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Two Men Detained In Federal Custody In Record Seizure Of Crystal Methamphetamine

… of nearly 14 kilos of crystal meth allegedly orchestrated from inside a Massachusetts jail PROVIDENCE, R.I. - John J. … immigration matter. The drugs were allegedly shipped from California to Massachusetts, concealed inside a … of between 10-15 kilos of crystal meth into New England from California. The drugs were allegedly shipped in late …
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Drug Traffickers Sentenced: Distributed Multi-Kilogram Quantities Of Cocaine, Marijuana Near Chamblee High School

… that operated out of a house located approximately 350 feet from Chamblee Charter High School, in Chamblee, Georgia.  … and set up its base of operations down the street from a school,” said U. S. Attorney John Horn.  “In doing … Service is charged with defending the nation’s mail system from illegal use.  We remain steadfast in our resolve to …
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Cape Cod Brothers Convicted In Oxycodone Trafficking Scheme

… M. Gonsalves were convicted on multiple charges arising from a three year conspiracy involving hundreds of thousands … multi-thousand-pill loads of 30-milligram oxycodone from South Florida up to New England, first by plane and … During the trial, witnesses testified about seizures from the Gonsalves Brothers’ co-conspirators of two …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Narcotics Charges Against New York City Department Of Education Employee

… you down.” According to the Complaint filed yesterday:  From at least February 2014 through October 15, 2014, … in a conspiracy to transport multiple kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to the Bronx for distribution in New York …
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Man Sentenced In Alabama For Nine Pharmacy Burglaries

… Patrol units in the area heard an audible alarm coming from the pharmacy and pulled into the parking lot. Singleton … They left a box they had filled with Controlled Substances from the pharmacy on the floor of the pharmacy in their … which contained Walmart price tags. The price tags were from purchases at a Walmart in Mobile, Alabama.  Video of …
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Mexican National Sentenced As Leader And Organizer Of Marijuana Grow On Public Lands

… five years of supervised release following his release from prison. Villasenor-Villa, the organizer and leader of … were located in the Boise National Forest, a few miles from Highway 21 in Boise County. Ayala-Talavera, … hundred marijuana plants that had already been harvested from the growing operation. Investigators located and …
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Silver Spring Felon Admits Distributing Acetyl Fentanyl Resulting In Death And Illegal Possession Of A Firearm

… of a firearm. Nazari admitted that death resulted from the use of the acetyl fentanyl analogue that he … and searched the customer’s vehicle and recovered residue from the acetyl fentanyl analogue that Nazari had sold to … to flush drugs down the toilet.  Law enforcement seized from the basement bathroom approximately 7.5 grams of acetyl …
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Upper Marlboro Felon Exiled To 10 Years In Prison For Gun And Drug Offenses

… Renee Holland.  A 9mm semiautomatic pistol was recovered from the bedroom where Owens and Holland were found.  The … previously been convicted of a felony and was prohibited from possessing a firearm. On November 4, 2014, deputies from the DEA Task Force, Calvert County Sheriff’s Office …
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Leader Of Mexican Drug Organization Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison

… Rod J. Rosenstein. “Our local communities are not immune from the poison the Mexican drug cartels bring to the … allows us to attack these organizations at every level, from command and control operations to the street level dealers.” According to their guilty pleas, from 2006 through December 11, 2008, Rio-Corrales, Arceo and …
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DEA Serves Immediate Suspension Order on Northgate Pharmacy in Waldorf, Maryland

… Suspension Order on Northgate Pharmacy in Waldorf, Maryland January 27, 2022 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us … of Thousands of Dosage Units of Narcotics Being Removed from Pharmacy Enforcement ASAC Shane Todd and Diversion … at Pharmacy Serving ISO and Removing Controlled Substances from Scene Northgate Pharmacy in Waldorf Maryland DEA Agents …
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Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization, Trafficking Cocaine Across Maryland and Bribing U.S. Postal Letter Carriers, Sentenced

… Trafficking Organization, Trafficking Cocaine Across Maryland and Bribing U.S. Postal Letter Carriers, Sentenced … picked up cocaine parcels in exchange for $500 per parcel from Stanley and assisted with delivering proceeds of the … in exchange for money. Holloman serviced a route in Bowie from April 2017 to October 2019, and Vaughn serviced a route …
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DEA, FBI, and Seattle Police Seize 2 RVs Packed with Meth and Fentanyl

… DEA, FBI, and Seattle Police Seize 2 RVs Packed with Meth and Fentanyl … for Cartel-connected Drug Trafficking Schemes Meth seized from an RV with help of drug dog.jpg Meth seized from an RV with help of drug dog Illegal Firearms, Fentanyl …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications

… Operation Engage Seattle Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Virginia Mason, WSP in Federal Way.jpg Healthcare workers from Virginia Mason Franciscan Health and Washington State … removed close to 745,000 pounds of unneeded prescriptions from medicine cabinets across the country as part of DEA’s …
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Seventeen Alleged Leaders And Associates Of CLAN USUGA Indicted In Brooklyn And Miami

… Seventeen Alleged Leaders And Associates Of CLAN USUGA Indicted In Brooklyn And Miami … the defendants are charged with the distribution from as early as 2002 through June 2015, in Colombia, …
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Fentanyl In The City: Nearly 20 Pounds Of Fentanyl, Heroin Seized On Central Park West In Manhattan

