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Joint Federal/State/Local Narcotics Investigation Results In Two Defendants Arrested, Substantial Amounts Of Cocaine, Marijuana And Currency Seized

November 18, 2011
… Results In Two Defendants Arrested, Substantial Amounts Of Cocaine, Marijuana And Currency Seized November … of ten years, a maximum sentence of life, and a $10 million fine. According to Assistant United States Attorney …
November 18, 2011
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One Pill Can Kill

November 25, 2025
… Fentanyl Seizures in 2025 In 2024, DEA seized more than 60 million fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills and nearly 8,000 … doses of fentanyl. The 2025 fentanyl seizures represent over 347 million deadly doses. * updated: December 1, 2025 Millions of Fentanyl Pills Seized + 45200000 Pounds of …
November 25, 2025
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Man Charged Following Seizure of Over One Million Suspected Fentanyl Pills

March 22, 2023
… Man Charged Following Seizure of Over One Million Suspected Fentanyl Pills March 22, 2023 Phoenix …
March 22, 2023
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$2.1 Million in Meth Proceeds Results in Guilty Verdicts

November 10, 2021
… $2.1 Million in Meth Proceeds Results in Guilty Verdicts November … convicted by a federal trial jury for their roles in a $2.1 million conspiracy to distribute over 100 kilograms of methamphetamine in the Kansas City …
November 10, 2021
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Leader Of A Baltimore Drug Organization Sentenced To Over 15 Years In Prison For Conspiring To Distribute Over 1,000 Kilograms Of Marijuana And To Launder Drug Proceeds

May 09, 2016
… Leader Of A Baltimore Drug Organization Sentenced To Over 15 Years In Prison For Conspiring To Distribute Over … Tally sheets showed sales of $14.5 million of marijuana and purchase of a plane for $450,000 …
May 09, 2016
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Canadian National Sentenced to over 11 years in Prison for Facilitating Cocaine Shipments from South America to Canada

September 08, 2025
… Canadian National Sentenced to over 11 years in Prison for Facilitating Cocaine Shipments …
September 08, 2025
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Grand Jury Indicts New Defendants And Brings Additional Charges Against L.A.-Based OxyContin Ring That Allegedly Bilked Medicare

October 16, 2012
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … and Medi-Cal were fraudulently billed for more than $8.9 million for the addictive painkiller and unneeded medical … allegedly resold the OxyContin on the street and reaped millions of dollars in profits. The indictment alleges that …
October 16, 2012
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Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 95 Months for Conspiring to Distribute Crack Cocaine and Fentanyl

September 04, 2025
… and October 2023, law enforcement conducted controlled buys of fentanyl from Hill and others working with Hill in …
September 04, 2025
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Cocaine Dealer In St. Mary’s County Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison

July 15, 2014
… Chasanow also entered an order requiring Holt to forfeit $1 million, two vehicles, three properties located in … Holt gave his girlfriend around $20,000, more or less, to buy a 2012 Jeep. In December 2012, Holt also delivered … 2013 in a superseding indictment, he was notified that the government would seek forfeiture of any property obtained as …
July 15, 2014
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New York Man Sentenced to 54 Months in Prison for Selling Counterfeit Xanax on Dark Web

November 18, 2025
… of counterfeit/misbranded pills.  “Any medication purchased online should be considered suspicious,” DEA St. Louis … should only be filled by a licensed pharmacist, not bought online from unknown and unreliable sources.” Assistant U.S. …
November 18, 2025
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Three Fentanyl Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison

January 09, 2023
… Rosa Cotto Pleaded guilty on July 12, 2022. Responsible for over 1.5 kilograms of fentanyl Sentenced on November 7, … fentanyl and a controlled purchase was set up by the DEA to buy an additional half kilogram of fentanyl. Rosa Cotto … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
January 09, 2023
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International Scheme To Extort Americans By Impersonating DEA Special Agents Foiled Seventeen Arrests In Dominican Republic Target Those Calling Innocent Citizens Demanding Payment In Exchange For Dropped Bogus Charges

May 29, 2014
… DEA agents or other representatives of the United States Government.  The defendants targeted individuals who they … in this scheme and copy-cat schemes demanded at least $3.5 million, and received at least $880,000, in extortionate … Attorney Bharara said: “These defendants generated untold millions of dollars in illicit profits by posing as DEA …
May 29, 2014
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International Scheme To Extort Americans By Impersonating DEA Special Agents Foiled Seventeen Arrests In Dominican Republic Target Those Calling Innocent Citizens Demanding Payment In Exchange For Dropped Bogus Charges

May 29, 2014
… DEA agents or other representatives of the United States Government.  The defendants targeted individuals who they … in this scheme and copy-cat schemes demanded at least $3.5 million, and received at least $880,000, in extortionate … Attorney Bharara said: “These defendants generated untold millions of dollars in illicit profits by posing as DEA …
May 29, 2014
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International Scheme To Extort Americans By Impersonating DEA Special Agents Foiled Seventeen Arrests In Dominican Republic Target Those Calling Innocent Citizens Demanding Payment In Exchange For Dropped Bogus Charges

May 28, 2014
… DEA agents or other representatives of the United States Government.  The defendants targeted individuals who they … in this scheme and copy-cat schemes demanded at least $3.5 million, and received at least $880,000, in extortionate … Attorney Bharara said: “These defendants generated untold millions of dollars in illicit profits by posing as DEA …
May 28, 2014
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15 Alleged Members of Drug Trafficking Organization Indicted

