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Grand jury indicts Kansas man who fled from troopers

… Grand jury indicts Kansas man who fled from troopers March 06, 2020 St. Louis Contact Info Contact … The DEA recovered more than seven pounds of methamphetamine from the car and a .380-caliber handgun. If convicted, he …
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DEA Rolls Out Operation Engage

… areas  - Identify evidence-informed strategies that best fit community needs  - Identify and eliminate local … engagement with community and social service organizations best positioned to provide long-term assistance and support …
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International Scheme To Extort Americans By Impersonating DEA Special Agents Foiled

… Republic target those calling innocent citizens demanding payment in exchange for dropped bogus charges … authorities in the Dominican Republic, acting on requests from the United States, located and arrested 17 of the …
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Thirteen Cibola County Residents Charged With Drug Trafficking And Firearms Offenses

… by the DEA and the New Mexico State Police with assistance from the Grants Police Department.  The investigation, … officers obtained approximately a pound of methamphetamine from the defendants charged in the two federal indictments.  … “The New Mexico State Police is committed to addressing quality of life issues in our communities around the state,” …
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Caribbean News 2004

July 15, 2021
… PRPD Investigation Results in the Arrest of Twelve Anabolic Steroids Traffickers  APR 26, 2004 U.S. Charges 78 in United …
July 15, 2021
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Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Wiring Drug-Trafficking Profits to Mexico

… to participating in a conspiracy to commit money laundering from May 23, 2020, to Sept. 20, 2022. Leal-Martinez is the … Leal-Martinez admitted that she accepted drug proceeds from co-conspirators, including Jose Jesus Sanchez-Mendez, … Gonzalez-Celestine participated in four controlled drug buys that were monitored by law enforcement. She sold more …
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Jacksonville, Arkansas Woman Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Meth

… of methamphetamine to the CS. The DEA conducted controlled buys from Osborn on two separate occasions with Osborn selling …
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DEA Chief of Operations D. Christopher Evans appointed by United States Attorney General William P. Barr to the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice

… P. Barr to the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice January 22, 2020 … is a need for a modern study of how law enforcement can best protect and serve American communities. This is why the … public meetings. At these events, the Commission will hear from subject matter experts, public officials, private …
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DEA Encourages Routine Conversations on Dangers of Drug Use and Social Media

… removed nearly three million deadly doses of fentanyl from across the state. Methamphetamine seizures made by DEA … are encouraged to emphasize the dangers associated with buying pills online. Nationwide, DEA has seized fentanyl …
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Guilty plea from Ohio man stopped in Kansas with $1 million

… Guilty plea from Ohio man stopped in Kansas with $1 million October 01, …
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The Overdose Crisis in the DMV

February 17, 2021
… as a nation have been unwaveringly focused on the global pandemic, and understandably so. In the background of all of … 1,829 of those fatalities linked to opioids, a 14.5% jump from prior year. The deadliest of all--fentanyl--a synthetic … to implement these in our communities. So what are these best practices? And how are we taking these steps to combat …
February 17, 2021
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El Cajon “Pill Mill” Doctor Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Causing the Illegal Distribution of Opioids

… like Egisto Salerno who seek profit over their patients’ best interests,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge John W. … doctors who blatantly ignore their medical oath and the best interests of their patients to illegally distribute … front including zealously pursuing all who seek to profit from illegally distributing opioids whether or not they may …
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Missouri Man Sentenced for Shipping 85 Pounds of Meth from California

… Missouri Man Sentenced for Shipping 85 Pounds of Meth from California June 14, 2023 St. Louis Contact Info Contact … law enforcement intercepted a package that had been shipped from Magallon to Mangold via FedEx. The shipment, sent to …
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DEA Hosts the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25th

… Operation Engage Seattle Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at nearly 4,200 locations … poisonings.  “Removing unused and expired medications from your home and disposing of them properly is a simple …
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DEA Reports Significant Increase in Counterfeit Pills in Minnesota

… MINNEAPOLIS – Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents from the Minneapolis/St. Paul District Office are reporting … increase in counterfeit pills entering Minnesota from drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) in California, … potentially lethal doses of fentanyl. “There is no quality control in these counterfeit pills,” Omaha Division …
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St. Louis News 2007

