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Chicago Twins’ Cooperation Against Sinaloa Cartel Yields 14- Year Prison Terms; New Charges Target Cartel’s Top Echelon

January 27, 2015
… @DEAChicagoDiv Shane Catone Domestic Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin Additional Division Info Community Outreach: … as Chicago’s most significant drug traffickers who rose from street level dealers to the highest echelons of the … brothers to forfeit more than $3.66 million that was seized from them and a sport utility vehicle.  In addition, more …
January 27, 2015
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Two Charged in Connection with Search of Bronx Drug Mail Distribution Center Containing Approximately 100,000 Pills Suspected of Fentanyl and Meth

February 27, 2024
… of the narcotics and some of the other material recovered from the Apartment  NEW YORK CITY - Damian Williams, the … “This seizure removed substantial quantities of narcotics from the streets and helped to disrupt an alleged mail order … delivery services elevates the danger of ordering pills from rogue online platforms and social media.  Fentanyl is …
February 27, 2024
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Over 150 Pounds of Crystal Meth is Seized in Manhattan

July 11, 2022
… canister.jpg 100 Pounds of Crystal Methamphetamine seized from Air Canisters Meth seized in air canister (2).jpg … Methamphetamine Concealed in Air Canisters Meth recovered from Air Canister.jpg Methamphetamine Concealed in Air … Seized on July 5, 2022 NEW YORK CITY –   Two men from Southern California were arrested in Manhattan over the …
July 11, 2022
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$7 million worth of “fire” branded heroin/fentanyl seized in Bronx packaging mill: six individuals charged

January 28, 2020
… 750,000 glassine envelopes of suspected heroin/fentanyl from an apartment at 2559 Sedgwick Avenue during a court … observed a total of eight individuals coming to and from 2559 Sedgwick Avenue, Apt. 6A, the suspected narcotics … mill. Agents and officers recognized multiple suspects from prior surveillance operations entering Apt. 6A. …
January 28, 2020
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Two heroin and cocaine trafficking rings in Western New York dismantled

September 27, 2019
… Two heroin and cocaine trafficking rings in Western New York dismantled … charged with moving significant amounts of drugs from Puerto Rico and NYC into Western New York ERIE COUNTY, … individuals are charged with trafficking heroin and cocaine from New York City and Puerto Rico into Western New York, …
September 27, 2019
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DEA, Along With Manhattan, Brooklyn, And Miami U.S. Attorneys Announce Extradition Of Colombian Narcotics Kingpin

July 09, 2013
… DEA, Along With Manhattan, Brooklyn, And Miami U.S. Attorneys Announce Extradition Of Colombian … Engage Ft. Lauderdale Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … U.S., and laundered tens of millions of dollars in proceeds from that narcotics trafficking activity.  Barrera arrived …
July 09, 2013
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Pain Clinic Owners, Distributors And Runners Indicted For Allegedly Conspiring To Operate “Pill Mills”

May 28, 2015
… Pain Clinic Owners, Distributors And Runners Indicted For Allegedly Conspiring To Operate … a legitimate medical purpose. The owners kept the profits from the pill mill operations and from the sales of oxycodone in cash.  According to the …
May 28, 2015
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FBI, DEA Release Documentary Film Addressing Heroin/Prescription Drug Abuse

February 04, 2016
… All across this country, it is taking good people from good homes and leading them down a trail that often … through the country.  Statistics show that overdose deaths from heroin abuse have more than doubled since 2010.  More people die each year from drug overdoses than die in car accidents.  Because an …
February 04, 2016
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Northern California Residents Turn In 16 Tons Of Rx Drugs On Take Back Day

May 09, 2017
… enforcement and community partners collected 32,965 pounds from 176 Northern California sites on Saturday, April 29, … 2017. Across the nation 900,386 (450 tons) was collected from nearly 5,500 sites. Marking the 13th National … tons) of prescription drugs. “Removing unwanted medication from the home will undoubtedly save lives. It is fantastic …
May 09, 2017
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Four Gun Traffickers Charged with Selling Over 50 Firearms in Brooklyn

