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Phoenix mother indicted, accused of using 13-year-old daughter to hide cocaine

October 17, 2019
… of cocaine, inside of her bra as the car was being pulled over by officers on September 19, 2019. Two other children, … with a Phoenix drug trafficking organization, allegedly buying cocaine for resale.   Covarruvia faces multiple state …
October 17, 2019
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Pulaski Man Sentenced To 70 Months

March 29, 2013
… firearms, including several loaded assault rifles, were recovered from Randolph's residence in Pulaski, Tennessee … of search warrants. Approximately $2,100 in marked buy money, from a prior cocaine purchase from Gentry, was also recovered from a bank safe deposit box held by Randolph. A …
March 29, 2013
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Eagle Pass Brothers Sentenced To Federal Prison For Cocaine Distribution

September 06, 2016
… guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute over 500 grams of cocaine. They also found Michael Cardona … cars that they showed at various car shows in Texas and to buy and remodel homes. During recorded phone calls played at … Diana Cruz-Zapata prosecuted this case on behalf of the government. On …
September 06, 2016
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Man Found Guilty Of Trafficking Crack Cocaine

August 26, 2015
… Department, and the Drug Enforcement (DEA). At trial, the Government presented evidence that on five separate instances Parker sold over 189 grams of crack cocaine to a confidential informant … videos selling crack cocaine, during one of the controlled buys Parker could also be heard cooking crack cocaine in the …
August 26, 2015
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Rutland Man Imprisoned 5 Years For Heroin Trafficking

August 26, 2014
… used a confidential informant to make three controlled buys of heroin from Murphy in Rutland. In November 2012, … Rose, Cruz, and Hercules are scheduled for sentencing over the next two months. United States Attorney Tristram J. …
August 26, 2014
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Co-Founder of Sinaloa Cartel Charged in Superseding Indictment with Conspiracy to Manufacture and Distribute Fentanyl

February 15, 2024
… to retaliate against rivals who threatened the cartel. The millions of dollars generated from the drug sales were then … light of his 2018 trial conviction. Under the statute, the amount of fentanyl involved in the conspiracy attributable …
February 15, 2024
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Connecticut Man Sentenced To 12 Years For Methylone Conspiracy

September 28, 2016
… that Canfield sold numerous other controlled substances over the Internet, including through an online storefront called “The Online Source.” Canfield, …
September 28, 2016
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Observant bystander travelling through Indiana led DEA Chicago Field Division to historic 225 pound methamphetamine seizure

September 23, 2020
… in the seizure of 225 pounds of methamphetamine.  This amount of methamphetamine has an estimated street value of over ten million dollars and is the largest single seizure of …
September 23, 2020
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 26

October 25, 2019
…   Concerns have been raised across the United States over illnesses and death caused by vaping and the high youth … Take Back Day Initiative continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s … and teens. DEA has collected a total of more than 11 million pounds (almost 6,000 tons) of expired, unused and …
October 25, 2019
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DEA Teams up with more than 4,300 Partners to Remove Unneeded Prescription Medications from Communities

November 14, 2022
… National Prescription Take Back Day has removed almost 17 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities … the country. DEA’s New Orleans Field Division, which covers Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas, … at over 450 collection sites throughout the division.  The amounts collected for each state within the division was the …
November 14, 2022
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Two Charged with Fentanyl Distribution in Fresno County

January 19, 2023
… “We remain committed to reducing drug-related violence and overdose deaths caused by these deadly pills. Law … in the Central Valley,” said Bob P. Beris. “The substantial amount of fentanyl-laced pills and powder seized in these … minimum of 10 years in prison, a fine of up to $10 million. Any sentence, however, would be determined at the …
January 19, 2023
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DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

April 15, 2022
… Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths April 15, 2022 Chicago Contact Info Contact … Agent in Charge of the DEA Chicago Division. “The large amounts of unwanted prescription drugs collected on Take … law enforcement, Take Back Day has removed more than 15 million pounds of medication from circulation since its …
April 15, 2022
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DEA to accept electronic vaping devices and cartridges as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 21, 2019
… DENVER – With robust public participation over the course of 17 prior events, the National … Take Back Day Initiative continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s … in its 10th year, DEA has collected a total of more than 11 million pounds (almost 6,000 tons) of expired, unused and …
October 21, 2019
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It’s game time - DEA National Prescription Take Back Day this Saturday

October 22, 2019
… will be accepted SEATTLE – With robust public participation over the course of 17 prior events, the National … Take Back Day Initiative continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s … its tenth year, DEA has collected a total of more than 11 million pounds (almost 6,000 tons) of expired, unused and …
October 22, 2019
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Mexican Cartel Leader Edgar Valdez-Villareal, A/k/a "La Barbie," Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

January 06, 2016
… a great day for the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Government of Mexico and literally hundreds of DEA’s federal, … wiretaps, seizures of over 100 kilograms of cocaine, $4 million of drug proceeds, and witness testimony. Each of the … 20 years in prison, a fine of up to $500,000 or twice the amount of funds that were laundered, a three-year term of …
January 06, 2016
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2 Mobile Doctors Get Long Sentences For Running “Pill Mills”

