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DEA Announces Largest-Ever Synthetic Drug Takedown

… target dangerous new and emerging class of chemicals from overseas FRESNO, Calif. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its … a result of these searches law enforcement seized nearly $6 million, hundreds of packages believed to contain synthetic cannabinoids, and a small amount of suspected cocaine.  These investigations are …
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New Hampshire Man Sentenced for Possessing Fentanyl Intended for Distribution

… highway, law enforcement stopped Warner, who admitted to buying 70 grams of fentanyl, an amount consistent with narcotics distribution. Additionally, …
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Juries Return Guilty Verdicts Against Couple for Murdering Government Witness

… cooperate with law enforcement and conducted a controlled buy of $40 worth of methamphetamine on January 19, 2016. … Gunter made up a “hot shot”—a syringe containing a lethal amount of fentanyl and methamphetamine and provided it to …
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Five Sentenced In Federal Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… effort to determine those involved in the conspiracy, the amount of drugs being distributed and the source of the … least 20 kilograms of cocaine was seized through undercover buys and during the execution of search warrants and …
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Winnie Man, Vidor Woman Among Those Sentenced In Federal Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… effort to determine those involved in the conspiracy, the amount of drugs being distributed and the source of the … least 20 kilograms of cocaine was seized through undercover buys and during the execution of search warrants and …
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Four Men Sentenced In Federal Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… effort to determine those involved in the conspiracy, the amount of drugs being distributed and the source of the … least 20 kilograms of cocaine was seized through undercover buys and during the execution of search warrants and …
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Essex County Man Charged With Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy In Newark, New Jersey

… a drug trafficking organization that allegedly distributed over a kilogram of heroin and other narcotics in Newark and … the conspiracy and was responsible for obtaining wholesale amounts of narcotics, including heroin and cocaine, and … a maximum potential penalty of life in prison, and a $10 million fine. The complaint charges six other defendants …
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Tricked-out Upper Manhattan Stash Apartments Conceal $12 Million In Heroin And $500,000 In “Crystal Meth”

… Tricked-out Upper Manhattan Stash Apartments Conceal $12 Million In Heroin And $500,000 In “Crystal Meth” April 16, … approximately $120,000. Investigators and agents discovered a “trap” or hidden compartment behind the wall of the … agents and investigators entered the apartment and discovered it was equipped with a sophisticated counter …
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Notorious Mexican Cartel Leader Convicted for International Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … Oseguera-Gonzalez used extreme violence to traffic massive amounts of methamphetamine and cocaine into the United … oversaw the manufacture of more than three million pounds of methamphetamine in one area of Mexico. In …
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Oakland Money Services Business Owner Sentenced to One Year in Prison for Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering

… wires to conceal the fact that a single sender was wiring amounts greater than $3,000, which he knew would have … federal reporting requirements.  He accepted large amounts of cash, sometimes as much as $9,000 or more, from … licenses and Honduran, Mexican, and other national identity cards on cell phones, which he used to meet the wire …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications

… Drug Take Back Day, the program has removed more than 15.2 million pounds of medication from circulation since its … ultimately, can help save lives.” “Ultimately, we want the amount of unwanted medication collected during our bi-annual …
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Over 86 Pounds of Suspected Heroin, 1,000 Fentanyl Pills and $200,000 Cash Seized in Ridgewood, Queens: Four Arrests

… Over 86 Pounds of Suspected Heroin, 1,000 Fentanyl Pills and … of suspected heroin, with an estimated street value of $12 million, 1,000 fentanyl pills and $200,000 cash were …   “The shuttering of an assembly line able to pump out millions of street ready heroin packages and deadly …
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Fentanyl, Guns Result in 35 Years in Prison

… approximately 496 grams of fentanyl (which represents over 4,000 potentially lethal doses of fentanyl). Wheeler … a mattress in another bedroom. Agents also found a small amount of cocaine and fentanyl, as well as drug … of the Mississippi River with an age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths of more than 21.1 per 100,000 in 2020. The …
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Jury convicts three men of trafficking $28 million of cocaine

… Jury convicts three men of trafficking $28 million of cocaine April 17, 2019 San Diego Contact Info … kilograms (2,706 pounds) of cocaine worth more than $28 million on the high seas. The verdict came after a weeklong …
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Doctor And Pharmacist Charged Distributing 1.6 Million Doses Of Oxycodone

… Doctor And Pharmacist Charged Distributing 1.6 Million Doses Of Oxycodone January 12, 2015 Houston Contact … Evans prescribed and Devido dispensed approximately 1.6 million dosage units of oxycodone in a three-year-period.  …
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Mishawaka, Indiana man sentenced to 120 months in prison

… Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for conspiracy to distribute over 500 grams of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine and over 100 grams of a mixture or substance containing heroin, … found over four pounds of methamphetamine, money used to buy drugs that same day from Mr. Sanders, along with Mr. …
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New York/New Jersey High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program Receives National Recognition

… of the Miami Homestead office. The investigation began as a buy-bust, and developed into an international, … the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia. Overall drug use in the United States has dropped substantially over the past thirty years. In response to comprehensive …
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Auburn, Washington Man Who Converted Garage to a Fentanyl Pill Manufacturing Lab Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

… into pills is easy to count:  It could have yielded over 300,000 lethal doses,” said David F. Reames, Special … of his scheme and took steps to protect himself from overdose and violence, callously disregarding these dangers … pill manufacturing machine are being forfeited to the government.”   According to records filed in the case, from …
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Carrollton Woman Pleads Guilty to Harboring Illegal Aliens and Participating in Massive Meth Distribution Operation

… pleaded guilty to possessing with the intent to distribute over 760 pounds of methamphetamine and harboring illegal … trafficking network has been dismantled, and well over a million dollars’ worth of lethal drugs have been removed … drug trafficking organization to store and distribute large amounts of methamphetamine. The investigation revealed that …
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Former Mexican Mafia Member Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Dealing Cocaine

… subject of several Odessa Police Department investigations over the years. Beginning in October 2024, Lujan sold … the sixth transaction, on Dec. 23, 2024, Lujan was pulled over, denied the officer’s request to search his truck, and …
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China-Based Chemical Company, Its Director and Senior Employees Indicted for Alleged Fentanyl Manufacturing and Distribution

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … 100 countries, including the United States, and advertised online and through various social media platforms. Hubei … in 25-kilogram fiber drums, each of which can produce 10 million fentanyl pills. Representatives claimed that their …
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Three Members of Northern California Drug Trafficking Groups Convicted at Trial

… received drugs from sources in Mexico. At trial, the government also presented evidence of several significant … fentanyl and heroin in May 2018, valued at as much as $1.1 million, according to uncontested evidence at trial; 18 … customers in smaller quantities and used his proceeds to buy expensive cars. Judge Seeborg scheduled a sentencing …
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Visalia Doctor Indicted For Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone

… a maximum statutory penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine, and if convicted for the structuring, he faces … for oxycodone, hydrocodone, and medical marijuana cards from a doctor in Modesto - Dr. Brown. They recruited … other individuals to obtain prescriptions and marijuana cards from the doctor by offering them payments in return …
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Visalia Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone

… a maximum statutory penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine for illegally causing the dispensing of a … for oxycodone, hydrocodone, and medical marijuana cards from Dr. Brown in Modesto. They recruited other individuals to obtain prescriptions and marijuana cards from the doctor by offering them payments in return …
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DEA’s National Take Back Day Returns April 26 to Help Prevent Prescription Drug Misuse

… Since the program’s inception in 2010, more than 19.2 million pounds of medications have been collected and safely …
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Idaho Man Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute 10 Pounds of Fentanyl

… Idaho Man Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent … fentanyl traffickers,” said U.S. Attorney Hurwit. “A tiny amount of fentanyl is considered a lethal dose, and in this …
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Seventeen People Indicted In Federal Court For Conspiracy To Manufacture And Sell Crack Cocaine In Ohio

… and Traverse City - (571) 362-0443 17 kilos of cocaine and over $500,000 in cash seized in investigation; 12 additional … court for their role in a conspiracy to purchase large amounts of powder cocaine, cook the drug into crack cocaine … The seizure of 37 pounds of cocaine and over half a million dollars of drug-dealing proceeds indicates that this …
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45 Individuals Indicted For Participating In Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

… MA. On April 9, 2018, in a coordinated operation involving over 100 federal, state, and local law enforcement officers, … a maximum sentence of life, as well as a fine of up to $10 million. The investigation, which culminated in the … customers large and small with knowledge that a substantial amount of drugs were going to New Hampshire. They allegedly …
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Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years for Role in Fatal Fentanyl Overdose of Carlsbad Woman

… Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years for Role in Fatal Fentanyl Overdose of Carlsbad Woman July 18, 2025 San Diego Contact … Danielle Good of Carlsbad and failed to seek help for over an hour while she lay dying of an overdose in a bathtub, was sentenced today in federal court …
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Last Of The Arellano Felix Brothers Enters Guilty Plea In San Diego

… from Mexico and Colombia into the U.S. and made hundreds of millions of dollars in the process. The cartel terrorized … some of the income to pay AFO members to commit crimes; to buy firearms, ammunition and vehicles; to travel on …