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Jury Convicts Illegal Alien who Distributed Cocaine and Machine Guns from Home

December 04, 2025
… machine guns. Testimony revealed details of the undercover operation which began with the sale of a pistol. At … Visting U.S. District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle presided over trial and has set sentencing for March 5.  …
December 04, 2025
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Federal Charges Filed Against Albuquerque Supplier in Major Drug Trafficking Investigation

September 10, 2025
… on federal charges following a DEA investigation that uncovered a large-scale narcotics trafficking operation in … on August 13, 2025, DEA agents conducted an undercover operation in Albuquerque in which Jose Magana Garcia, a … delivered approximately 2,000 fentanyl pills to an undercover officer through intermediaries. Agents later tracked …
September 10, 2025
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Drug Dealer Heads to Prison for Selling Fentanyl to Overdose Victim

August 20, 2024
… victim left McMikle’s home at approximately 6 a.m., after buying a capsule containing fentanyl. The victim, who had … fentanyl. Another man pleaded guilty last year and admitted buying fentanyl from McMikle. The Drug Enforcement …
August 20, 2024
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St. Louis County Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Retaliatory Drug Murder

November 30, 2022
… in prison. Two days before the murder, Phillips arranged to buy fentanyl from Weeden, his source of supply of the drug, … enlisted another person to call Phillips and arrange to buy fentanyl to lure Phillips out into the open so Weeden …
November 30, 2022
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Independence Man Sentenced For Meth Conspiracy

May 16, 2017
… an ounce of methamphetamine for $1,400 in a controlled drug buy on Jan. 12, 2016. Law enforcement officers then executed … well as drug paraphernalia and approximately $1,200 of the buy money that had been used by a cooperating individual to …
May 16, 2017
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Fairbanks Man Sentenced to Over 14 Years in Case for Possessing Kilograms of Illegal Drugs with Intent to Distribute

February 20, 2025
… Fairbanks Man Sentenced to Over 14 Years in Case for Possessing Kilograms of Illegal … of cocaine, over 1.7 kilograms of marijuana, and smaller amounts of heroin, suboxone and Xanax. They also seized …
February 20, 2025
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New Hampshire Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Fentanyl Intended for Distribution

December 27, 2022
… Once on the highway, agents stopped Warner, who admitted to buying 70 grams of fentanyl, an amount consistent with narcotics distribution.  The charge … four years of supervised release and a fine of up to $5 million. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court …
December 27, 2022
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Four Harrisonburg Area Drug Dealers Indicted

October 07, 2005
… ranging from 25 years to life in prison and up to $17 million in fines. Tony Smith faces 15-80 years in prison and up to $10 million in fines. In a separate indictment, Jose Israel … a “stash house”. Inside the trailer, police recovered large amounts of methamphetamine and some cocaine. Both …
October 07, 2005
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DEA and U.S. Attorney in the Western District of Louisiana announce settlement with drug distributor

May 24, 2019
… nofdoutreach@dea.gov Morris & Dickson Company to pay $22 million in civil penalty claims NEW ORLEANS – Morris & … significant upgrades to its compliance program by investing millions of dollars to hire additional staff and implement … of controlled substances are critical components of the government’s effort to stop the illegal distribution and sale …
May 24, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Doctor And Wife Guilty Of Tax Evasion; Millions Of Amphetamine Based Pills Illegally Dispensed At Area Weight Loss Clinics

January 08, 2013
… Doctor And Wife Guilty Of Tax Evasion; Millions Of Amphetamine Based Pills Illegally Dispensed At …
January 08, 2013
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Owner of Rockstar Burgers Pleads Guilty to Making Restaurant Available to Drug Traffickers in $1.7 Million Conspiracy

December 22, 2022
… to Making Restaurant Available to Drug Traffickers in $1.7 Million Conspiracy December 22, 2022 St. Louis Contact Info … more than 10 kilograms of heroin, valued at more than $1.7 million. Brian Douglas Smith, 45, pleaded guilty before U.S. …
December 22, 2022
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Armed Drug Dealer on Federal Supervised Release is Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison

August 15, 2025
… of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), which oversees the Charlotte District Office, and Chief Michael … vehicle. During a search of Hodsden, law enforcement recovered a loaded XDS .45 caliber pistol loaded with five … fentanyl mixed with cocaine, and various separate amounts of fentanyl and cocaine. A search warrant was …
August 15, 2025
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Pain Clinic Owners And Medical Directors Indicted For Alleged “Pill Mill” Relocated From Florida To Maryland

September 15, 2014
… for approximately 328,520 oxycodone pills - a total dosage amount of 7,631,085 mg of oxycodone.  Between September 2011 … for approximately 178,151 oxycodone pills - a total dosage amount of 3,879,500 mg of oxycodone.  On each office visit … Margulis and Wiseberg, through Healthy Life, at least $2 million for office visits.  Most of these proceeds were …
September 15, 2014
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Drug Robbery Crew Member Pleads Guilty To Armed Robbery, Conspiracy, And Narcotics Trafficking Crew Netted More Than 250 Kilograms Of Cocaine And $1 Million In Drug Proceeds In Over 100 Robberies

November 14, 2011
… Crew Netted More Than 250 Kilograms Of Cocaine And $1 Million In Drug Proceeds In Over 100 Robberies November 14, 2011 New York Contact Info …
November 14, 2011
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Lubbock Fentanyl Distributor Pleads Guilty

