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Leader Of North Shore Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Nineteen Years in Prison

… addition, two Glock firearms and ammunition were recovered from Nagle, Jr.’s house in close proximity to oxycodone … At the time, Nagle, Jr. was a felon who was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition. In August 2024 , … to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. HSTF Boston is comprised of agents …
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Previously Deported Dominican Man Pleads Guilty to Illegally Reentering the United States and Distributing Meth

… the identity of Jose Antonio Santiago, an American citizen from Puerto Rico. Between October 21, 2024 and January 10, … sales totaling more than five pounds of methamphetamine from Castillo-Solano. Between January 10, 2025 and January … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back …
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Dominican National Sentenced to More Than Ten Years for Unlawful Reentry into the US and for Trafficking Fentanyl and Meth

… This sentence ensures that a repeat offender is removed from our streets and held accountable for the harm he sought … source negotiated the sale of fentanyl and methamphetamine from De Jesus Guerrero. Through two sales in August, De … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back …
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Multi-agency Investigation Dismantles Las Cruces-based Drug Trafficking Organizations

… enforcement partners to protect the residents of New Mexico from drug trafficking organizations,” stated Special Agent … Department is honored to work alongside our counterparts, from local and federal agencies, to help eradicate harmful … allegedly imported cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine from Mexico, and distributed the drugs in the Las Cruces, …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day

… Day on Wednesday, August 21 with extended DEA Museum hours from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.  The Faces of Fentanyl  exhibit is one … (CDC)  predicts more than 107,543 people died last year from a drug poisoning or overdose, and according to a … a photograph of a loved one lost to fentanyl, please email their name, age, and photo to  …
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Heroin dealer who caused overdoses gets over 27 years in prison

… activities that encompassed the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, area from at least 2015 until his arrest. Johnson would purchase gram quantities of deadly heroin from his suppliers, and then market smaller amounts of this … adding three years of supervised release upon his release from custody. This case was investigated by the DEA’s Task …
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DEA Seizes Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

… Just Think Twice Domestic DEA seizes 1.8 million fake pills and arrests 810 nationwide in two-month effort to dismantle … law enforcement surge to protect American communities from the flood of fentanyl and fentanyl-laced pills across … too often result, is a problem that cuts across America from small towns to big cities and everything in between. …
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DEA Announces 20th Take Back Day

… tons of prescription drugs, including more than 249 tons from the five state Omaha Division. According to the Centers … indicate that a majority of abused prescription drugs come from family and friends, including from home medicine cabinets.  With that in mind, clearing …
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DEA Seizures of Heroin and Fentanyl Increase Across North Dakota in 2020

… in 2020 with investigators seeing a 223 percent increase from 2019 in the two drugs combined. Fentanyl, estimated at … Agent in Charge Justin C. King said. “While one pill from a single batch may contain 1 milligram of fentanyl, … fentanyl. Counterfeit pills can be difficult to distinguish from legitimate medications and are often marketed as M30s, …
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Three-day span in December nets 240 pounds of methamphetamine and more than $289,000 for DEA Omaha Division agents

… the five arrests and 225 pounds of the methamphetamine came from Minnesota, while agents in Omaha seized $134,269 in a … seizures along the Southwest Border increased 255 percent from 2012 to 2017 with the majority, 54 percent, seized … incredibly dangerous drug out of our communities and away from our children.” The DEA Omaha Division covers a five …
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DEA Omaha Division feels effects of Sinaloa Cartel

… in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota from routes that begin in Mexico. “We’ve been able to trace … with the capture of El Chapo and yesterday’s verdict from his 12 week trial, we recognize that there is still a lot of work that needs to be done to curb the drug flow from Mexico into the United States,” Thimmesch said.  “The …
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DEA And Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back This Saturday

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms.  The majority of … drug abusers report that they obtain their drugs from friends and family, including from the home medicine …
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Los Angeles Man Found Guilty Of Federal Narcotics Conspiracy Involving The Opioid Acetyl Fentanyl

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … members of the drug organization imported acetyl fentanyl from China, which they then used to produce homemade pills … nation. The drug organization also obtained pill presses from China that were used illegally to make tablets in labs …
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DEA Holding Second Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In April

… Southern California Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … dangerous prescription drugs. On Saturday, April 30th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, DEA and its partners will …
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DEA Holding Second Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In April

… Southern California Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … dangerous prescription drugs. On Saturday, April 30th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, DEA and its partners will …
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Two Charged In 154 Pound Cocaine Seizure Destined For East Coast

