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PRESS RELEASE

Deli employee arrested for selling controlled substances near two Hamburg schools

January 09, 2020
… the defendant after he was identified as selling hydrocodone, a Schedule II Controlled Substance, from inside … Nov. 6, 2019, the DEA conducted two controlled purchases of hydrocodone from Alawi. According to the New York State … has filled several prescriptions issued by his doctor for hydrocodone.  Alawi has a previous federal felony …
January 09, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Retired nurse sentenced to five years in prison for drug trafficking and money laundering

October 01, 2018
… conspired to possess and distribute heroin, oxymorphone, hydrocodone and alprazolam.  Miles is a retired nurse. On … to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, oxymorphone, hydrocodone and alprazolam, and one count of engaging and … to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, oxymorphone, hydrocodone and alprazolam.  She awaits sentencing. This …
October 01, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Houston physician and pain management clinic owner sentenced to 35 years each for running pill mill

September 20, 2018
… to illegally distribute over two million dosage units of hydrocodone into local communities across Houston,” said DEA … 18,252 prescriptions for over 2.1 million dosage units of hydrocodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, and … a Schedule IV controlled substance. The combination of hydrocodone and carisoprodol is a dangerous drug cocktail …
September 20, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Glendale Doctor Agrees To Plead Guilty To Distributing Addictive Painkiller

May 11, 2016
… federal drug trafficking charge for illegally distributing hydrocodone, a powerful painkiller best known by the brand … to plead guilty to one count of illegal distribution of hydrocodone. As part of the agreement with the government, … officers in exchange for cash. Nwaigwe prescribed the drugs hydrocodone, (commonly known by the brand name Klonopin), …
May 11, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Encourages Routine Conversations on Dangers of Drug Use and Social Media

September 04, 2025
… are encouraged to emphasize the dangers associated with buying pills online. Nationwide, DEA has seized fentanyl … prescription medications such as Xanax ®, Adderall ® and Oxycodone ®. Never trust your eyes to determine if a pill is …
September 04, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Encourages Conversations on Dangers of Drugs and Social Media as Students Return to School

August 19, 2025
… are encouraged to emphasize the dangers associated with buying pills online. Nationwide, DEA has seized fentanyl … prescription medications such as Xanax ®, Adderall ® and Oxycodone ®. Never trust your eyes to determine if a pill is …
August 19, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Massive Fentanyl Seizure In Bronx

August 01, 2017
… cocaine or pressed into counterfeit pills and marketed as oxycodone or Xanax. Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. … putting their lives in drug dealers’ hands every time they buy a bag. A fatal dose of fentanyl is only two to three …
August 01, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Two Men Detained In Federal Custody In Record Seizure Of Crystal Methamphetamine

December 14, 2012
… (617) 557-2100 Diversion/Medical Practitioner 571-362-9171 Delivery of nearly 14 kilos of crystal meth allegedly … Sanchez, a Mexican national, allegedly orchestrated the delivery of the drugs and payment for the drugs while …
December 14, 2012
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Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon, Museum of Natural History and Science

February 21, 2019
Speech
… 02-21-19 Target America Press Conference As Prepared for Delivery [in Spanish].pdf Methamphetamine Narcotics …
February 21, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Laredo Man Sentenced For Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine

March 22, 2018
… undercover agents. On Dec. 21, 2015, in anticipation of a delivery of several kilograms of cocaine, law enforcement … later admitted his involvement with coordinating this delivery of narcotics. Garcia also admitted he was tasked with overseeing the delivery of multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine to Dallas, …
March 22, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day on April 29

April 28, 2025
… pills made to look like prescription medications including oxycodone (Percocet®), alprazolam (Xanax®) and hydrocodone (Vicodin ®). The only safe medications are ones …
April 28, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

September 27, 2021
… to look like real prescription opioid medications such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); or …
September 27, 2021
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GUARDS

December 30, 2024
… 5.958 Ketamine 6.176 Cocaine 7.971 Δ9 THC 9.036 Hydrocodone 9.772 Oxycodone 10.379 para-Fluorofentanyl 10.743 Heroin 10.993 …
December 30, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

September 27, 2021
… to look like real prescription opioid medications such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); or …
September 27, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Medical Doctor Surrenders License As DEA Executes Search And Seizure Warrants On Pain Clinic

February 23, 2018
… into IPMC. Additionally, TDS agents initiated undercover buys from patients of IPMC. The organization continues to be … of IPMC. TDS agents conducted several confidential (CS) buys from IPMC during the period of December 2013 through August 2016. During the CS buys, the CSs were prescribed controlled substances by Dr. …
February 23, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

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

September 05, 2014
… a black-market website designed to enable its users to buy and sell illegal drugs anonymously and beyond the reach … form of payment accepted on Silk Road - to users seeking to buy illegal drugs on the site. Faiella never registered his … knowingly allowed Faiella to use the Company’s services to buy Bitcoins for his Silk Road customers; personally …
September 05, 2014
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With You STL

