred approximately $3 million in marijuana proceeds from the East Coast to the …
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U.S. Attorney’s Office Distributes Forfeited Proceeds Of Cocaine Trafficking Case To Kern County Sheriff’s Office And The Bakersfield Police Department

… leading to the seizure or forfeiture of property. The amount shared with state and local law enforcement agencies … a criminal network has been dismantled and more than half a million dollars put back into the community through local …
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East Coast Distributors Of Fresno-Grown Marijuana Plead Guilty

… was sold for about $3,000 per pound, about three times the amount it sells for in California. The Commonwealth of … a maximum prison term of 40 years, and a fine of up to $5 million. The actual sentences, however, will be determined …
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Sophisticated Traffickers Smuggled Narcotics To New York City Via U.S. Postal Service

… revealed that Fun World Childcare served as a cover for the drug organization. Agents and detectives seized … 23 kilograms of (over 50 lbs.) worth approximately $1.4 million linked to Valdez's organization. Charges in the …
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Carfentanil: A Synthetic Opioid Unlike Any Other

May 14, 2025
… A Synthetic Opioid Unlike Any Other May 14, 2025 Over the past two decades, synthetic opioids have increased … opioid epidemic. Nearly 70% of all drug poisonings and overdose deaths in 2023 involved synthetic opioids, … fentanyl.  Because of its strength, a nearly microscopic amount of carfentanil can induce a powerful, and often …
May 14, 2025
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DEA Asheville Post of Duty Engages in First-Ever Major Takedown on Indian Reservation

March 29, 2019
… and frequently involved the transfer of large amounts of bulk currency. Local customers arrested were … oxycodone tablets and more than 100 kilograms of marijuana. Over the course of the investigation, law enforcement also … Local and regional television and print news outlets covered the event, which aired the story prominently on their …
March 29, 2019
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DEA Announces 20th Take Back Day

… prepare for April event WASHINGTON, D.C. – With opioid overdose deaths increasing during the pandemic, the Drug … last Take Back Day in October, DEA collected a record-high amount of expired, unused prescription medications, with the public turning in close to 500 tons of unwanted drugs. Over the 10-year span of Take Back Day, DEA has brought in …
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Indictments returned targeting East Bay drug trafficking rings

… less than 5 years supervised release and up to life   $10 million fine Distribution of and Possession with Intent to … less than 5 years supervised release and up to life   $10 million fine JEFFREY MCCOY 46 Pittsburg, California … wiretap orders in 2018 and 2019 to monitor communications over telephones used by the conspirators.   According to the …
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St. Louis News 2009

July 15, 2021
… Operation Family Tree Flemington Woman Pleads Guilty to $6 Million Meth Conspiracy December 10, 2009 Operation Super … Charges Stolen Pseudoephedrine Used to Manufacture Over $1 Million Worth of Meth December 1, 2009 Federal … 16, 2009 Record-Breaking Internet Pharmacy Prosecution Nets Millions for Iowa Law Enforcement June 9, 2009 Galatia, …
July 15, 2021
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21 Indicted In Lawrence and Southbridge Area Cocaine and Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracies

… - (603) 628-7411 Vermont Burlington - (802) 951-2900 Over nine kilograms of cocaine and over 800 grams of … five years of supervised release and a fine of up to $10 million.  The charge of conspiracy to distribute and to …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 27

… Syracuse - (315) 426-5300 Westchester - (914) 682-6256 Over 200 collection sites in New York State to drop off Rx …   NEW YORK – After collecting a total of more than 9.9 million pounds (nearly 5,000 tons) of expired, unused and …
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176 pounds of cocaine seized in New York City – one of the largest cocaine seizures in NYC in recent years

… 176 pounds of cocaine with a street value of almost $3 million were recovered.   “This criminal network profited … neighborhoods. These defendants allegedly distributed large amounts of cocaine sold on the streets of the Bronx and …