January 11, 2023
… tools available to more effectively stop gun traffickers from endangering our community.” DEA Special Agent in Charge … are aggressively taking every step to protect communities from gun violence and drug trafficking in order to save … “This case, initiated in direct response to complaints from the New Yorkers we serve, underscores some disturbing …
January 11, 2023
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Four Gun Traffickers Charged with Selling over 50 Firearms in Brooklyn

January 11, 2023
… tools available to more effectively stop gun traffickers from endangering our community.” DEA Special Agent in Charge … are aggressively taking every step to protect communities from gun violence and drug trafficking in order to save … “This case, initiated in direct response to complaints from the New Yorkers we serve, underscores some disturbing …
January 11, 2023
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U.S. Attorney and Federal Law Enforcement Officials Assemble with State Law Enforcement Officers and Local Dignitaries in Show of Unity Against Fentanyl Trafficking in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco

November 02, 2023
… U.S. Attorney and Federal Law Enforcement Officials Assemble with State … the flow of drugs and dealers coming into San Francisco from nearby counties; •    conducting regular joint federal … federal cases so that they take as little as a month from time of arrest to disposition; and •    federal …
November 02, 2023
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Drug Traffickers Used Staten Island Barber Shop To Sell Drugs And Oversee Gun Sales

October 17, 2013
… However, defendant Paone also sold guns and drugs from his Prince’s Bay home, with Lagala and Ayzenberg often … include: a .45 caliber Kimber firearm purchased for $1,500 from Lagala, Ayzenberg and Paone on June 28, 2013 inside the … firearm and a Taurus 9mm firearm both purchased for $1,650 from Ayzenberg and Paone on July 26, 2013 inside 35 Knox …
October 17, 2013
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Baltimore Attorney Stanley Needleman Pleads Guilty To Federal Tax Crimes For Failing To Report Over $1.5 Million In Income

September 06, 2011
… Federal Agents Seized $1,153,660 Cash from Safes in Basement of Defendant’s Home GREENBELT, MD. - … committed tax evasion by omitting $1.5 million of income from his federal tax returns over five years, and he …
September 06, 2011
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Harris County Woman Convicted of Drug Trafficking Violations

September 21, 2020
… transport approximately nine kilograms of methamphetamine from Houston to Dallas and meet at a gas station in … vehicle, removed a duffel bag containing methamphetamine from the trunk, and placed it in his backseat. While in … police seized approximately 10 kilograms of methamphetamine from the car. On Sep. 19, 2019, the U.S. Drug Enforcement …
September 21, 2020
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

November 01, 2021
… Engage New Orleans Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … removed close to 745,000 pounds of unneeded prescriptions from medicine cabinets across the country as part of DEA’s … has removed more than 15.2 million pounds of medication from circulation since its inception. On October 23, with …
November 01, 2021
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Law Enforcement Arrested Three Defendants and Seized Approximately 120 Kilograms of Cocaine, $1.3 Million in Cash, and a Firearm

March 15, 2021
… taking six million dollars’ worth of cocaine sales away from alleged drug traffickers while saving lives. Over one … of cocaine and over $1 million in suspected proceeds from illegal narcotics trafficking, disrupting the operation … “Sweet Produce” (the “Warehouse”).  Cocaine was shipped from a company in the Dominican Republic to the Warehouse.  …
March 15, 2021
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Two SCDC inmates sentenced to decades in federal prison for roles in separate drug trafficking rings

February 12, 2020
… their roles in separate major drug trafficking rings run from inside prison walls using contraband cell phones. Drug … protect both the general public, and the prison population from the public safety threat caused by contraband … that the dealers were being supplied cocaine and heroin from an organization in Marion County.  The leader of that …
February 12, 2020
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Two South Carolina Department of Corrections inmates sentenced to decades in federal prison for roles in separate drug trafficking rings

