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Wife of Sinaloa Cartel Kingpin Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

… also ordered Alvarez Hernandez to forfeit more than $5 million dollars’ worth of luxury watches, jewelry, vehicles … a trap gas tank the size of half the truck bed were discovered. The truck yard contained numerous tractors and … automobiles, and other items) based on the massive amount of cocaine that Jorge and his organization …
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Operation Snake Oil Seized Vehicles Sold For Over $1.9 Million At Local Miami Auction

… Operation Snake Oil Seized Vehicles Sold For Over $1.9 Million At Local Miami Auction October 22, 2012 Miami … in prison for conspiracy to distribute and dispense large amounts of oxycodone without a legitimate medical purpose, …
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DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription … 837-6000 Midland - (432) 686-4085 DEA brings in nearly a million pounds of prescription medications WASHINGTON – … and unwanted medications across the country, the largest amount ever collected in the program’s ten years. Americans …
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Three Eastern Kentucky Treatment Centers And Two Pharmacies Pay Over $1 Million To U.S. Government For Violations Of Controlled Substance Act

… Eastern Kentucky Treatment Centers And Two Pharmacies Pay Over $1 Million To U.S. Government For Violations Of Controlled …
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Virginia Man Sentenced to over 10 Years in Prison for Federal Drug Trafficking and Firearms Charges

… Virginia Man Sentenced to over 10 Years in Prison for Federal Drug Trafficking and … of the residence.  During the search, investigators recovered the counterfeit cocaine, an additional kilogram of …
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Charges filed against dozens in trafficking network responsible for diverting over 23 million oxycodone, hydrocodone and carisoprodol pills

… dozens in trafficking network responsible for diverting over 23 million oxycodone, hydrocodone and carisoprodol pills August … pill mill pharmacy allegedly dispensed the second highest amount of oxycodone 30mg pills of all pharmacies in the …
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Two San Gabriel Valley Men Who Participated In ‘Black Market Peso Exchange’ That Moved Money Out Of U.S. Sentenced To Federal Prison

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … the South El Monte import-export company they used to move millions of dollars linked to illegal activity from the …
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Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

… Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety … Monmouth/Ocean - (732) 431-7160 x2242 DEA seizes 1.8 million fake pills and arrests 810 nationwide in two-month … is the primary driver of the recent increase in U.S. overdose deaths. “Opioids were responsible for nearly three …
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Edinburg Man Sentenced for Attempting to Smuggle $3 million in Cocaine

… Edinburg Man Sentenced for Attempting to Smuggle $3 million in Cocaine April 17, 2025 Houston Contact Info … weight of 43.04 kilograms with an estimated street value of over $3 million. Previously released on bond, Sustaita was taken …
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Record-Breaking Seizure: Over 70 Kilograms Of Heroin, $2 Million Cash And Firearm Recovered In The Fieldston Section Of The Bronx

… Record-Breaking Seizure: Over 70 Kilograms Of Heroin, $2 Million Cash And Firearm …
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Flagler Beach man sentenced to nearly 11 years in federal prison for selling benzoyl fentanyl and other drugs online

… federal prison for selling benzoyl fentanyl and other drugs online May 14, 2019 Miami Contact Info Contact Us (571) … Jodoin. Also in May 2018, during the time the undercover buy was being conducted, Jodoin posted an advertisement on …
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Two Men Indicted In $7 Million Dollar California To Missouri Marijuana Conspiracy

… Two Men Indicted In $7 Million Dollar California To Missouri Marijuana Conspiracy … City - (573) 635-1331 Springfield - (417) 888-9800 OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - -Troy Derby, Assistant Special …
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Fentanyl Supply Chain

February 07, 2025
… eight years and killed hundreds of thousands of Americans. Over the last year and a half, the DEA proactively … Americans, they simply move on to try to victimize the millions of other Americans who are social media users.” …
February 07, 2025
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Dark Web Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced to 96 Months in Prison

… and possessing with intent to distribute, illegal drugs over the “dark web.” De Alba distributed an array of illegal … work throughout this investigation.” The internet contains online marketplaces for narcotics and other contraband on … to receive packages from her suppliers and using credit cards in her deceased husband’s name to fund the tracking of …
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Two Extradited, Charged With Weapons Support To Hizballah One Defendant Allegedly Agreed To Acquire $9.5 Million Worth Of Surface-to-Air Missiles And Other Weapons For Hizballah

… To Hizballah One Defendant Allegedly Agreed To Acquire $9.5 Million Worth Of Surface-to-Air Missiles And Other Weapons … Siavosh Henareh and Cetin Aksu agreed to provide massive amounts of heroin to individuals they believed to be … organization. Aksu is also charged with agreeing to buy a deadly laundry list of weapons on behalf of an …
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Salisbury Cocaine Dealer Sentenced To Over 11 Years In Prison

