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Two Defendants Arrested During 2023 Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad Plead Guilty to Conspiracy Charges

… items in the Jeep. Purdy and Maldonado then turned the Jeep over to another individual, who had traveled to Carlsbad …
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Albuquerque career criminal sentenced to life imprisonment for heroin distribution resulting in death of Cameron Weiss

… - (432) 686-4085 La Cueva High School student died from overdose in 2011 after becoming addicted to opioids … week of the life of Cameron Weiss, who died of a heroin overdose on the morning of Aug. 13, 2011. The jury learned … heroin from Moya, including heroin which Mr. Weiss ingested over the course of the evening and into the night. At the …
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Federal jury finds Albuquerque career offender guilty of distributing heroin that caused teen's overdose death

… offender guilty of distributing heroin that caused teen's overdose death May 13, 2019 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us … who prey on our communities and to do our part to reduce overdose deaths."   In announcing the verdict, U.S. Attorney … people die each year in New Mexico from heroin and opioid overdoses. The U.S. Attorney’s Office is committed to …
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South Texas Dealer Sentenced for Selling Fentanyl to Teenager Resulting in Death

… revealed text messages which showed the victim wanting to buy “pase” from Carlos. “Pase” was code for cocaine. Carlos …
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OCDETF Investigation Results in Convictions of Six Defendants for Nearly 100 Combined Years in Prison for Meth and Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

… Airport (“DFW”) to Los Angeles International Airport to buy drugs. Agents seized from inside one of their suitcases …
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Melvin Hill Convicted by Jury on Federal Drug and Firearms Charges

… Burlington narcotics investigators that the source could buy narcotics from Hill. In February and March, this source …
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Lubbock Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Combined 106 Years in Federal Prison

… documents, DEA agents used a confidential informant to buy cocaine from several defendants. They also executed …
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Prolific Snohomish County fentanyl dealer sentenced to 15 years in prison

… cut of the profits.  Many distributors used that profit to buy from Irons to support their own addiction. During this …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 13 Members And Associates Of Lower East Side Narcotics Organization With Narcotics And Firearms Offenses

… two undercover NYPD officers made approximately 25 buys of cocaine and crack cocaine from various members of …
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Atlantic County Man Admits Role in Drug Distribution Scheme

… charging him with one count of conspiring to distribute over one kilogram of heroin, one count of possession with intent to distribute over one kilogram of heroin, and one count of maintaining a … prison, a maximum term of life in prison and a fine of $10 million, or twice the gross gain or loss caused by the …
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Postal Annex owner sentenced for structuring currency transactions

… from Mexico, and delivered them to the Postal Annexes. Over the course of 2011 through 2016, Singh admitted that he … funds. At sentencing, Judge Bashant stated that, with his millions of dollars in structured deposits, Singh “knew …
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Physician Sentenced for $1.2M Pill Mill Scheme

… for operating a pill mill clinic that unlawfully prescribed over 600,000 opioid pills in exchange for cash. A federal … opioids and other controlled substances. Jomori received over $1.2 million in cash over 14 months through its scheme that …
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Transnational drug trafficker sentenced to 25 years for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine and for money laundering

… was murdered in Mexico in December 2015, Casillas took over operations for the organization, including the … of the organization’s drug cash proceeds. A DEA undercover, posing as a person who could launder the … this district. Calvillo and Casillas arranged for over $1.6 million dollars in cash drug proceeds to be picked up by the …
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Four Plead Guilty In Multi-State Drug & Money Laundering Conspiracy

… information was actually the receipt investigators recovered from Nguyen's vehicle at the time of his arrest. This … search of the Lyons/Booker residence in Pensacola revealed over $300,000 in United States currency as well as over … of cocaine. The conspirators laundered over a quarter million dollars through bank accounts and jewelry stores …
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Metro-West Drug Traffickers Charged In Oxycodone Distribution Ring

… utilized to intercept communication between the defendants over the course of approximately four months. It is alleged … In a search of Ouellette’s home, law enforcement recovered 1,500 to 2,000 pills of suspected Oxycodone, over … years in prison, a lifetime of supervised release and a $1 million fine. The case was investigated by DEA Boston; …
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San Diego Area Prescription Take Back Numbers Released

