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Thirty-Three Individuals Arrested On Prescription Fraud Charges

… Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … X Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: …
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Twenty-Three Individuals Arrested On Prescription Fraud Charges

… Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … X Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: …
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Los Angeles Man Arrested On Federal Charges Of Attempting To Smuggle Heroin Wrapped In Christmas Paper Through LAX

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … paper.  TSA officials also noted a “vinegar odor” emanating from one of the packages, which prompted Los Angeles World (LAWA) police officers to seek assistance from a Hazardous Materials Unit. A portion of Terminal 3 was …
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Claremont Woman And Son Among Four Charged In Conspiracy Related To ‘Purple Drank’ Distribution

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … ring that sent a powerful and often-abused cough syrup from Southern California to Texas, where it was distributed …
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Area Residents Turn In Tons Of Unused Medication During DEA’s Seventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

… Engage Orange County 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 … In the Los Angeles area, local law enforcement agencies from Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, …
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Five Defendants Alleged To Have Impersonated FDA Agents Indicted For Conspiring To Extort Pharmaceutical Drug BuyersDominican Extortion Conspiracy Targets U.S. Purchasers Of Offshore Pharmaceuticals

… “The principle of justice and fairness the public expects from law enforcement is shattered, when those who would prey … distributors located in the Dominican Republic called and emailed persons in the United States, including persons in … drugs. Persons who wanted to purchase pharmaceutical drugs from the Dominican Republic distributors were then …
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Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison for Drug Distribution Resulting in Death of a Minor and the Sale of Drugs and Machineguns on Telegram App

… drug distribution resulting in the death of a minor.  From at least 2022 through 2024, Benjamin Hunt operated an … enforcement intercepted multiple packages being sent to or from Hunt, including one package sent by him that contained …
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Indictments, Convictions through Guilty Pleas, and Sentencings in Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) Prosecutions

… and intentionally imported into the United States, from Colombia and other places, five kilograms or more of … On May 10, Amaro-Rosario who had been previously removed from the United States, attempted to enter and was found in … to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. HSTF San Juan comprises agents and …
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High-Ranking Members of Sinaloa Cartel Charged with Material Support of a Foreign Terrorist Organization and Narcoterrorism

… dismantling its operations, and protecting our community from its narcoterrorism.” The indictment alleges that the … 80 kilograms of methamphetamine and 50 kilograms of cocaine from communities in and around Southern Illinois. President … criminal organizations, and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back …
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Sacramento Man Sentenced to over 4 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Pill Distribution

… by the Drug Enforcement Administration, with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations, the Federal Bureau of … 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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Former Connecticut Residents Charged with Operating Websites to Illegally Sell Misbranded and Unapproved Drugs

… Charged with Operating Websites to Illegally Sell Misbranded and Unapproved Drugs August 25, 2023 New England … Eastern District of Texas. As alleged in the indictment, from September 2021 to June 2023, Fields and Mahan operated … that the drugs they sold were for human use, and through emails and posts on the Pinned Aminos Facebook group, they …
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Reno Doctor Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Involuntary Manslaughter Of Patient And Unlawful Distribution Of Large Quantities Of Prescription Drugs

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … overdose and death in October 2015. Rand also admitted that from March 2011 to April 2016 he prescribed a total of … people in 2014, and over one-half of those deaths were from prescription opioids. In 2016, more than 64,000 …
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Meth traffickers shipped drugs to Hawaii disguised as Aztec objects

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … on July 17 of 11.7 kilograms of pure methamphetamine from a post office in Garden Grove. Those drugs were part of … of Garden Grove, who allegedly purchased methamphetamine from Pomele; James Arnold Borbon, also known as “Dino,” 58, …
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DEA’s National Take Back Day Set for April 24

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Saturday, April 24, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.  Iowa has 95 Take Back sites available … indicate that a majority of abused prescription drugs come from family and friends, sometimes taken from home medicine cabinets.  With that in mind, clearing …
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DEA’s National Take Back Day Set for April 24

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Saturday, April 24, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.  Minnesota has 79 Take Back sites … indicate that a majority of abused prescription drugs come from family and friends, sometimes taken from home medicine cabinets.  With that in mind, clearing …
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DEA’s National Take Back Day Set for April 24

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Saturday, April 24, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.  Nebraska has 29 Take Back sites … indicate that a majority of abused prescription drugs come from family and friends, sometimes taken from home medicine cabinets.  With that in mind, clearing …
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DEA’s National Take Back Day Set for April 24