February 16, 2017
… of not more than 20 years in federal prison and a $1 million fine.  Judge Bryant recommended that the district … distribute a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance.  … Lanier admits to supplying Holl and Robertson with large amounts of Fentanyl he purchased online on the Darknet from …
February 16, 2017
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Philadelphia District Attorney And The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Announce Heroin Bust Valued At $3.3 Million

June 10, 2015
… Administration Announce Heroin Bust Valued At $3.3 Million June 10, 2015 Philadelphia Contact Info Contact Us … drug trafficking organization and seized a substantial amount of heroin denying its distribution to our streets. …
June 10, 2015
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DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

September 27, 2022
… Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Domestic 36 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl Removed from Communities … during the period of May 23 through Sept. 8, 2022. The amount of fentanyl taken off the streets during this surge …
September 27, 2022
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Texas Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To More Than 18 Years In Prison And Forfeits More Than $1.2 Million

February 20, 2015
… To More Than 18 Years In Prison And Forfeits More Than $1.2 Million February 20, 2015 Miami Contact Info Contact Us … the rental properties, Elik Motors, and cash. The total amount of the forfeiture exceeded $1.2 million. The case was …
February 20, 2015
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Indictment Charges Alleged Darknet Marketplace Fentanyl Dealer

February 28, 2023
… (“YVS”). Blair’s YVS Darknet marketplace profile page lists over 459 successful drug sales in that time period. YVS was … with Blair and a storage unit owned by Blair. They seized over 10,000 suspected fentanyl pills, plastic tubs of raw … grams of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of a fentanyl analogue; possessed with intent to …
February 28, 2023
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DEA Target Sentenced To Over 19 Years For Heroin Trafficking

July 22, 2015
… DEA Target Sentenced To Over 19 Years For Heroin Trafficking July 22, 2015 Phoenix … pounds of white heroin with an estimated value of over $7.5 million was seized during the course of the investigation, …
July 22, 2015
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Tallahassee Brothers Receive 10 Years in Prison for Large Scale Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana

June 21, 2025
… today in a large-scale conspiracy that distributed over 1000 kilograms of marijuana in Tallahassee. Tyquan … 2023, and January 10, 2024, with proceeds of at least $2.4 million during that period. “With dispensaries and smoke … side-by-side with the DEA, spent countless hours on covert operations to take down this criminal network. I’m …
June 21, 2025
STORY

When Small Towns and DEA Partner to Tackle Drug Trafficking

December 23, 2020
… began when a Kansas State University student died of a drug overdose in 2017.  The investigation into this death led to … Whiteley. “Complex investigations also take a considerable amount of money, in paying informants and buying contraband, which makes it more difficult on smaller …
December 23, 2020
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DEA’s Largest Seizure Of Fentanyl Precursor Chemical In New England - Street Value Of $570 Million

June 09, 2017
… Precursor Chemical In New England - Street Value Of $570 Million June 09, 2017 New England Contact Info Contact Us … of a fentanyl precursor chemical, with a street value of over $570 million, was seized at a storage facility in …
June 09, 2017
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Perfume Store Owner Charged With Laundering Millions Of Dollars For Mexican Narcotics Trafficking Organizations

January 18, 2011
… Perfume Store Owner Charged With Laundering Millions Of Dollars For Mexican Narcotics Trafficking … charges against Datta are the result of an extensive undercover DEA investigation into the Mexican Black Market Peso …
January 18, 2011
STORY

Spreading the Word:

June 07, 2022
… Division is addressing head-on, in the wake of record overdose deaths across the Nation , is why it’s so difficult … challenge. Moreover, just two milligrams, a minuscule amount, of this drug can be, and often is, deadly.  That … drugs being marketed aggressively to young adults and kids online. At the end of last year, the DEA found that over 2 …
June 07, 2022
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Local Residents Indicted In Multi-Million Dollar Ketamine Conspiracy

December 08, 2015
… Local Residents Indicted In Multi-Million Dollar Ketamine Conspiracy December 08, 2015 Houston … allegedly resulted in $17 million in fraudulent billings over the course of the two-year conspiracy. “U.S. consumers …
December 08, 2015
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13 Correctional Officers Among 25 Alleged BGF Gang Members And Associates Indicted On Federal Racketeering Charges

April 25, 2013
… of Baltimore. In this case, the inmates literally took over ‘the asylum,’ and the detention centers became safe … are free to move about the facility. Green Dot cash debit cards were allegedly used by inmates to pay BGF for smuggled … relationships with officers in order to gain influence over them. White allegedly had long-term sexual …
April 25, 2013
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Brevard County Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Offense

April 21, 2023
… From March through September 2022, during undercover drug buys and pursuant to a search warrant at Keel’s home. law … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
April 21, 2023
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Delaware Doctor Charged With Illegally Selling Controlled Substances On The Silk Road Drug Marketplace

November 21, 2013
… Internet marketplace.  Silk Road was utilized as an online criminal marketplace designed to enable its users to buy and sell drugs and other illegal goods and services … platform for vendors and buyers to conduct transactions online. Between June 13, 2013, and August 20, 2013, DEA …
November 21, 2013
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Bowie Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 23 Years In Federal Prison For $108 Million Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracies

July 13, 2016
… Trafficker Sentenced To 23 Years In Federal Prison For $108 Million Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracies … entered an order requiring Tatum and Ford-Bey to pay a $108 million money judgment, and a forfeiture order for personal …
July 13, 2016