February 12, 2020
… their roles in separate major drug trafficking rings run from inside prison walls using contraband cell phones. “DEA … protect both the general public and the prison population from the public safety threat caused by contraband … that the dealers were being supplied cocaine and heroin from an organization in Marion County. The leader of that …
February 12, 2020
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DEA Dallas Seizes 1,447 Pounds of Drugs, 49 Firearms, and Over $6.6M in Drug-Related Assets

November 04, 2020
… numerous federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies from throughout Texas spanning from October of 2018 to June of 2020.   Operations Trap … trailers loaded with quantities of illegal drugs imported from Mexico across the Texas/Mexico border, and the seizure …
November 04, 2020
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Spice Distribution Kingpin John Bowen Sentenced To 60 Months In Federal Prison

August 24, 2015
… in Denver returned indictments charging nine individuals from across the country with conspiracy and drug … “Spice” is a common term for synthetic cannabinoids.  From August through September 2013, there were 221 …
August 24, 2015
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Nineteen Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

May 27, 2014
… with intent to distribute and conspiracy to import heroin from Colombia and Venezuela into Puerto Rico, announced U.S. … José Luis Castro-Delgado; and Erika Casillas-Bonet. From in or about August 2012 through in or about April 2013: …
May 27, 2014
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20 Individuals Charged With Trafficking Heroin And Fentanyl

December 13, 2016
… 20 Individuals Charged With Trafficking Heroin And Fentanyl December 13, 2016 New England Contact Info … in connection with trafficking heroin, Fentanyl and cocaine from Mexico and the Dominican Republic to Massachusetts and … imported large quantities of heroin, Fentanyl, and cocaine from Mexico and the Dominican Republic into the United …
December 13, 2016
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Baltimore Area Cocaine Dealer Sentenced To Over 28 Years In Prison

August 08, 2014
… hundreds of kilograms of cocaine in hollow computer shells from California to Maryland BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge … Administration - Baltimore District Office. “Wilford ran from law enforcement, but was apprehended. Wilford will not … According to evidence presented at the five day trial, from 2010 to September 2011, Wilford was a member of a …
August 08, 2014
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West Babylon man indicted for alleged major cocaine trafficking operation

August 25, 2020
… the outstanding work of law enforcement, and with support from the community, we have shut down a significant drug … together with our partners to ensure that those who profit from the sale of dangerous, illegal drugs will be held fully … began earlier this year in response to numerous complaints from members of the community. Surveillance of Reyes’ house, …
August 25, 2020
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Six arrested, charged in multi-state narcotics conspiracy responsible for supplying fentanyl & cocaine to Dayton

August 26, 2020
… of DEA task force officer DETROIT – Two brothers originally from Dayton, Ohio and four others were arrested in North … authorities have seized narcotics, cash, and firearms from the drug trafficking organization on multiple occasions … – including fentanyl, cocaine, cash and firearms seized from a search warrant executed on Nov. 4, 2019. It was …
August 26, 2020
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 03, 2025
… commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed … contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76% of pills tested just two years prior in FY 2023. … fentanyl powder purity decreased to 10.3%, down from 19.5% during the same time period. These reductions in …
December 03, 2025
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Nine Defendants Indicted for Drug and Firearms Conspiracies

March 15, 2022
… firearm that Bermudez used in that shooting was recovered from his Essex County residence, loaded with seven rounds of 9mm ammunition. From April 2021 through May 18, 2021, Brown, a convicted …
March 15, 2022
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27

April 23, 2019
… DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day … remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to … in Charge Brad Byerley. “Last year, more Americans died from opioid overdoses than from all other drugs combined, …
April 23, 2019
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Final Men Sent to Prison for Their roles in International Cocaine and Drug Money Conspiracy

November 04, 2024
… 2021, Acosta and Rojo directed another individual to travel from Laredo to Austin to retrieve five kilograms of cocaine and $9,000 in cash from Barrientos-Cano. He was to deliver the cocaine to their … cocaine to Saldivar, who was also acting on instructions from the two men and reported the bundles had been …
November 04, 2024