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DEA Search Warrants in Tri-Cities Result in Largest Drug Seizure in Eastern District of Washington History

… Kennewick - (509) 374-3444 Yakima - (509) 454-4407 Over 164 Pounds of Fentanyl Powder and Over 200 Pounds of Methamphetamine TriCities2.jpg DEA Search … fentanyl, and cocaine. Cash seized, approximately 2 million dollars. Download Original Image Cash seized, …
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Members Of Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced To Over 46 Years Combined In Federal Prison

… 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 …
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Three More Synthetic Drugs Become Illegal For At Least Two Years

… (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 …
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Federal Jury Finds Venezuelan National Guilty of Trafficking $21 Million Of Cocaine on the High Seas

… 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 …
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Father and Son Admit Trafficking Cocaine to St. Louis

… 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 …
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Mexican National pleads guilty to $10 million marijuana grow operation in Missouri

… 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 …
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Houston Residents Sentenced To Prison For Their Roles In A $1.2 Million Dollar Cocaine Conspiracy

… 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 …
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Bitcoin Exchanges Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court In Connection With The Sale Of Approximately $1 Million In Bitcoins For Use On The Silk Road Website

… Court In Connection With The Sale Of Approximately $1 Million In Bitcoins For Use On The Silk Road Website … a black-market website designed to enable its users to buy and sell illegal drugs anonymously and beyond the reach …
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Repeat Offender Sentenced to Over 21 Years in Federal Prison for Meth Trafficking with a Firearm

… Repeat Offender Sentenced to Over 21 Years in Federal Prison for Meth Trafficking with a … search warrant on Menjares’s residence resulted in the discovery of four assault rifles, three additional 9mm handguns, …
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Large-scale Bessemer, AL Drug Trafficking Ring Indicted

… Corine Roberson, 33, of Brighton, Carveyon Tiean Jargee Glover, also known as “Black,” 27, of Bessemer, Sammy Anthony … DEA, along with local law enforcement agencies, have seized over 30 pounds of methamphetamine and fentanyl as part of … include special grand jury findings regarding the amount of methamphetamine and fentanyl attributable to …
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Eleven Sentenced To Over 97 Years Combined For Methamphetamine Drug Trafficking Offenses

… Eleven Sentenced To Over 97 Years Combined For Methamphetamine Drug Trafficking … Eldridge commented, “These defendants transported large amounts of methamphetamine from California to Arkansas where … methamphetamine in Northwest Arkansas.  Numerous controlled buys, surveillance, search warrants, and monitoring were …
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Man Indicted For Drug Trafficking After Over 800 Lbs. Of Marijuana Seized

… Man Indicted For Drug Trafficking After Over 800 Lbs. Of Marijuana Seized June 18, 2003 Washington, … charge is life imprisonment and a fine of up to $4 million. The maximum penalty for the possession charge is 40 …
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Operation Spiderweb Snags Cocaine, Meth, Weapons And Over $1 Million In Cash

… Operation Spiderweb Snags Cocaine, Meth, Weapons And Over $1 Million In Cash January 20, 2011 Atlanta Contact …
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St. Joseph man sentenced to 15 years for leading $2.1 million meth conspiracy

… 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 …
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Motorcycle Gang Associate Sentenced To Over 12 Years In Prison For Role In Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring

… Motorcycle Gang Associate Sentenced To Over 12 Years In Prison For Role In Methamphetamine … methamphetamine supplier in the Eastern Massachusetts area. Over the next several months, Adams was identified as a drug …
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DEA Issues Immediate Suspension Order to Kentucky Pharmaceutical Distributor Over Controlled Substances Act Violations

… Suspension Order to Kentucky Pharmaceutical Distributor Over Controlled Substances Act Violations February 10, 2026 …
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Dark web fentanyl trafficker sentenced to 13 years in federal prison

… on “Dream Market,” a dark web marketplace where users buy and sell illegal substances and services, and used that … States. According to court records, Scanlan and Arias made over $100,000 from their dark web drug trafficking and split … extent of the law.” “Illicit opioid distribution, whether online or through conventional drug distribution methods, …
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Houston Man Sentenced To 147 Months In Prison For His Role In $1.2 Million Dollar Cocaine Conspiracy

… Man Sentenced To 147 Months In Prison For His Role In $1.2 Million Dollar Cocaine Conspiracy June 20, 2017 St. Louis … replacement kilogram along with a number of hotel room key cards and rental car keys.  Agents traced the keys to a …
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$11 Million Dollar Heroin Shipment Seized En Route From New York City To New England

… $11 Million Dollar Heroin Shipment Seized En Route From New York … traffickers arrested during drug delivery in Connecticut: over 50 pounds of heroin, 20 pounds of cocaine and three … drug distribution network responsible for supplying massive amounts of heroin and other drugs throughout the Northeast. …
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Orange Park Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Possessing Over 5 Kilos of Cocaine With Intent to Distribute

… Orange Park Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Possessing Over 5 Kilos of Cocaine With Intent to Distribute March 29, … that on June 3, 2022, Fils-Aime would be transporting large amounts of cocaine in Jacksonville in the St. Johns Bluff …
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Fourteen people indicted, $1 million worth of drugs and 65 firearms seized in massive takedown

… Fourteen people indicted, $1 million worth of drugs and 65 firearms seized in massive … Portsmouth and Virginia Beach area NORFOLK, Va. – Over 100 law enforcement agents, officers and other …
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J-CODE announces 61 arrests in its second coordinated law enforcement operation targeting opioid trafficking on the Darknet

… 299.5 kilograms of drugs, 51 firearms, and more than $7 million ($4.5 million in cryptocurrency, $2.48 million in … J-CODE is the global tip of the spear in the fight against online opioid trafficking,” said FBI Director Christopher … safe.”   “The Darkweb is not as dark as you think. When you buy or sell illegal goods online, you are not hidden from …
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DEA Surge Targets Sinaloa Cartel Networks Worldwide

… resulted in 25 arrests and the seizure of 41 firearms, over $350,000 in money and assets, and 378 kilograms of … families and communities. As part of a larger whole-of-government approach to dismantling the Sinaloa Cartel and …
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Virginian Native Christopher C. Goumenis Named Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Washington Division

… Administration’s (DEA) Washington Division, which covers the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia … fight against drug trafficking and its associated threats. Over the past month, under Administrator Cole's leadership, …
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Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

… Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety … - (608) 210-4300 Milwaukee - (414) 336-7300 DEA seizes 1.8 million fake pills and arrests 810 nationwide in two-month … is the primary driver of the recent increase in U.S. overdose deaths. “Opioids were responsible for nearly three …
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Operation Four Horsemen Results In Millions Going Back To Law Enforcement Agencies

… Operation Four Horsemen Results In Millions Going Back To Law Enforcement Agencies February 03, …
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Alleged Sinaloa Cartel Member Extradited to the United States from Mexico for Funneling Massive Amounts of Marijuana and Cocaine into the United States

… to the United States from Mexico for Funneling Massive Amounts of Marijuana and Cocaine into the United States June … the United States. Law enforcement also took possession of millions of dollars in drug proceeds which were destined to …
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Essex County Man Admits Role in $23 Million Identity Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme

… Essex County Man Admits Role in $23 Million Identity Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme February … March 2018 through October 2019, Deleon-Batista laundered over $23 million in cash drug proceeds on behalf of a money …
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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

… 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 …
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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

… 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 …