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Drug Traffickers Used Staten Island Barber Shop To Sell Drugs And Oversee Gun Sales

… 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 …
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Baltimore Attorney Stanley Needleman Pleads Guilty To Federal Tax Crimes For Failing To Report Over $1.5 Million In Income

… - (540) 662-5879 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 …
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Harris County Woman Convicted of Drug Trafficking Violations

… 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 …
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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

… 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 …
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Law Enforcement Arrested Three Defendants and Seized Approximately 120 Kilograms of Cocaine, $1.3 Million in Cash, and a Firearm

… 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.  …
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Two SCDC inmates sentenced to decades in federal prison for roles in separate drug trafficking rings

… 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 …
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Two South Carolina Department of Corrections inmates sentenced to decades in federal prison for roles in separate drug trafficking rings

… 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 …
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DEA Dallas Seizes 1,447 Pounds of Drugs, 49 Firearms, and Over $6.6M in Drug-Related Assets

… 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 …
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Spice Distribution Kingpin John Bowen Sentenced To 60 Months In Federal Prison

… 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 …
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Nineteen Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… 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: …
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20 Individuals Charged With Trafficking Heroin And Fentanyl

… 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 …
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Baltimore Area Cocaine Dealer Sentenced To Over 28 Years In Prison

… 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 …
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West Babylon man indicted for alleged major cocaine trafficking operation

… 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, …
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Six arrested, charged in multi-state narcotics conspiracy responsible for supplying fentanyl & cocaine to Dayton

… 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 …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… 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 …
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Nine Defendants Indicted for Drug and Firearms Conspiracies

… 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 …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27

… 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, …
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Final Men Sent to Prison for Their roles in International Cocaine and Drug Money Conspiracy

… 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 …
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Atlanta Man Sentenced to more than Six Years in Prison for Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy Using Laundry Detergent Boxes

… kilogram quantities of high-purity methamphetamine from Guadalajara, Mexico to Atlanta and Tampa. Galvan drove from the Atlanta area to Tampa to plan for the distribution … with more quantities of the drug to follow via deliveries from his drug courier. A drug courier drove from Atlanta to …
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Springfield paramedic charged with conspiring to distribute controlled substances

… been charged with illegally obtaining controlled substances from a local pharmacy and using them to drug and rape … as a paramedic, Blake had access to controlled substances from PeaceHealth pharmacy in Springfield, Oregon. Between … 2019, he took approximately 343 vials of the drugs from the pharmacy, but did not enter them into his …
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Members of Heroin Drug Trafficking Organization Indicted

… Operation Engage DMV Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … 7 defendants were indicted this week for crimes arising from a heroin trafficking operation. The indictment charges … with participating in a conspiracy to distribute heroin from July to December, 2003: Kofi Mensah, a.k.a. “Na-Na”, …
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Drug Investigations Lead To Treasury 311 Patriot Act Designation Against Lebanese Bank Tied To Hizballah

… Domestic WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Department of the Treasury today announced the … money laundering network. This network moves illegal drugs from South America to Europe and the Middle East via West … “This action seeks to protect the U.S. financial system from the illicit proceeds flowing through LCB and to deprive …
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pills During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… this public health event.  There are no cities immune from drug overdoses and this event provided opportunities … own homes.  By removing unused prescription medication from medicine cabinets, households are safeguarding their homes from drug initiation and drug abuse.” “National Prescription …
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pills During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… sites which resulted in 17,018 (8.5 tons) removed from circulation. Idaho - 37 collection sites which resulted in 4,(2.0 tons) removed from circulation. Oregon - 60 collection sites which resulted in 14,614 (7.3 tons) removed from circulation. This is a record collection number for …
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DEA In Kentucky Holds Sixth Rx Drug Take-Back Day And Public Participation Continues To Rise

… DEA In Kentucky Holds Sixth Rx Drug Take-Back Day And Public Participation Continues To Rise May 06, 2013 … to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers. … with DEA and manned 92 collection sites that ranged from parking lots of retail stores to police and fire …
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Four Michigan Men Charged With Distributing Heroin, Fentanyl And Vicodin, That Resulted In Three Overdose Deaths

… Four Michigan Men Charged With Distributing Heroin, Fentanyl And Vicodin, That Resulted In Three Overdose Deaths May 29, … Heroin overdose deaths in the United States have tripled from 2010 to 2013. Since January 1st, 2015, more than 60 … number of heroin overdose deaths in Oakland County doubled from 2013 to 2014. The men charged include: - Zachary R. …
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Nineteen Ohio Residents Charged In Heroin Distribution Conspiracy

… Laroo Wells, Arthur Ezell, Jr., Dymond Williams, all from Ashtabula, Ohio; John Sabo, Jeanie Sabo, Brenda Burdick, and Jacob Moser, from Conneaut; Francis Mitchell, Dawn Perry, and Julius Mitchell from Cleveland; Michael Mlynek, of Powhatan Point; and …
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39 People Charged On Heroin Conspiracy Charges In Central Ohio

… with intent to distribute heroin. The defendants are all from the Mansfield area unless otherwise noted. They are: … Hayes and Edward Jones obtained large amounts of heroin from Roberto Calderon in Chicago and then sold it in the … cocaine, cocaine and marijuana. The defendants are all from the Mansfield area unless otherwise noted. They are: …
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Pharmacist And Others Charged In Pill Mill Case Plead Guilty

… Texas, has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge stemming from his involvement in a “pill mill” operation, announced … $41,112 to the United States that constitute proceeds from dispensing oxycodone during the conspiracy.  He faces a … their DEA registration numbers, preventing Dr. Andrews from issuing prescriptions for controlled substances and …
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Dallas Man Sentenced For Role In Conspiracy To Transport, Or Assist In Transporting, A Substance Represented To Be Cocaine

… a substance that was represented to be cocaine on flights from Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) was sentenced … enforcement operation.  As part of the conspiracy, that ran from approximately April 18, 2013, through July 14, 2015, … to be cocaine was transported on commercial airlines flying from DFW to destinations in Las Vegas, Nevada; Newark, New …