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Feds Crack Down On Illegal Trafficking Of Oxycodone

May 13, 2011
… in two separate cases charging a total of 13 defendants from Georgia and Kentucky with illegally trafficking in … alone, and instead will require a comprehensive effort from public health, medicine, and our communities.  With … because it completely removes the oversight of a physician from the equation."    According to United States Attorney …
May 13, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Twenty-Four Indicted In Oxycodone Trafficking And Health Care Fraud Scheme

October 12, 2011
… Salgado and Ronald Regains, remain at large. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report … than all other states combined. Each day, individuals die from prescription drug overdoses. To stop this drug … will continue to tackle South Florida’s pill mill epidemic from all angles and at all levels to eradicate these drug …
October 12, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

24 Members Of Bronx Street Gang Charged With Racketeering Conspiracy, Narcotics Trafficking, And Firearm Offenses

April 02, 2014
… members of the Murda Moore Gangsta crew on charges ranging from racketeering, narcotics and firearms felonies.  Law … focused on reclaiming the Mott Haven community from the carnage, crime and fear that are linked to the MMG …
April 02, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Upper West Side Doctor And Wife Indicted For Conspiracy And 37 Illegal Prescription Sales: Over $600,000 Cash Seized

June 09, 2015
… (HHS). Group TDS-NY is comprised of agents and officers from the DEA, the NYPD, the Town of Orangetown Police … Agents and investigators recovered more than $600,000 cash from the Scarsdale residence. Medical records and bank …
June 09, 2015
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Doctor indicted on Manslaughter and Reckless Endangerment Charges in Three Overdose Deaths

June 07, 2018
… Strike Force Group Z-23 and HRA, with assistance from the Nassau County Police Department and the Suffolk … DEA and the New York City Police Department (NYPD). Agents from the DEA’s Milwaukee District Office arrested Choy on … overdosed within three days of receiving prescriptions from Choy. At their final visits with the doctor, both …
June 07, 2018
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CY 2022 Cocaine Signature Program Report

September 11, 2024
Publication
… transit to the United States (U.S.) during CY 2022. Results from samples seized outside the U.S. from DEA foreign divisions that were analyzed from January – June 2023 are also reported. Domestic and foreign cocaine trends observed by the CSP over the last …
September 11, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Public Response To DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days Keeps Growing

May 02, 2013
… demonstrating the American public’s continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers. … (371 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at more than 5,829 locations …
May 02, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Holds Its Eighth Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday April 26

April 21, 2014
… unwanted prescription medications over the past three-and-a-half years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and more than 4,200 national, tribal, and community law … on Drug Use and Health.  And more Americans died in 2010 from overdoses of prescription (22,134, including 16,651 …
April 21, 2014
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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 02, 2021
… Suspicious Pharmaceutical Activities: (973)776-1172 Towanda Thorne-James Special Agent In Charge View Towanda … 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 02, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Guatemalan National is Extradited on International Cocaine Trafficking and Maritime Smuggling Charges

February 17, 2022
… Guatemalan national who was extradited to the United States from Guatemala on Thursday, February 10, 2022 to face … Barillas, aka “Thor,” is charged in an indictment stemming from a long-term joint investigation led by the Drug … the smuggling of multi-ton quantities of cocaine from South America to Guatemala with an ultimate destination …
February 17, 2022
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Barton Residence Searched and Woman Arrested on Federal Drug Charges

October 31, 2022
… complaint, Desormeaux distributed controlled substances from her Barton residence and allowed other individuals to … Investigators arranged the purchase of cocaine and fentanyl from the defendants on multiple occasions between August and … however, would be determined by the Court with guidance from the advisory United States Sentencing Guidelines. …
October 31, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Recidivist Cocaine Trafficker Convicted of Sending Hundreds of Kilograms of Cocaine Hidden Inside Furniture

November 14, 2023
… Participated in a Conspiracy That Sent Tons of Cocaine from Puerto Rico Around the United States NEW YORK, N.Y. … October 2022, the DTO sent more than 30 shipments of cargo from Puerto Rico to the continental United States.  The … enforcement seized approximately 350 kilograms of cocaine from four of the DTO’s shipments.  In total, the DTO shipped …
November 14, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Colombian Narcotrafficker Sentenced to 18 Years’ Imprisonment

September 14, 2021
… $20 million forfeiture money judgment, Vivero is prevented from profiting from his crimes while being held accountable for leading an …
September 14, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Convicted Felon Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For Drug And Firearm Offenses

July 25, 2024
… Practitioner 571-362-9171 Following release from pre-trial detention, defendant possessed drugs and … or more of fentanyl.  In July 2019, Soares fled on foot from law enforcement during a traffic stop. Soares threw a … a hooked knife and buprenorphine strips were recovered from Soares’ backpack. Quantities of cocaine and fentanyl …
July 25, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

West Virginia Heroin Dealer Sentenced

May 10, 2021
… Operation Engage DMV Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Christopher C. Goumenis Domestic all of Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia Additional Division Info … Baltimore Police Department. According to his guilty plea, from at least December 2018 through February 2019, Bailey, …
May 10, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