January 22, 2025
… prescription drug abuse, medication disposal, and safely buying medications on the Internet.  The National … single dose of naloxone into the muscle or under the skin, buying time until medical assistance can arrive. 3 Narcan ® …
January 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

New Castle, Virginia Pharmacist Indicted

February 16, 2005
… substituting acetaminophen for Norvasc and Tylenol for Hydrocodone. Lineberry has been on active probation with the … provider to do. These refills included a large number of hydrocodone prescriptions. Hydrocodone is a painkiller and a …
February 16, 2005
PRESS RELEASE

Cocaine trafficker sentenced in Western District of New York

February 13, 2020
… areas.  Sometime in December 2016, Hoover agreed to receive delivery of a U.S. Postal Service parcel, which contained a … a monetary payment in exchange for her role in taking the delivery and safeguarding the parcel. Prior to delivery, the parcel was intercepted by the U.S. Postal …
February 13, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Dozens Of Alleged Members Of Sinaloa Cartel Charged; List Includes Kingpin “El Mayo,” His Sons And Other Top Leaders

January 16, 2015
… citizen born in San Diego, pleaded guilty to conspiring to buy more than 100 kilograms of cocaine and more than 1,000 … 12.2 tons of marijuana, 53 kilograms of heroin, 5,500 Oxycodone pills and $14.1 million in narcotics proceeds. …
January 16, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Four South Arkansas Men Sentenced To A Total Of Over 31 Years For Unrelated Drug Trafficking Offenses

November 21, 2014
… Street Crimes Unit arranged for multiple controlled buys of suspected crack cocaine in October, 2013 from the … of methamphetamine for $12,500 or $13,000 for the CI to buy. Bennett then instructed the CI to come to his residence …
November 21, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Brothers Receive Significant Sentences for Manufacturing Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Pills Disguised as Pain Meds

February 07, 2024
… pills disguised as legitimate medications such as hydrocodone. The equipment included two industrial pill … capable of producing 9,000 pills per hour. The fraudulent hydrocodone was distributed through a network of trusted … authorities seized tens of thousands of  counterfeit hydrocodone pills containing over 1,500 grams of fentanyl as …
February 07, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

33 Indicted In Mid-State Drug Conspiracy Involving Oxycodone And Other Pharmaceuticals Upper Cumberland Region Was Target Of Investigation

April 18, 2011
… 33 Indicted In Mid-State Drug Conspiracy Involving Oxycodone And Other Pharmaceuticals Upper Cumberland Region …
April 18, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Multi-Kilogram Cocaine Distributor Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison

June 21, 2022
… of cocaine, valued at an estimated $570,000, through a delivery service from an address in Puerto Rico to an … Orlando. On January 19, 2022, security specialists at the delivery service company detected the cocaine shipment and … On January 21, 2022, an undercover officer posed as a delivery driver and delivered a fake package to the address …
June 21, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Two Sentenced To 6 Years In Federal Prison For Conspiring To Traffic Crystal Methamphetamine

July 24, 2014
… 557-2100 Diversion/Medical Practitioner 571-362-9171 The delivery of 9 kilos of crystal meth was orchestrated from … in this matter who orchestrated the shipment and delivery of crystal meth to Massachusetts from California … deliver the vehicle to a residence in Randolph, Mass. Upon delivery of the vehicle, agents observed a vehicle owned by …
July 24, 2014
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Detroit News 2008

July 15, 2021
… Man Sentenced to 16+ Years for Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone in Kentucky October 6, 2008 Illegal Alien … Charges August 1, 2008 DEA Catches Drug Thug Trying to Buy Two Kilograms of Cocaine August 1, 2008 Mexican Illegal … July 22, 2008 Louisville Drug Dealer Admits Attempting to Buy Two Kilograms of Cocaine and Assaulting a Federal …
July 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

District Attorney Vance And White House Drug Policy Director Kerlikowske Host Panel Discussion In Washington Heights On Drug Abuse Prevention Rates Of Death Declining In NYC In All Major Drug Categories Except Prescription Drugs DA’s Office To Partner

September 22, 2011
… Hygiene • Overall abuse of prescription (which includes oxycodone and hydrocodone) in NYC has steadily increased between 2004 and …
September 22, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Judge sentences Wentzville man to 10 years in fentanyl case

September 10, 2020
… was addressed. On July 12, 2019, a UPS employee attempted delivery of the decoy package. A person within the residence … McRoberts inside the residence during the decoy package delivery and watched him leave. McRoberts returned later to …
September 10, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Methamphetamine trafficker receives 10 years in federal prison

October 13, 2020
… Hanover County Narcotics Detectives arranged a controlled delivery of 12 ounces of methamphetamine from a source in … it was discovered that Newland had made two prior deliveries of methamphetamine to New Hanover County during …
October 13, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Money laundering charges added in international marijuana conspiracy to grow marijuana in Sacramento and Placer Counties houses

June 21, 2019
… charged in 2017 in a scheme to use money from China to buy houses to grow marijuana, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. … to wire transfer approximately $870,000 from China to buy six houses for growing marijuana or to pay off the …
June 21, 2019

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