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Saturday, April 24, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.  South Dakota has 26 Take Back sites … indicate that a majority of abused prescription drugs come from family and friends, sometimes taken from home medicine cabinets.  With that in mind, clearing …
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More Than Three Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl Seized in Minnesota Last Year

… Counterfeit pill seizures in Minnesota jumped 366 percent from 2018, when agents seized less than 1,500 counterfeit … fentanyl. Counterfeit pills can be difficult to distinguish from legitimate medications and are often marketed as M30s, …   prescribed by a licensed physician and coming directly from a pharmacy.” While fentanyl and counterfeit pills were …
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Wisconsin heroin distributor sentenced to federal prison

… was distributing was brought to the Fargo-Moorhead area from Milwaukee, Wis.  Harris was convicted by a Fargo jury … to aggressively pursue those individuals who seek to profit from the death and destruction of drug trafficking.  The … Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation, with assistance from Cass County State’s Attorney, North Dakota Crime Lab, …
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Jury Finds Hartford Man Guilty Of Murder

… plagues our most vulnerable citizens.” This matter stems from a long-term investigation being conducted by the FBI’s … 15 Thomaston Street.  Parker was unconscious and suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.  Parker was transported by … or missing person case and lists telephone, mail and e-mail contacts that inmates can use to supply information. …
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Career Trafficker Tied To 170 Pounds Of Cocaine And $1.5 Million In Illicit Proceeds Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … for his role in acquiring more than 170 pounds of cocaine from Los Angeles-area traffickers with the intent to … authorities in Arizona seized nearly 70 pounds of cocaine from Wakil during two traffic stops.  Additionally, …
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Two Colombian Nationals Extradited To Los Angeles On Charges Of Leading Multi-Ton Cocaine Conspiracy Via Clandestine Air Shipments

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … of overseeing shipments of thousands of pounds of cocaine from Colombian laboratories to Central American distribution … and Rios would “transport the cocaine via overland routes from production laboratories outside Meta, Colombia, to …
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Rancho Cucamonga Man Convicted For Operating Large-Scale Marijuana Grow Operation

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … came after he had received written warnings in October 2011 from the U.S. Attorney’s Office that G3’s marijuana stores … investigation of this case was conducted by special agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration with assistance …
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DEA Arrests El Monte Flores And Mexican Mafia Gang Members Charged In Federal Racketeering Indictment

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … El Monte Flores gang, an organization that takes direction from the Mexican Mafia prison gang and controls criminal … by members of El Monte Flores, including acts of (ranging from battery to murder), drug trafficking offenses, robbery, …
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Large Scale “Dark Net” Heroin, Cocaine Traffickers Sentenced

… and cocaine on AlphaBay, and then mailed the narcotics from post offices in New York to customers throughout the … officers made two undercover purchases of heroin from “Area51,” which were delivered to a post office box in … agents were also able to determine that the encrypted email address used by “Area51” and “DarkApollo” was …
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Homeland Security Task Force Arrests 2 and Seizes Over 550 Kilos of Meth in San Antonio

… that was concealed in the produce shipments. From there, the drugs were prepared for distribution. On Feb. 3, federal agents from the DEA and FBI, along with the officers from San …
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Rolling Hills Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl-Laced Pills that Caused High School Freshman’s Death

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … Judge Aenlle-Rocha also ordered Wilson, upon his release from prison, to be placed on supervised release for 12 …
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Israeli Organized Crime Figure Sentenced To 32 Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering And Extortion

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … [Paniry] was middle management, taking orders directly from Matsri and making sure the dirty work was done, whether … using ‘hawala’ transactions to move cash instantaneously from New York to Los Angeles, and from Vancouver to Los …
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2 Named In Major Los Angeles-Detroit Heroin, Cocaine Trafficking Operation

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … LOS ANGELES - As part of a DEA investigation stemming from a multi-kilogram narcotics seizure at Los Angeles … trafficking organization that shipped cocaine and heroin from Los Angeles to Detroit. A Pasadena resident - Kevin …
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‘Avengers’ actor Jeremy Renner joins forces with 750 students for purposeful Northern Nevada Opioid Youth Summit

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … stands with DEA Los Angeles Field Division leadership. From Left to Right: Deputy Special Agent in Charge Anthony …