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35 Years For Leader Of Major Marijuana Trafficking Operation

… Midland - (432) 686-4085 Sold Tons of Marijuana, Laundered Millions; $35 Million+ Judgment EL PASO, Texas - A federal …
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Former Leader of the Violent “Clan Del Golfo” Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty to Engaging in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Other Related Charges

… the plea agreement, Úsuga David also agreed to pay a $216 million forfeiture money judgment. The proceeding was held … Colombian narcotics trafficker since Pablo Escobar is over. Úsuga David has now been held accountable for his … and violent cartel responsible for trafficking enormous amounts of illegal narcotics to the United States. The FBI …
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DEA Hopes To Remove A Third Of A Million Pounds Of Expired Prescription Drugs From Circulation On Its Sixth Take-Back Day April 27

… DEA Hopes To Remove A Third Of A Million Pounds Of Expired Prescription Drugs From … unwanted prescription medications at previous events over the past three years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and … homes, the public helps prevent experimentation, addiction, overdose and even death.” Unused medications in homes create …
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Over 40 Pounds of Fentanyl Seized from Drug Mill Six Blocks Away from Bronx Daycare

… Over 40 Pounds of Fentanyl Seized from Drug Mill Six Blocks … loose powder and 60,000 glassines of suspected fentanyl.jpg Over 40 pounds of fentanyl seized Black Rolling Suitcase … fentanyl, carrying an estimated street value of $1.5 million, in the Bronx on Tuesday evening.  This seizure …
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British Virgin Islands Premier, Port Director Charged in South Florida Federal Court with Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Crimes

… headed to Miami. In exchange, the defendants would make millions, which would be funneled through different … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Undocumented Man Gets 46 Months in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

… sentence, he must pay a $200 fine. “Even the smallest amount of fentanyl can cause harm to an individual, and … on Interstate 70 in Madison County when the car was pulled over by the Illinois State Police on Oct. 5, 2021. When officers searched the vehicle, they recovered pills containing 771 grams of fentanyl and 616 grams …
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El Paso Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 293 Months In Federal Prison

…  Judge Martinez also ordered that Lopez forfeit to the Government proceeds and property derived from his drug transportation business including $2.4 million in U.S. Currency, various tractor trailers, personal … jury convicted Lopez of one count of conspiracy to possess over 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and one count of …
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Three Sentenced in Austin for Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in 18 Year Old’s Death

… Drug Enforcement Administration agents conducted controlled-buys with Lee and Zepeda, indicating that the two were … threat facing our country today, and it takes just a small amount to take someone’s precious life away. The disregard …
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth

… farm in Atlanta, Illinois, and used the farm to store large amounts of the drug. Bernal supplied methamphetamine to … June 2021 and April 2022, the DEA conducted 13 controlled buys from the distributors working for Bernal, for a total …
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Tenderloin Drug Dealer Sentenced to 46 Months for Fentanyl Sales

… with an undercover law enforcement officer posing as a drug buyer.  Melendez arranged through the messages to sell … of fentanyl supply and said that he would drive to meet and buy fentanyl from Melendez in the San Francisco Bay Area and … on opposite sides of the pill. Small variations in the amount or quality of fentanyl can have significant effects …
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Illinois Ice Meth Dealer Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison

… criminal history and that he had trafficked a substantial amount of ice methamphetamine during the conspiracy. Judge … that Wright worked with associates to pool money to buy larger quantities of methamphetamine and would …
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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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Final Defendant In Rhode Island’s Largest Cocaine Bust Ever Pleads Guilty In Federal Court

… Burlington - (802) 951-2900 65 Kilos of cocaine, $1.2 million in cash seized in state, local, federal … cocaine. A Plea Agreement signed by the defendant and the government, and filed with the court, recommends a prison … the DEA for their superb work to ensure that these enormous amounts of dangerous drugs never reached our neighborhoods. …
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Ringleader and Members of Multi-State Anabolic Steroid Trafficking Network Sentenced