May 26, 2017
… the judge ordered them to pay restitution in the following amounts: $6,282,023.00 to Medicare, $3,649,092.97 to Blue … other medical practitioners who are inclined to put profit over patient health and safety,” said Azzam. Prior to the … showed that Couch and Ruan purchased approximately $1.6 million worth of stock in Galena Biopharma, the manufacturer …
May 26, 2017
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Over 20 People Indicted In Coraopolis Drug Operation

May 04, 2016
… Over 20 People Indicted In Coraopolis Drug Operation May 04, … Coraopolis Police Department and the DEA that resulted in over 20 arrest warrants for the sale, distribution and …
May 04, 2016
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CVS Pharmacy pays one million penalty in settlement with DOJ for violations of the Controlled Substances Act

August 22, 2018
… CVS Pharmacy pays one million penalty in settlement with DOJ for violations of the … the terms of the agreement, CVS paid a civil penalty of one million to the United States. It is the largest civil fine …
August 22, 2018
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Seventeen Defendants Facing Federal Narcotics Or Firearms Charges Alleging Nexus Of Guns And Drugs In Chicago

March 01, 2013
… an automobile. Other indictments seek forfeiture of smaller amounts of cash, as well as another vehicle and multiple firearms. “Anyone who has paid attention over the last 25 years knows that these charges are just the … of 10 years and a maximum of life in prison and a $10 million fine on the narcotics charges. Madison, Jenkins, …
March 01, 2013
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Fentanyl distributor who used the dark web and crypto currency sentenced to 30 years in federal prison

October 03, 2019
… Fentanyl distribution resulted in the overdose of a U.S. Marine HOUSTON -- In what is believed to … Senior U.S. District Judge David A. Ezra entered a $14.32 million money judgment against Allawi based on his online dark net sales profit. Judge Ezra also ordered that …
October 03, 2019
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Ft. Worth Doctors Leave Patients Wasted and Dazed in a Pill Mill Operation; 49 Arrested

September 24, 2020
… pharmacists, have been charged with participating in an $18 million pill mill scheme, announced by the DEA Dallas Field … The recruiters – who paid the clinic based in part on the amount of drugs prescribed – then filled the prescriptions … substances, such as antibiotics and mineral ice. Over a nine-year span, Dr. Capistrano issued prescriptions …
September 24, 2020
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Operation Reload: Jury Convicts Kingpin And Members Of His Family Of Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

July 22, 2011
… United States District Judge Micaela Alavarez, who presided over the more than weeklong trial, has scheduled sentencing … Between 2004 through 2009, evidence showed that almost $2 million in cash drug proceeds were deposited into those … conversations, he is heard discussing having shipped millions of dollars in drug proceeds back to Mexico and the …
July 22, 2011
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Federal Investigation Takes Down New Breed Of Pill Mills In Florida

June 27, 2012
… (oxycodone hydrochloride) by a practitioner-trafficking amount; workers compensation fraud; and money laundering. … 59 bank accounts were seized totaling approximately $1.1 million, and 13 search warrants have been executed in nine … trafficking organization is responsible for diversion of millions of narcotic medications, including Oxycodone, …
June 27, 2012
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Law Enforcement Disrupts Active Heroin Packaging Operation

June 01, 2017
… & Red Ribbon: Ciara A. Gregovich 720-431-8836 Up to $2 Million in Narcotics Seized nyc060117_fig1.jpg … packaged bags for retail sales.  In addition to seizing millions of dollars-worth of heroin last night, we seized …
June 01, 2017
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges In Manhattan Federal Court Against Former Physician’s Assistant For Minor League Hockey Team And Former Player For Team Relating To The Distribution Of Oxycodone

September 09, 2014
… Boogaard, who died in May 2011 of oxycodone and alcohol overdose MANHATTAN, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Acting Special … prescription medications, is abused by almost seven million Americans, resulting in more deaths from … 29, 2011, he met with Hart and wrote Hart a $4,000 check to buy prescription drugs.  Boogaard then traveled to …
September 09, 2014
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Poplar Bluff Man Sentenced for Carrying More Than a Kilo of Fentanyl Aboard Train

October 01, 2021
… he didn’t understand why he was going to jail for a small amount of marijuana. The detective informed him that the … charged marijuana possession cases involving personal-use amounts of marijuana; if all he had in his suitcase was …
October 01, 2021
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Carlsbad Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

May 24, 2022
… grams of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of heroin and one count of possession with intent to … and more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. Alvarez pleaded guilty on June …
May 24, 2022
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Alleged Mexican drug dealer extradited to Southern District of Illinois

November 19, 2018
… or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine and five kilograms or more of a mixture or substances containing a detectable amount of cocaine to the Southern District of Illinois and …
November 19, 2018
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California Men Sentenced For Meth Conspiracy

October 01, 2015
… court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine in southwest Missouri. Jaime … notebook which contained names, numbers, and currency amounts. Mendoza and co-defendants Ernie Soto, 22, and …
October 01, 2015