December 05, 2025
… or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of marijuana.  Additionally, Myron Armstrong, Chad … lab in Memphis, and jewelry and luxury vehicles valued at over one million dollars. Additional federal charges related to these …
December 05, 2025
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DEA issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico

November 04, 2019
… DEA issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico November 04, … involved in more deaths than any other illicit drug.  “Buying drugs from street dealers is deadly especially when … but can vary based on an individual’s body size, tolerance, amount of previous usage and other factors. The full …
November 04, 2019
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Online drug dealer pleads guilty in fentanyl overdose death

April 24, 2019
… Online drug dealer pleads guilty in fentanyl overdose death … California, admitted in his plea agreement that he posted online advertisements for the illegal sale of prescription …
April 24, 2019
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Father and Son Admit Trafficking Cocaine to St. Louis

January 09, 2024
… to St. Louis. Dixson Jr. acknowledged in his plea that the amount of cocaine attributable to him based upon his conduct … Jr. and/or Dixson III would send couriers to Texas to buy kilograms of cocaine from Miguel Angel Gonzalez, who … of 10 years, as well as the possibility of a fine up to $10 million. Dixson Jr.’s cocaine conspiracy charge carries a …
January 09, 2024
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Mexican National pleads guilty to $10 million marijuana grow operation in Missouri

May 26, 2020
… Mexican National pleads guilty to $10 million marijuana grow operation in Missouri May 26, 2020 … operation where law enforcement officers seized nearly $10 million worth of plants. Miguel Pulido-Maldonado, also known … today’s plea agreement, Pulido-Maldonado must forfeit that amount to the government as illegal drug-trafficking …
May 26, 2020
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Houston Residents Sentenced To Prison For Their Roles In A $1.2 Million Dollar Cocaine Conspiracy

August 17, 2017
… Residents Sentenced To Prison For Their Roles In A $1.2 Million Dollar Cocaine Conspiracy August 17, 2017 St. Louis … for participating in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of cocaine into the Southern District of Illinois …
August 17, 2017
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Members Of Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced To Over 46 Years Combined In Federal Prison

June 19, 2015
… Members Of Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced To Over 46 Years Combined In Federal Prison June 19, 2015 New … Eldridge commented, “These defendants brought a significant amount of methamphetamine into the Western District of … of the investigation agents made more than ten controlled buys and executed at least five search warrants, which …
June 19, 2015
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 04, 2025
… 2020.   As of December 1, 2025, DEA has seized more than 45 million fentanyl pills, and more than 9,320 pounds of fentanyl powder, removing an estimated 347 million potentially deadly doses of fentanyl from our …
December 04, 2025
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DEA New Orleans Division Delivers Major Blow to Sinaloa Cartel, Securing Dozens of Arrests and Seizures

September 02, 2025
… of fentanyl, 19 firearms, and more than a quarter of a million dollars in cash and assets ($265,000+). The DEA’s … The public is encouraged to submit tips to the DEA online at dea.gov/submit-tip   or by calling 1-877-792-2873. …
September 02, 2025
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Three More Synthetic Drugs Become Illegal For At Least Two Years

November 15, 2013
… (CSA) for the next two years.  These drugs are marketed online and through illicit channels as illicit hallucinogens … compounds, and the data suggest that extremely small amounts of these drugs can cause seizures, cardiac and … themselves of their current stocks and to cease making or buying more.  During the next two years, DEA will work with …
November 15, 2013
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St. Joseph man sentenced to 15 years for leading $2.1 million meth conspiracy

February 25, 2020
… St. Joseph man sentenced to 15 years for leading $2.1 million meth conspiracy February 25, 2020 St. Louis Contact … man was sentenced in federal court today for leading a $2.1 million conspiracy that distributed more than 100 kilograms … a money judgment of $2.1 million, which represents the amount of money received in exchange for the unlawful …
February 25, 2020
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National Health Care Fraud Takedown: Charges Against Over 412 Individuals Responsible For $1.3 Billion In Fraud

July 13, 2017
… National Health Care Fraud Takedown: Charges Against Over 412 Individuals Responsible For $1.3 Billion In Fraud … “Amazingly, some have made their practices into multimillion dollar criminal enterprises. They seem oblivious to …
July 13, 2017
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Leader Of International Money Laundering Organization Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Nine Years In Prison

July 11, 2011
… in prison for his participation in a scheme to launder millions of dollars' worth of illicit funds, including … multi-level marketing scheme, through which customers could buy pre-paid debit cards. DMG sold these pre-paid debit …
July 11, 2011
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Pensacola Women Plead Guilty to Illegal Drug Diversion

November 17, 2025
… others caused to be unlawfully distributed and dispensed over 300,000 hydrocodone pills and over 30,000 oxycodone pills. McCray further coordinated with … of over $14.6 billion in intended loss and over 15 million pills of illegally diverted controlled substances. …
November 17, 2025
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Federal Jury Finds Venezuelan National Guilty of Trafficking $21 Million Of Cocaine on the High Seas

May 22, 2023
… Jury Finds Venezuelan National Guilty of Trafficking $21 Million Of Cocaine on the High Seas May 22, 2023 Miami … smuggling because it had several fuel barrels and a tarp covering the deck, had no registration numbers on the hull …
May 22, 2023
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White Plains Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Traffic PCP

August 19, 2025
… or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of PCP, possession with intent to distribute PCP and … or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of PCP, and possession with intent to distribute PCP …
August 19, 2025