PRESS RELEASE

DEA Columbia District Office Holds 12th Prescription Drug Take-Back Saturday, October 22

October 18, 2016
… Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, October 22, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time.  This one-day event will … injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms.  The majority of … drug abusers report that they obtain their drugs from friends and family, including from the home medicine …
October 18, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Nashville District Office Holds 12th Prescription Drug Take-Back Saturday, October 22

October 18, 2016
… Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, October 22, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time.  This one-day event will … injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms. The majority of … drug abusers report that they obtain their drugs from friends and family, including from the home medicine …
October 18, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Hartford Man Sentenced To 71 Months In Federal Prison For Possessing Heroin, Firearms

December 03, 2014
… supervised release, for possessing heroin, which he stole from a drug dealer, and two handguns. According to court … area.  Fernandez, who also was supplied with narcotics from individuals in New York, sold the drugs locally to … arrangements to obtain approximately 140 grams of heroin from co-defendant Jose Rivera-Baron.  While under law …
December 03, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Woonsocket Resident Sentenced To 13 A½ Years In Federal Prison In Armed Drug-Rip And Assault

June 15, 2015
… made off with a bag of cocaine and a firearm they stole from one of the occupants. At sentencing, U.S. District … 22, of Franklin, Mass., conspired to rob and steal drugs from a Woonsocket residence. The next day, armed with a … that after subduing the occupants, he grabbed a gun from one of the occupants, assaulted one person and demanded …
June 15, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

California Man Sentenced On Charges Of Conspiracy To Distribute More Than 5 Kilograms Of Cocaine And 1000 Kilograms Of Marijuana And Money Laundering Charges

July 02, 2014
… and New York. The organization used the proceeds received from the distribution of the marijuana to purchase more than 150 kilograms of cocaine from California which was then exported to Canada. Hagstrom … co-conspirators to coordinate the transport of the cocaine from California to New Hampshire and elsewhere in New …
July 02, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

San Francisco Man Pleads Guilty To International Methamphetamine Conspiracy

January 14, 2016
… announced that Naser Yousef Gheith, a/k/a “Nick,” age 37, from San Francisco, California, pleaded guilty yesterday to … member of a methamphetamine distribution ring that extended from California to Louisiana and Germany.  The seizures in … two pounds of methamphetamine recovered in Texas from a vehicle that was en route from San Francisco to New …
January 14, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Alert - Extortion Scam - Alert

October 29, 2012
… Operation Engage Glendale Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … and Tucson offices are regularly receiving telephone calls from concerned citizens who are the victims of this … themselves as DEA agents or law enforcement officials from other agencies.  The impersonators inform their victims …
October 29, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Assists With Another Super Tunnel; Yields 22 Arrests And 12 Tons Of Marijuana So Far

October 23, 2015
… approximately eight football fields in length, stretches from a warehouse in Tijuana to the Otay Center Warehouse, … by the Tunnel Task Force, which includes agents from Homeland Security Investigations, the Drug Enforcement … that a load was about to be moved through the tunnel from Mexico to the U.S. Officials believe this was the first …
October 23, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Money Launderer Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison

June 23, 2011
… Sierra Vista, Tucson, and Yuma areas $1.17 million seized from this organization - PHOENIX, AZ. - Drug Enforcement … 55 kilograms of cocaine and eight kilograms of heroin from this organization on July 19, 2009 being shipped out of … truck drivers and seized 20 kilograms of cocaine from a tractor trailer being driven from Arizona to …
June 23, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

11th Drug Take-Back Announced By DEA

April 25, 2016
… and Yuma areas Event will take place throughout Arizona from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, April 30th phx042516_fig1.png … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place April 30th from 10 am-2 pm local time.  As with the previous 10 … for every citizen to help prevent the onset of drug abuse from occurring within their own homes and communities.”  The …
April 25, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Saratoga Springs Man Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison For Involvement In A Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy

November 28, 2012
… a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Nothing good comes from doing something bad, especially cross country drug … drug distribution conspiracy was unraveled and dismantled from coast to coast. Our task forces across the country see … to it that traffickers will lose their ill-gotten profits from selling drugs and endangering our communities.” SAC …
November 28, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Texas Man Sentenced To 70 Months For Role In International Drug And Money Laundering Conspiracy

August 27, 2015
… secretly transport out of the country. Upon being released from prison, Canales will be on supervised release for two … Alaska based drug dealers and then transport the profits from those drug sales out of the United States to … least October 2013, when he received $70,000 in drug money from an Alaska co-conspirator. Canales then worked with …
August 27, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Cousins Sentenced On Federal Charges For PCP Distribution

January 19, 2011
… Ware and her cousin, Gene Anderson, both 31, and both from Northeast Washington, were sentenced to prison terms on … D.C. According to the Government’s proffer of evidence, from January 2006 until September 2008, Ware and others received large amounts of PCP from wholesalers in and around her home in the 300 block of …
January 19, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Pennsylvania And Delaware Holding Third Prescription Take-Back Day In October

October 20, 2011
… unused, and unwanted medications on Saturday October 29 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The DEA will have more than 380 … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, and often come from the home medicine cabinet. Additionally, the collection …
October 20, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Leader Of International Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced To 15 Years Imprisonment