… the Lamberts moved in with Adam Morin, 36, of Hanover County. Morin not only assisted in the manufacture of … thousands of steroid units and admitted that he earned well over a million dollars in gross drug proceeds over the course of …
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Defendant Who Trafficked Drugs While Absconding From Federal Drug Trafficking Sentence Gets Additional Five Years in Prison

… having been arrested on a drug run six months earlier.  Over the course of the investigation, law enforcement seized … wrote to the court with the latest figures on fatal overdoses in our area. “Indeed, drug overdoses resulted in 1,044 deaths in King County in 2024. …
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Man Pleads Guilty for Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine

… but this trafficker’s days of distributing this poison are over. My office is committed to fulfilling the promise of …
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Fort Pierce Drug Dealer Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison

… synthetic opioids are the most common drugs involved in overdose deaths. Over 150 people die every day from overdoses related to synthetic opioids like fentanyl. The …
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Pensacola Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Fentanyl, Meth, Cocaine, and Heroin

… to distribute and possess with intent to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl; possession with intent to … receipts detailing money transfers to Mexico were also recovered.  Lewis is a previously convicted felon.    Lewis …
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Cross City Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Methamphetamine

… days of flooding our streets with this poison are over.  My office is committed to fulfilling the promise of …
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Two Harford County Cocaine Dealers Convicted by Federal Jury

… Durbin and Walton included discussions regarding the amounts of drugs and the price, often using coded language. …  Durbin was also arrested.  According to trial testimony, over the course of the conspiracy Thompson made at least …
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Baltimore Heroin Dealer Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Drug Conspiracy Charge

… messages with the DTO’s leader negotiating the price and amount of heroin.  After one such exchange on November 4, 2020, a covert camera captured the DTO leader entering an apartment … his wife, and three minor children.  Law enforcement recovered a ballistic vest, a kilogram press and more than …
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District Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Distribution, Which Resulted in Death of Consumer from Virginia

… 30 grams of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of Fentanyl to an undercover law enforcement officer over five separate transactions. The guilty plea was …
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Thirty-Eight Pounds of Meth and Cocaine Recovered in Hell’s Kitchen Luxury Building

… Thirty-Eight Pounds of Meth and Cocaine Recovered in Hell’s Kitchen Luxury Building March 19, 2024 New … The estimated street value of the drugs seized is over $1.1 million. Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special … ’s Mexican passport and expired U.S. visa/border-crossing card, and SALAS’ Mexican voter registration, Colorado …
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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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Ventura County Men Charged With Trafficking Meth In Kern County

… other states. On July 19, 2013, agents had the informant buy one pound of methamphetamine for $7,500 from … a statutory penalty of 10 years to life in prison and a $10 million fine. Any sentence, however, would be determined at …
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DEA Investigation Leads To Million-Dollar Fine

… DEA Investigation Leads To Million-Dollar Fine October 29, 2015 Phoenix Contact Info …
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Major Drug Redistributor for Ring Connected to Aryan Prison Gang Sentenced to 10+ Years in Prison

… in distributing were unimaginable…. It’s pretty amazing the amount of drugs we’re talking about.” “At various times on … drug trafficking rings in this case were identified over an 18-month wiretap investigation. The three … than a kilo of fentanyl powder, three kilos of heroin, and over $330,000 in cash from eighteen locations in Washington …
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Lead Defendant In Case Targeting Synthetic Drugs Pleads Guilty To Smuggling, Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Charges

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … to smuggle, manufacture and distribute more than $12 million worth of synthetic drugs has pleaded guilty in … money laundering.  As part of a plea agreement with the government, Libbert has agreed to serve at least six years in …
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11 Wholesale Narcotics Traffickers Indicted for Supplying Baltimore Drug Dealers

… Resulted in the Seizure of Enough Fentanyl to Kill Over 200,000 People Baltimore, MD  – A 16-month … County Police Chief Melissa Hyatt. “The significant amounts of weapons and drugs seized during this … to work together to fight the violence on our streets.” Over the course of this investigation, law enforcement …