July 15, 2021
… Illinois Attorney Sentenced to 18 Months for Taking $36,000 From Client's Drug Proceeds October 3, 2007 Mt. Vernon Men … 25, 2007 Four Missourians Charged in International Anti-Steroids Operation September 25, 2007 Mt. Vernon Resident …
July 15, 2021
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Lead Defendant Sentenced in Middle Georgia Methamphetamine-Trafficking Conspiracy

… “David Alex Monroe is being held accountable for profiting from misery in the greater Laurens County area, and I am … cooperation between law enforcement professionals from the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office, the DEA, the ATF, … County Sheriff Larry Dean. “I pledge to continue to the best of my ability, using the best resources available, to …
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Alleged Members Of Grant County Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring Arrested On Federal Charges

… on drug trafficking in Grant County and improve the quality of life for people who live there.  Today’s arrests … tools and resources to keep our smaller communities safe from drug trafficking organizations that think they can go … offenses, and a firearms offense.  Count 1 alleges that from March 2014 through April 2015, all 12 defendants …
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DEA Hosts 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday, April 25th

… X David S. Olesky Domestic Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and Utah Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Aminta … Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at nearly 4,200 locations nationwide … poisonings.  “Removing unused and expired medications from your home and disposing of them properly is a simple …
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Taxi Driver From Lawrence Convicted of Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… Taxi Driver From Lawrence Convicted of Drug Trafficking Conspiracy … drugs, drive drug traffickers and collect drug money from various customers of the DTO on a daily basis.  …
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Grand Jury Returns 77-Count Indictment Against Nassau Cardiologist For Murder-for-Hire Plot Against Rival Doctor

… in December 2014, when the first of six undercover drug buys from the seller was conducted.  During this period of …
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Brothers From Mexico Sentenced to Prison for Multi-Year Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… Brothers From Mexico Sentenced to Prison for Multi-Year Drug … fentanyl pills and powder. SEATTLE – One of two brothers from Mexico, who were both caught with a total of more than …
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Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Selling Fentanyl That Killed One Woman, Hospitalized Another

… to another person who reported that she thought she was buying the painkiller oxycodone. That woman later went to …
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Ohio Man Sentenced to 65 Months in Prison for Swapping Fentanyl, Cash for Counterfeit Pills

… Fleissig on Thursday sentenced an Ohio man who arranged to buy 200,000 counterfeit pills to five years and five months …
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Man Admits Methamphetamine Sales, Gun Charge

… room, and a woman who told authorities she was there to buy methamphetamine was arrested inside the room. A …
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Two indicted in connection with multimillion-dollar marijuana enterprise

… a marijuana delivery service that operated in Massachusetts from 2015 to 2018. Deana Martin, 51, of Milton, was charged … more than $300,000 towards the mortgage on her house and to buy a 2017 Porsche Boxster, among other things.  It is …
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Fentanyl and Meth Dealer Sentenced to More Than 16 Years in Federal Prison

… of methamphetamine and approximately 27 grams of fentanyl from Gordon. On November 3, 2023, the officers conducted … another operation utilizing the same confidential source to buy one pound of methamphetamine and approximately 56 grams of fentanyl from Gordon, and Gordon was later arrested. This case was …
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Federal Indictment Targets 27 Including Members Of An International Drug Trafficking Organization And Los Angeles County Based Street Gangs

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … distribution network, announced representatives from the agencies who jointly conducted the investigation at … by airplane, boats and in vehicles crossing the border. The quality of the methamphetamine was, in most cases, 99 …
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Three from Sioux City Sentenced to Federal Prison for Participation in Metha Conspiracy and Distribution

… Three from Sioux City Sentenced to Federal Prison for … Sioux Falls - (605) 330-4421 Paulette Allen, age 64, from Sioux City, Iowa, was sentenced March 3, 2026, to more … of controlled substances.  Donald Most, age 61, from Sioux City, Iowa, was sentenced April 29, 2026, to 4 …
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Mexican National Extradited from Canada Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Conspiracy in Oregon

… Mexican National Extradited from Canada Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Conspiracy in … narcotics in and around Portland after being extradited from Canada. Fernando Adolip Cruz-Lerma, 25, pleaded guilty … drug trafficking. In April, Cruz-Lerma transported a victim from the state of Washington to Clackamas County due to a …