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … men were charged today in a federal narcotics case stemming from their involvement in a conspiracy to transport 70 kilograms of cocaine from California to North Carolina. Bobby Ray Palacios, 40, …
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Simi Valley Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Narcotics Charge

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … A. Howard Matz, Tejera pleaded guilty to a charge stemming from a May 2010 incident in which he provided heroin and cocaine to a Simi Valley man who died from an overdose after Tejera injected him three times - …
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DEA To Hold Drug Take-Back Event At Locations Throughout Los Angeles Saturday, October 29th

… Southern California Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … dangerous prescription drugs. On Saturday, October 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the public will be able to drop off …
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Two Hartford Men Charged With Murder

… murder of Anthony Parker of Hartford. This matter stems from a long-term investigation being conducted by the FBI’s … and gang-related violent activity.  Officers and inspectors from the Cold Case Unit of the Office of the Chief State’s … or missing person case and lists telephone, mail and e-mail contacts that inmates can use to supply information. …
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Three Arrested In Connection With Pharmacy Forgery Ring

… online tools to make it appear that the prescriptions were from legitimate providers.  A criminal complaint filed in … profiles they had made it appear the prescriptions had come from those doctors.  If a pharmacy questioned the prescription, they would call or email the contact information on the prescription or the …
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Guilty Plea To A Conspiracy To Bribe A U.S. Air Force Contract Administrator

… 80 and two of the counts are for using Internet-based email to communicate with officials at Travis Air Force Base. According to the plea agreement, from 2007 to 2010, Lida Amin engaged in a related scheme for … pay him an extra $12,000 to cover the debt that he was owed from 2008. Lida Amin and the contract administrator arranged …
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day scheduled for October 26

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Saturday, October 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at more than 6,036 sites nationwide … pain relievers said they were given, bought or taken from a friend or relative. Of these misusers, 40 percent got their most recently used prescription pain relievers from a friend or relative for free, while the remainder …
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Former LAPD officer sentenced to 60 months in federal prison after illegal drug lab exploded in his garage

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … extract hash oil containing tetrahydrocannabinol, or “THC,” from marijuana plants, was sentenced to five years in … of maintaining drug involved premises. The sentence stems from an investigation conducted by the Drug Enforcement …
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Tri-City Metro Drug Task Force receives over $132,800 forfeiture award from U.S. Department of Justice as a result of dismantling fentanyl-laced pill drug trafficking ring in the Tri-City area

… Drug Task Force receives over $132,800 forfeiture award from U.S. Department of Justice as a result of dismantling … efforts. The Metro Drug Task Force is comprised of officers from the Kennewick Police Department, Richland Police … with Metro Drug Task Force today were seized and forfeited from two defendants who have been previously sentenced and a …
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DEA-Led Investigation Of Mexican DTO Results In Charges Against 28

… 686-4085 Smuggled Large Quantities of Heroin, Meth, Cocaine from Mexico to US- Drugs: Also Firearms, Money Laundering … large quantities of heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine from Mexico and distributing the drugs in New Mexico, Texas, … law enforcement organizations we have removed criminals from our communities who have been involved in smuggling, …
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Motorcycle Gang Associate Sentenced To Over 12 Years In Prison For Role In Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring

… In Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring March 31, 2026 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … of methamphetamine we conducted with Adams, as well as from his co-conspirators James Snow of Tewksbury, Danielle … and four firearms were seized throughout the investigation from controlled purchases, motor vehicle stops and search …
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Massachusetts Men Indicted for Conspiring to Distribute Meth and Fentanyl in New Hampshire

… criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
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Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison

… car crashed a short time later and Purvis and others ran from the scene.  A search of the car revealed quantities of … Police Department.  The Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Hartford Resident Office, the Connecticut State …
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U.S. Attorney's Office, FBI, DEA, and EPA Announce Indictment in Massive Navajo Nation Marijuana Cultivation Scheme

… of marijuana and approximately 260,000 marijuana plants from the twenty-five marijuana farms allegedly operated and … of the ancestral lands and waters of our Tribal partners from those who would exploit them for profit,” said U.S. …
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Indictment Charges 15 With Conspiring In International Drug Ring That Used U.S. Mail To Ship Cocaine From California To New Jersey Jamaican Recording Artist Charged As Leader Of Drug Trafficking Network In "Operation Next Day Air"

… International Drug Ring That Used U.S. Mail To Ship Cocaine From California To New Jersey Jamaican Recording Artist … delivery servicesto ship multiple kilograms of cocaine from California into New Jersey. The alleged ringleader, …