… Salisbury Cocaine Dealer Sentenced To Over 11 Years In Prison October 29, 2014 Washington, DC … associated with Nelson and Brown.  Law enforcement overheard and observed Nelson engage in drug transactions … overheard conversations in which Nelson agreed to buy one kilogram of cocaine from Brown.  Brown delivered the …
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Sampson County Drug Boss Found Guilty of Selling Massive Amounts of Methamphetamine into Eastern NC Communities

… Sampson County Drug Boss Found Guilty of Selling Massive Amounts of Methamphetamine into Eastern NC Communities …
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60 Year-Old Former Shelter Counselor Sentenced To Over 11 Years In Prison

… 60 Year-Old Former Shelter Counselor Sentenced To Over 11 Years In Prison April 27, 2011 Washington, DC … October 2009 to February 2010, officers used sources to buy heroin from Barnes, twice at the shelter’s parking lot …
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Houston Man Indicted in Fayetteville for Selling Designer Drugs Around the World

… statutes, each representing a separate transaction of over $10,000 with the proceeds of his allegedly illicit … presented in court indicates that Spivey made nearly $5 million through online sales of Bummy Legion vape juices in the two years …
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Two Rochester Brothers Charged In Federal Drug ConspiracyAuthorities Seize Over Half A Million Dollars In Cash

… Charged In Federal Drug ConspiracyAuthorities Seize Over Half A Million Dollars In Cash January 27, 2011 New York Contact … district. The seizures by law enforcement of an astounding amount of currency eliminate any profit that may have arisen …
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Defendants Face Justice for Distributing 3,200 Kilos of Methamphetamine

… criminal networks operating in Georgia.” “The vast amount of methamphetamine being supplied is truly alarming … mandatory minimum sentence of ten years in prison and a $10 million fine. Kendell Cawthon, 60, of Baldwin, Georgia, … located hundreds of pounds of rotting jalapeños and discarded jalapeño boxes in the backyard of the house. More …
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Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

… Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety … - (601) 965-4400 Oxford - (662) 234-8542 DEA seizes 1.8 million fake pills and arrests 810 nationwide in two-month … is the primary driver of the recent increase in U.S. overdose deaths. “Opioids were responsible for nearly three …
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Five Argentine men charged with illegally operating online pharmacies and importing and distributing oxycodone

… Five Argentine men charged with illegally operating online pharmacies and importing and distributing oxycodone … each carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine.  The superseding indictment also includes a … determined to keep the American public safe from illegal on-line ‘pharmacies,’” said Inspector in Charge Craig …
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Three Members of an International Money Laundering Organization Charged with Laundering Millions of Dollars in Drug Proceeds

… Money Laundering Organization Charged with Laundering Millions of Dollars in Drug Proceeds April 24, 2025 Atlanta … of the Criminal Division’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Everett E. …
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Annapolis Man Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Prison in Drug Conspiracy

… Annapolis Man Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Prison in Drug Conspiracy August 10, 2006 … others. On May 21, 2003 Warren Young contacted  Thorpe to buy crack cocaine. Thorpe advised that he only had powder …
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DEA Hosts the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

… drug misuse and reduce the potential for accidental overdoses and poisonings.  “Prescription drugs may be legal, … federal partners for their remarkable support in collecting over 28,063 pounds of materials from 305 locations sites … pose a threat if misused – resulting in a staggering 20 million pounds of unused medications collected to …
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Doctor, Pharmacist And Call-Center Manager Found Guilty In Massive Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… crimes related to a multi-state drug conspiracy that sent millions of dollars’ worth of highly addictive prescription … and mydoctorconsultonline.com, to solicit customers to buy hydrocodone and other pills without valid prescriptions, … for their “consultation” and pills up front, via credit card, and medical insurance was not accepted. Doctors …
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Brownsville man heads to federal prison for buying crack cocaine

… Brownsville man heads to federal prison for buying crack cocaine April 10, 2019 Houston Contact Info …
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Baltimore Area Cocaine Dealer Sentenced To Over 28 Years In Prison

… Baltimore Area Cocaine Dealer Sentenced To Over 28 Years In Prison August 08, 2014 Washington, DC … a drug trafficking organization that distributed very large amounts of cocaine throughout the Maryland metropolitan … by a co-conspirator.  In addition, approximately $1.6 million dollars was seized from a residence in Reisterstown, …
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Six Defendants Plead Guilty to Scheme to Transport Stolen Catalytic Converters Across State Lines

… Thousands of Catalytic Converters Stolen as Part of a Multi-Million-Dollar Business SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Six Springfield, … converters. By December 2019, Marshall had mostly ceased buying junk vehicles and scrapping them out for parts, and …

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