… in San Diego County and four in Imperial County.   Over the course of four hours, 7,987.8 pounds or almost 4 … sites last Saturday. Over the life of the program, 7.1 million (more than 3,500 tons) of prescription drugs have …
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Leader Of Oxycodone Ring Sentenced To 15 Years’ Imprisonment For His Leadership In Long Island Oxycodone Distribution Ring

… organization that illegally obtained and distributed over 95,000 oxycodone pills BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, … “Cashing in on a national health crisis, Cedric Moss oversaw the diversion of millions of dollars’ worth of diverted pain medication …
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Sinaloa drug cartel distributor sentenced to 180 months in prison

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … had previously been deported to Mexico multiple times over the years, but had illegally re-entered the U.S. to … Organization that was fully operational and active for over 20 years.  Salazar’s DTO consistently supplied …
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DEA Works with Tribal Communities to Advance Drug Education

… imagery with wording emphasizing the importance of culture over drug use in an effort to connect with communities. … imagery with wording emphasizing the importance of culture over drug use. During visits to tribal communities, DEA’s …
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Israeli Organized Crime Figure Sentenced To 32 Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering And Extortion

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … [Matsri] used his extensive, sophisticated network to move over $660,000 in cash he believed were drug proceeds across … borders and across the United States, in exchange for over $57,000 in commissions.” Matsri and his co-defendants …
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Glendora Doctor Pleads Guilty To Distributing Addictive Painkillers And Transferring Proceeds To An Off-Shore Bank Account

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … vast majority of which were for hydrocodone or alprazolam - over the year-long period that she worked at Southfork.  Financial records show that, over the same time period, Garg received more than $300,000 …
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Antonio Indjai, Chief Of The Guinea-Bissau Armed Forces, Charged With Conspiring To Sell Surface-to-Air Missiles To A Foreign Terrorist Organization And Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy

… of the FARC. The communications occurred by telephone, over e-mail, and in a series of audio-recorded and videotaped meetings over several months in Guinea-Bissau. During meetings in …
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Federal and Local Law Enforcement Announce New Public Education Campaign to Highlight Danger of Fentanyl – “Death in Disguise”

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … are designed to drive home the crucial points that tiny amounts of fentanyl can be deadly, and it is inherently …
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DEA Las Vegas & community stakeholders announce a new comprehensive strategy to address the opioid crisis

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … 360 opioid strategy city, the DEA will be expending a large amount of resources to battle opioids.  Nevertheless, the …
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10 Charged in Narcotics Distribution across the Northeast

… Syracuse - (315) 426-5300 Westchester - (914) 682-6256 Over 120 pounds of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine recovered in … to those challenges by flooding our communities with deadly amounts of heroin, fentanyl and cocaine, amplifying the …
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Seven Defendants Arrested in Joint State/Federal Investigation into Myrtle Beach Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of heroin, a Schedule I controlled substance, and 500 … or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine and 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, Schedule II controlled substances.  This …
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DEA Kicks Off Red Ribbon Campaign

… chaired by then President and Mrs. Reagan. Approximately 80 million people participate in Red Ribbon events every year. … drug prevention program, bringing drug awareness to millions of people in the United States each year; Whereas State Governors and attorneys general, the National Family …
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New Charges For Former NY State Assemblyman Brook-Krasny

… charged with schemes to illegally sell prescriptions for over 3.7 million opioid painkillers, to defraud Medicaid and Medicare of millions of dollars and to commit money laundering through …
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DEA And Tempe Police Announce Results Of Operation Crank Call

… - 571-362-1180 Tucson - 571-324-7218 Yuma - 571-324-7324 Over 203 Arrests; 435 pounds of Methamphetamine; $7.8 Million dollars in cash; and multiple high-powered weapons … DEA and our partners have taken large quantities of drugs, millions of dollars in drug trafficker assets, and powerful …
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Canadian Drug Kingpin With Ties To The Rizutto And Bonanno Crime Families, The Hells Angels And The Mexican Sinaloa Cartel Pleads Guilty To Narcotics Trafficking Crimes Carrying Sentence Of 20 Years To Life And $1 Billion In Forfeiture

… spanning all of North America and responsible for smuggling over 100,000 kilograms of marijuana, 83 kilograms of cocaine … the Bonanno crime family in New York, the organization used millions of dollars in drug proceeds to purchase cocaine …