November 02, 2021
… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta , GA 30341 United States Atlanta … 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 02, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

October 20, 2021
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers free and anonymous … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease … Back Day has removed more than 7,000 tons of medication from circulation since its inception. These efforts are …
October 20, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Guatemalan Leader of Multi-Ton Cocaine Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Almost 22 Years in Prison

February 09, 2024
… During a multi-year wiretap investigation led by agents from Homeland Security Investigations and the Drug … organization moved multi-ton quantities of cocaine at sea from South America to Guatemala and ultimately over land to … the United States. At trial, prosecutors presented evidence from 13 rounds of court-authorized wiretaps demonstrating …
February 09, 2024
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Eight Defendants Sentenced for Their Roles in an East Alabama Drug Distribution Conspiracy

January 18, 2024
… concludes a series of federal sentencings that resulted from a  drug trafficking investigation  that began in 2020 … On January 8, 2024,  Kahlia Nichelle Washington , 27, from Phenix City, Alabama, received a sentence of 18 months … On December 1, 2023, 38-year-old  Andre Tremayne Franklin , from Columbus, Georgia, received a sentence of 320 months in …
January 18, 2024
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Kilogram Drug Trafficker in Robeson County Sentenced to 25 Years

November 16, 2023
… moving kilograms of methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin from Mexico to Robeson County.  Antonio Lavonne Locklear … drug trafficker bringing kilogram quantities of narcotics from Mexico into Robeson County,” said U.S. Attorney Michael … who were trafficking kilograms of controlled substances from Mexico into the Brownsville, Texas, area.  …
November 16, 2023
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Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty to Drug and Firearm Offenses

August 03, 2023
… Practitioner 571-362-9171 Following release from pre-trial detention, defendant possessed drugs and … sentencing for Nov. 15, 2023. In 2019, Soares fled on foot from law enforcement during a traffic stop. Soares threw a … knife and buprenorphine (Suboxone) strips were recovered from Soares’ backpack. Additionally, cocaine and fentanyl …
August 03, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

April 20, 2022
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, … . “Disposing of unneeded medications can help prevent drugs from being misused,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. … has encouraged the public to remove unneeded medications from their homes as a first step in preventing medication …
April 20, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Eugene Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Overdose Death of University of Oregon Student

March 05, 2022
… in his Eugene apartment. On December 24, 2020, officers from the Eugene Police Department responded to the scene and … friend wherein they discussed purchasing Oxycodone pills from another individual later determined to be Hill. Mr. … friend told investigators that he had been purchasing pills from Hill for nearly a year. Law enforcement soon identified …
March 05, 2022
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

October 19, 2021
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers free and anonymous … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease … Back Day has removed more than 7,000 tons of medication from circulation since its inception. These efforts are …
October 19, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of Mexico’s United Cartels and Others Charged in South Florida Federal Court with Importing Over 1200 Pounds of Crystal Methamphetamine

April 01, 2021
… Leader of Mexico’s United Cartels and Others Charged in South Florida Federal Court with … Engage Ft. Lauderdale Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … and domestic partners to keep these poisonous substances from reaching our streets.”  “As the threat of …
April 01, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Irish man who helped run the “Silk Road” website extradited

July 13, 2018
… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … today that Gary Davis, a/k/a “Libertas,” was extradited from the Republic of Ireland to the United States.  Davis …
July 13, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Virginia Motorcycle Dealership Seized in Methamphetamine Bust

April 10, 2003
… the Bristol Virginia Area. The methamphetamine is sourced from Mexico, transported through Los Angeles and then … to the LILLY DEALERSHIP in Abingdon, Virginia. Proceeds from these sales are then transported back to the Los …
April 10, 2003
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Multiple sentences imposed in massive synthetic narcotics distribution network

November 28, 2018
… Glaspy and U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick. The sentences ranged from 140 months in federal prison for a leader to probation … (Khader Tanous’s brother who collected money for him from synthetic narcotics sales), Ali Tafesh, 37, of Houston, who owned and distributed the drugs from a store named Azell Cell Phones, Hazim Hisham Qadus, …
November 28, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Law Enforcement Warns of Increase in Fentanyl Overdoses

May 21, 2021
… COEUR d'ALENE, Idaho -  Today, law enforcement officials from Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), U.S Attorney’s … deaths involve four males and one female ranging in age from 15 to 60. It appears at this time all five deaths were … died as a result of drug overdose in the United States from November 1, 2019, through October 31, 2020, the largest …
May 21, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Three Of Detroit’s Largest Drug Traffickers Of Recent History Flee Before Jury Returns Guilty Verdicts

May 12, 2014
… Number: (313) 234-4310 MAY (DETROIT) - Three individuals from metro-Detroit were convicted of violating various … would arrange for large amounts of money derived from the sale of drugs to be transported to Phoenix, … marijuana, cocaine and heroin, as well as cash generated from the sale of these drugs. Since 2006, law enforcement …
May 12, 2014