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Hartford Heroin Dealer Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

… for attempting to purchase three kilograms of heroin from an undercover officer. According to court documents and … Raouf arranged to purchase three kilograms of heroin from the undercover officer for $55,000 per kilogram.  Raouf … Raouf’s girlfriend, Lillian Compres, withdrew $120,000 from a safety deposit box at a bank in East Hartford and …
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DEA Holds Its Eighth Prescription Drug Take Back Day On April 26 Take-Back Day To Help Residents Clean Out Their Medicine Cabinets Of Old, Unwanted, Potentially Harmful Drugs

… Operation Engage Glendale Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Flagstaff, Lake Havasu, Nogales, Sierra Vista, Tucson, and Yuma areas Division Contacts Arizona Flagstaff - … be more wrong. By removing unwanted prescription drugs from their homes, the public helps prevent experimentation, …
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DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… 355-0857 San Ysidro - (619) 671-4500 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th SAN DIEGO - This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, DEA and its law … unwanted prescription drugs.  On Saturday, September 26th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. DEA and its partners will hold their …
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Results Are In And Thousands Of Pounds Of Unused, Unwanted And Expired Medication Was Cleaned Out Of New Yorkers Medicine Cabinets

… Westchester - (914) 682-6256 38,575 pounds collected from 249 collection sites throughout New York state (NEW … than 3,500 tons) of prescription drugs have been removed from medicine cabinets, kitchen drawers, and nightstands by … DEA Administrator.  “By removing unnecessary medication from your home, you are removing the risk of unnecessary …
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DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… 374-3444 Yakima - (509) 454-4407 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th SEATTLE - -This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost … resulted in  108,399 (54.2 tons) of drugs removed from circulation. The service is free and anonymous, no …
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DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

… - (509) 454-4407 Twice-annual event takes place in Idaho from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30 SEATTLE - After collecting … have removed over 268,456 (134.2 tons) of medication from circulation. Combined results for the previous ten … (2010-2015) resulted in 39,263 (19.6 tons) of drugs removed from circulation. America is presently experiencing an …
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… Operation Engage DMV Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … 857-2555 Winchester - (540) 662-5879 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th WASHINGTON - DEA … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine …
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Medford Man Sentenced To More Than Three Years In Prison On Federal Marijuana Charges

… 100 or more kilograms of marijuana. The charge stemmed from an April 2011 traffic stop in Texas where police seized … the marijuana for $5,500 per pound, and that 23 pounds came from Galvan. The driver also admitted he had previously sold 72 pounds of marijuana from Galvan and still owed Galvan $125,000. DEA agents …
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California To Connecticut Marijuana Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracy

… - (571) 387-3956 Sentence includes extra time for escape from jail SAN FRANCISCO - Thanousone Volarat, 36, of Fresno, … and distribute marijuana, money laundering, and escaping from the Fresno County Jail, Acting United States Attorney … Volarat and his co-conspirators began purchasing marijuana from sources in California and Oregon. In 2010, Volarat …
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Guilty: Major Synthetic Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… that shipped misbranded synthetic drugs interstate from a processing lab in Millbrae, California, U.S. Attorney … more lethal. In pleading guilty, Ortiz acknowledged that from 2011 to 2013 he was involved in the importation of raw synthetic cannabinoids from China that was processed and distributed from …
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Two Women Plead Guilty To Structuring Cash Transactions

… obtained prescriptions for oxycodone and hydrocodone from pharmacies in Modesto, and then transported and mailed … of $10,000 or less. After receiving the cash deposits from co-conspirators, Chou and Chim withdrew the cash from those accounts in amounts of $10,000 or less to attempt …
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… 426-5300 Westchester - (914) 682-6256 Event will take place from 10am – 2pm on Saturday, September 26th NEW YORK - DEA … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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Public Response To DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days Keeps Growing

… Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas … to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers. … on the event. Nearly 68 (135,860 pounds) has been collected from the Central Valley and Northern California during the …
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San Diego Tunnel Task Force uncovers sophisticated cross-border drug tunnel under the U.S./Mexico border

… 671-4500 Federal agents seize 4,400 pounds of illicit drugs from the tunnel’s exit in the U.S. Tunnel Entrance.JPG Drugs … area of San Diego.  The discovery of the tunnel resulted from an ongoing investigation by members on the San Diego … pounds of marijuana and more than two pounds of fentanyl from the tunnel.   The large seizure of mixed drugs …
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Two Men Arrested with 100 Pounds of Cocaine Stamped with the Nickname of One of the World’s Greatest Soccer Players

… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … Westchester - (914) 682-6256 Gun and over $200,000 seized from apartment and vehicle in Jamaica NEW YORK CITY – More than one hundred pounds of cocaine were recovered from a seventh-floor apartment in a two-building 17 story …
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Two Money Couriers for Colombian-Based Drug Money Laundering Organization Convicted by Federal Jury

… Vermont Burlington - (802) 951-2900 BOSTON – Two men from Jamaica have been convicted following a four-day jury … laundered more than $6 million in drug trafficking proceeds from Colombian cartels through the United States, Caribbean … for a later date. The defendants were among 20 individuals from Colombia, Jamaica and Florida who were indicted by a …
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Long Island Man Charged with Distributing Fentanyl, Heroin, Cocaine and Oxycodone

… Fentanyl, Pill Press Parts and Multiple Firearms Recovered from Defendant; Defendant Distributed Fentanyl that Caused … justice.” “It is appalling how criminals attempt to profit from the distribution of fentanyl which has led to a rising …
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Nineteen indicted in drug distribution conspiracy

… Operation Engage Seattle Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Yakima - (509) 454-4407 More than 70 firearms seized from defendants distributing cocaine and crack cocaine … Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Law enforcement teams from FBI, DEA, Seattle Police Department, and other public …
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Feds Crack Down On Illegal Trafficking Of Oxycodone

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

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

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

… (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 …
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Doctor indicted on Manslaughter and Reckless Endangerment Charges in Three Overdose Deaths

… 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 …
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CY 2022 Cocaine Signature Program Report

September 11, 2024
… 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
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U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the People’s Republic of China Hold Bilateral Drug Intelligence Working Group Meeting in Colorado Springs, Colorado

… including fentanyl, and the criminal networks that profit from them. The shared, urgent, and life‑saving priority to … online advertising.     DEA was joined by representatives from the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland … U.S. Customs and Border Protection along with counterparts from China’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS), China …
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Public Response To DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days Keeps Growing

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

… 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 …
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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

… Suspicious Pharmaceutical Activities: (973)776-1172 Towanda R. Thorne-James Special Agent In Charge View Towanda R. … 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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Guatemalan National is Extradited on International Cocaine Trafficking and Maritime Smuggling Charges

… 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 …
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Barton Residence Searched and Woman Arrested on Federal Drug Charges

… 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. …