September 10, 2013
… than 13 kilograms of cocaine and five kilograms of heroin from Panama to Wilmington.  The investigation also uncovered … States Army, who shipped multiple kilograms of heroin from Kabul, Afghanistan, to the United States.  Sharif and … guilty, to offenses relating to the shipment of heroin from Afghanistan. To date, the government has charged 23 …
September 10, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

September 10, 2015
… Frank J. McCartney (215) 861-1974 Event will take place from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 12th … event across Pennsylvania and Delaware on September 12th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
September 10, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Six California Residents Indicted By Federal Grand Jury For Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone In Southeast Alaska Drug Dealer Sentenced For Structuring Drug Proceedshirteenth Defendant Pleads Guilty In Idaho Meth Case

February 02, 2011
… and to possess with the intent to distribute oxycodone from July 1, 2010, to July 12, 2010; Dantzler and Pinkston … intent to distribute approximately 7,500 oxycodone pills from the Sacramento, California area to Juneau, Alaska utilizing drug couriers via commercial air travel from November 2008, to September 29, 2010; Cooper conspired …
February 02, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Leader Of International Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced To Thirteen Years In Federal Prison

May 09, 2011
… the key ingredient for manufacturing methamphetamine, south from Canada and transporting significant quantities of cocaine and pure methamphetamine north from California and Mexico. This represents a relatively new … First, in November 2008, OSP stopped a vehicle coming from the Canadian border as it drove south through Oregon, …
May 09, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number Of Unused Pills As Part Of Its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day

November 07, 2017
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … W. Patterson. “This is a crisis that must be addressed from multiple angles.  Educating the public and removing these medications from households across the Unites States prevents misuse …
November 07, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Illinois Resident Sentenced For Synthetic Drug Conspiracy

February 12, 2018
… 2017, Ortiz pleaded guilty. According to court documents, from December 2011 to October 2013, he, along with his … California, were involved in the importation of chemicals from China that were substantially similar in structure and … consumption. Ortiz and his associates then shipped the drug from warehouses in Pensacola, Florida and Millbrae and …
February 12, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

September 22, 2015
… WashingtonDiversionOutreach@dea.gov Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th WASHINGTON - This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
September 22, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Alert - Extortion Scam - Alert

January 08, 2013
… Operation Engage Seattle Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Division Offices are regularly receiving telephone calls from concerned citizens who are the victims of this … themselves as DEA agents or law enforcement officials from other agencies.  The impersonators inform their victims …
January 08, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Ballard Man Arrested For Selling Marijuana To Minors

September 16, 2013
… school parent reported students were purchasing marijuana from Castillo’s home, a block north of Ballard High School.  … to minors including high school and middle school students from area schools.            According to the criminal … in April 2013, Seattle Police detectives observed teens from Whitman Middle School and Ballard High School approach …
September 16, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Danville Real Estate Agent Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For Bank Fraud And Money Laundering Scheme

April 22, 2016
… to be a drug dealer.  Keslinke accepted a total of $550,000 from the undercover agent.  In an attempt to conceal the … the funds, Keslinke repeatedly deposited the money received from the undercover agent into business bank accounts under … Keslinke then attempted to launder the money by wiring it from his business bank accounts to an account controlled by …
April 22, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Operation Mercury Cases

January 07, 2014
… sentenced for their involvement in separate cases resulting from Operation Mercury, a six-county eradication and … Cano had an expired medical marijuana recommendation from a doctor he had never seen. (The doctor has been … documents indicate that Cano would get a cut of the profits from the interstate sale of marijuana from Morales' son, …
January 07, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Case Update: Central Valley Marijuana Traffickers

March 31, 2014
… 571-387-5018 FRESNO, Calif.) - Marijuana cultivators from Kern, Stanislaus, and Fresno Counties entered guilty … material, and ammunition and seized $3,179 in drug proceeds from Hernandez's residence on the property.  Hernandez also agreed to forfeit the money seized from his residence. Hernandez faces a maximum prison term of …
March 31, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Fresno-Based Investigation Results In Nationwide Arrests For Drug Distribution And Cash Structuring Conspiracy

October 28, 2014
… into suspicious cash transactions led to eight individuals from California, Louisiana, Florida, and Ohio being charged … 25, of Monroe, Ohio. According to charging documents, from July 2012 through October 2014, Thomas and Gonzalez … the defendants would withdraw cash in equivalent amounts from the bank accounts at locations in California. In …
October 28, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Fresno Man Pleads Guilty To Structuring Drug Proceeds

January 29, 2013
… pleaded guilty today to structuring proceeds derived from an interstate drug trafficking operation, Drug … acknowledged that he structured $693,905 in cash derived from marijuana grown in Fresno and shipped to Alabama in … people to obtain California medical recommendations from a local physician for the purpose of growing marijuana, …
January 29, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Jury Convicts Three Individuals Of Illegally Distributing Controlled Substances Over Internet

November 16, 2012
… beginning in 2004 through 2006, customers selected drugs from the SafescriptsOnline and PharmacyUSA web sites.  The … generated more than $24 million in revenue from the sale of the controlled substances.  The majority of … through international accounts in the form of transfers from credit card processors in Israel and Canada, as well as …
November 16, 2012
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