… nine (nearly 20 pounds) of suspected fentanyl and heroin from an apartment building across the street from Central Park in Manhattan, N.Y. and from a vehicle. Four defendants are charged. On August 4, …
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Doctor Arrested For Illegally Selling Prescriptions To Overdose Victim: Pain Management Clinic Shuttered

… who illegally sold prescriptions for controlled substances from a pain management clinic he operated in Flushing, … dozens of prescriptions for multiple controlled substances from Li between May 2009 and August 2010, and overdosed at … his patients for the visits and the funds he obtained from government health insurance programs, including …
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New York Pharmacist And Two Others Face Criminal And Civil Charges For Multimillion-Dollar Oxycodone Distribution Scheme

… pop’ pharmacies in Brooklyn and Queens.  Using resources from numerous law enforcement agencies, the three defendants … oxycodone pills in its zip code for three straight years, from 2010 to 2012.  In 2011 and 2012, for example, Chopin …
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DEA 360 Strategy Reach and Impact Report: NEWARK

January 21, 2020
… DEA 360 Strategy Reach and Impact Report: NEWARK Publication Drug Prevention … January 21, 2020 This report describes the methods and results of an assessment of the reach and impact of … Newark. Results are based on a summary of metrics compiled from each program facilitator, as well as from interviews …
January 21, 2020
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Fentanyl Signature Profiling Program Report

October 28, 2019
… analyses on fentanyl and fentanyl-related exhibits obtained from seizures made throughout the United States.  This report details the results and conclusions derived from these analyses that are reported on a quarterly basis. … rather a snapshot of samples submitted to this laboratory from the 7 DEA regional laboratories. …
October 28, 2019
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Colorado Man Sentenced for Conspiring to Distribute Tramadol

… the substances, including Tramadol and others, were shipped from outside the United States and received by Gentile in … to a Vermont coconspirator and received electronic payments from the Vermont coconspirator as reimbursement for shipping … his arrest, investigators seized approximately 17,500 pills from his vehicle. The pills included Tramadol and other …
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Two brothers sentenced for operating marijuana ring in San Francisco, New York City, and Rochester

… Green obtained significant quantities of marijuana from the State of California and was shipping allotments to … the investigation, law enforcement officers seized $221,344 from Alexander Green. Specifically, $1,100 in cash was seized from Alexander Green in March 2011 in Jackson County, Ore., …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Removes Almost 600,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications Across the Country

… removed almost 17.9 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities across the country. According to a report … for a nonmedical purpose obtained that medication from a family member or friend. Removing unnecessary medications from the home can help prevent situations involving; not …
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Spreading the Word:

June 07, 2022
… to get the word out about what fentanyl is, where it comes from, how it’s being marketed to unsuspecting victims, and what you can do to keep your family and neighbors safe from this deadly drug. Do you know the basics of what … of drug threat. It is synthetic – meaning, it‘s manmade from chemicals. Currently, those chemicals are largely …
June 07, 2022
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California man sentenced to 140 months in prison for supplying methamphetamine to Boston-based drug ring

… to Boston-based drug ring April 30, 2019 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … in federal court in Boston for distributing methamphetamine from California to Massachusetts.    Christopher Halfond, …   After a two-year investigation, Halfond and 10 others from Massachusetts and California were indicted in 2016 on …
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Fentanyl Deaths Climbing, DEA Washington Continues the Fight

February 16, 2022
… seeing Mexican cartels sourcing raw, dangerous chemicals from China, using these chemicals to cheaply produce the … opioid overdose fatalities increase by roughly 18 percent from 2019 to 2020 and most recent data show the state is on … of the nation – fatal drug overdoses are up over 30 percent from the previous year. Many experts have attributed the …
February 16, 2022
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… 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 …
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Bakersfield man sentenced for structuring synthetic drug proceeds

… conspiring to structure over $700,000 in cash withdrawals from four different bank accounts associated with his … real property in Bakersfield, approximately $109,555 seized from five different bank accounts, approximately $199,181 in cash seized from a safe in his residence, approximately $233,460 in cash …
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Bakersfield man pleads guilty to conspiring to structure funds

… at least half a million dollars in cash withdrawals from his bank accounts, Drug Enforcement Administration … he agreed to the forfeiture of the following assets derived from his structuring activity: real property in Bakersfield, approximately $109,555 seized from five different bank accounts, approximately $199,181 in …
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State And Local Law Enforcement Agencies To Receive More Than $730,296 In Federally-Forfeited Funds

… to state and local law enforcement agencies, resulting from a forfeiture action against convicted drug trafficker … The Justice Department recovered more than $1 million from Brown, of which 80 percent will be shared with 15 law … Justice’s Equitable Sharing Program. “Taking away the funds from drug trafficking organizations continues to be one of …
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Major Drug Traffickers With Ties To The Sinaloa Cartel Sentenced In West Michigan

… Number: (313) 234-4310 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Four men from California and five men from West Michigan have been sentenced to federal prison for … of the conspiracy obtained 20-30 kilograms of cocaine from sources affiliated with the Sinaloa Cartel and shipped …