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Several charged in $9.6 million opioid distribution conspiracy

… Several charged in $9.6 million opioid distribution conspiracy June 01, 2018 Detroit … and one doctor allegedly conspired to distribute nearly $10 million worth of opioids into the community, potentially … to thank the FBI, DEA, our fabulous prosecutors Brandy McMillion and Brant Cook, the IRS, the Oakland County …
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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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Chief Lieutenant Of Drug Trafficking Crew In Central Massachusetts Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

… witness in open court during trial in February 2025. Over the course of the investigation, approximately nine … DTO members. Maysonet is responsible for distributing over 700 grams of fentanyl and three kilograms of cocaine. …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day

DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day April 28, 2026 Omaha Contact Info Contact Us (402) 965-3600 (571) 387-3545 Emily Murray Recruiter Name Scott Kunkel (571) 362-7282 Omaha.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 7300 World …
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British National Convicted on International Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Charges Linked to the 2017 Deaths of Two Navy Submariners

… Following weeks of surveillance, investigators intercepted over 40 packages bearing the “East Van ECO Tours” markings … witness testimony at trial valued the fentanyl analogues recovered from Defendant Nicholls’ conspirator’s home at … of packages sent out by the conspirators to addresses all over the world. Among those receipts, were tracking numbers …
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DEA Warning: Scammers Impersonating DEA Agents

… for the fictional drug seizure and instructs the person, over the phone, to send money via gift card or wire transfer to pay a “fine” or to assist with the … federal law enforcement officer will demand cash or gift cards from a member of the public. You should only give …
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DEA Warning: Scammers Impersonating DEA Agents Are Stealing Identities, Money

… for the fictional drug seizure and instructs the person, over the phone, to send money via gift card or wire transfer to pay a “fine” or to assist with the … federal law enforcement officer will demand cash or gift cards from a member of the public. You should only give …
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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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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 …
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Owner Of Smoke Shops In Bakersfield, Fresno And Visalia Pleads Guilty To Fraud Relating To The Sale Of Synthetic Drugs

… 1, 2011, and June 26, 2013, Nottoli generated more than $20 million by distributing the SSC products commonly known as … specifically agreed to the forfeiture of more than $6.6 million of drug proceeds: $6,488,000 in cash and $191,000 in … transaction in property derived from drug trafficking to buy a time share in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. If convicted of the …
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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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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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Nurse Practitioner in Jacksonville Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Distribution of Controlled Substances

Nurse Practitioner in Jacksonville Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Distribution of Controlled Substances June 01, 2026 Miami Contact Info Contact Us (571) 362-3364 (571) 362-3364 - Option 5 Miami.FD.PIO@dea.gov 571-362-3106 Miami.Recruiting@dea.gov Talk to a …
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Jacksonville Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Influence Major International Sports Competition by Doping

Jacksonville Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Influence Major International Sports Competition by Doping May 28, 2026 Miami Contact Info Contact Us (571) 362-3364 (571) 362-3364 - Option 5 Miami.FD.PIO@dea.gov 571-362-3106 Miami.Recruiting@dea.gov Talk …
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Brevard County Man Sentenced to More than 12 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Meth Distribution Conspiracy

Brevard County Man Sentenced to More than 12 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Meth Distribution Conspiracy May 20, 2026 Miami Contact Info Contact Us (571) 362-3364 (571) 362-3364 - Option 5 Miami.FD.PIO@dea.gov 571-362-3106 Miami.Recruiting@dea.gov …
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Federal Charges Filed for Drug Trafficking in Perry, Florida

Federal Charges Filed for Drug Trafficking in Perry, Florida April 28, 2026 Miami Contact Info Contact Us (571) 362-3364 (571) 362-3364 - Option 5 Miami.FD.PIO@dea.gov 571-362-3106 Miami.Recruiting@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2100 North …
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Jacksonville Man Indicted for Possessing More than a Pound of Fentanyl

Jacksonville Man Indicted for Possessing More than a Pound of Fentanyl April 20, 2026 Miami Contact Info Contact Us (571) 362-3364 (571) 362-3364 - Option 5 Miami.FD.PIO@dea.gov 571-362-3106 Miami.Recruiting@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us …
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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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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 27

… 837-6000 Midland - (432) 686-4085 DEA aims to dispose of 10 million pounds of unused pills El PASO , Texas  – After collecting a total of more than 9.9 million pounds (nearly 5,000 tons) of expired, unused and … unwanted prescription medications during 15 previous events over the past eight years, the Drug Enforcement …
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Chinese National Arrested in China as a Result of Efforts by U.S. and Chinese Authorities to Thwart Drug Imports Through the Port of Savannah

… Gong’s cryptocurrency records indicate he engaged in millions of dollars in transactions during the time of the …
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Submariner Smugglers Extradited from Colombia to Face International Cocaine Distribution Charges

… in Charge Alfonso.  “These drugs have done untold damage to millions of families across the country. HSI works alongside …
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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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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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DEA And Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back This Saturday

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … America is presently experiencing an epidemic of addiction, overdose and death due to abuse of prescription drugs, particularly opioid painkillers.  6.4 million Americans age 12 and over-2.4 percent of the …
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Brockton Man Detained After Allegedly Attempting to Purchase 15 Kilograms of Cocaine

… to a lifetime of supervised release and a fine of up to $10 million. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court …
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DEA St. Louis Division Safely Disposes of More Than 33,000 Pounds of Unused Medications on 28th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Take Back Day has helped Americans dispose of nearly 19.8 million pounds of medications.  If you missed National …
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DEA St. Louis Division Announces National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Since the program’s inception in 2010, more than 19.2 million pounds of medications have been collected and safely …
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

… the United States to flood American communities with huge amounts of fentanyl and methamphetamine, which drives … and resulted in 3,337 arrests and the seizure of nearly 44 million fentanyl pills, more than 6,500 pounds of fentanyl … Americans, they simply move on to try to victimize the millions of other Americans who are social media users.” In …