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Over 85 Pounds of Cocaine and Fentanyl, 8 Guns and $420,000 Cash Seized in Williamsburg, Brooklyn: Man Charged as Major Trafficker

… eight loaded firearms, and approximately $420,000 cash from the defendant’s car, which was parked outside of a … Enforcement Task Force (NYDETF) Group T-11, with assistance from SNP’s Investigators Unit.  NYDETF Group T-11 is comprised of agents and officers from DEA New York Division, the New York City Police …
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Seven Charged after Federal Investigation Disrupts Massive Counterfeit Pill Manufacturing Operation

… Pill Manufacturing Operation September 24, 2024 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … - (802) 951-2900 Synthetic opioid pills trafficked from Connecticut throughout U.S. through dark web EAST HAVEN … documents and statements made in court, this matter stems from an investigation led by the DEA New Haven’s Tactical …
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DEA 2020 Year in Review: Combatting Serious Drug-Related Threats During the Pandemic

… Review: Combatting Serious Drug-Related Threats During the Pandemic January 14, 2021 Headquarters Contact Info Contact … prescriptions at the scene of a domestic warrant service and arrest.jpg A DEA Forensic Chemist measuring a lethal … significant operations to protect neighborhoods from the rise in violence, the scourge of methamphetamine, …
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Attorney General William P. Barr announces updates in Operation Legend to include charges against 26 defendants alleged to operate a violent drug trafficking organization

… @DEAChicagoDiv Todd C. Smith Domestic Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin Additional Division Info Community Outreach: … DEA Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division, and Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the … obtained multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine and marijuana from California for distribution in the Milwaukee area. As …
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Major Gang Arrests In Greater Little Rock Area Highlights Pioneering Collaborative State, Local, And Federal Violence Reduction Initiative

… Rock Area Highlights Pioneering Collaborative State, Local, And Federal Violence Reduction Initiative February 22, 2018 … task force. Early Thursday morning hundreds of officers from multiple agencies executed arrest warrants for the … place to live.” “A team of over 250 agents and officers from law enforcement agencies across our state came together …
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Manhattan Doctor Illegally Sold Painkiller Prescriptions To Drug Trafficking Organization

… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County Additional Division Info Community … who illegally obtained numerous prescriptions for oxycodone from Gibbs. Vaughan filled prescriptions under his own name …
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DEA St. Louis Division joins Kiwanis to "Crush Drugs" in St. Charles County

… deaths decreased in 2019, more than 1,000 people died from overdoses. In 2017, one in seven high school students … who are in the battle for their loved ones suffering from substance use disorder.” "The Kiwanis Club of St … accepted at bikereg.com/scmokiwanis . Route lengths run from 12 to 45 miles. The registration fee is $25. For …
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Doctor pleads guilty to unlawful drug distribution and identity theft

… theft September 17, 2020 Also settles civil claims arising from improper ketamine prescriptions and recordkeeping … to pay $43,225.24 to settle civil penalty claims arising from his improper prescribing of ketamine and failure to … treatment. In pleading guilty, McMahon admitted that from at least December 2018 through August 2019, he provided …
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Anchorage Attorney Arrested, Charged with Drug Trafficking, Firearm Offenses

… substance. Court documents explain that Facey was suspended from practicing law on Feb. 24, 2025, following numerous bar … Office for the District of Alaska has been recused from this case with the exception of certain personnel. Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven D. Clymer from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of …
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

… Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth September 27, 2021 San Diego Contact Info Contact … last year compared to 2019, sadly, overdose deaths from these drugs significantly increased from 2019 to 2020.  Although the DEA remains committed to …
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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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Four Arrested After DEA-Led Investigation into Waterbury Drug Trafficking Ring

… of narcotics, revealed that Fisher received heroin/fentanyl from Collins, and fentanyl/heroin and cocaine from other suppliers.  He then distributed the narcotics to … the arrests of the four defendants, agents and officers from the DEA, FBI, Connecticut State Police, and Waterbury, …
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Leader of Drug Delivery Service Responsible for Three Fentanyl Poisoning Deaths Convicted

… was fully aware that a customer had previously overdosed from the deadly fentanyl Ortega laced into his product yet … continues to claim lives and inflict havoc on families from all walks of life.  Drug dealers don’t label their …
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Kilo Fentanyl Distributor in Craven County Sentenced to 40 Years

… of Craven County’s most hopeless souls, extracting profit from their pain and addiction,” said U.S. Attorney Michael … and its partners are committed to holding those who profit from this destruction accountable. This is a warning to …
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Australian National Pleads Guilty to Participating in Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy

… National Pleads Guilty to Participating in Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy August 08, 2024 Miami … – On July 29, Jordan Curry, 42, an Australian national from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), pled guilty to … in a conspiracy to launder money and import cocaine from South America through the United States to Australia.  …
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Leader Of Nationwide Meth Ring Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking, Firearm and Money Laundering Charges

… 2021, 12 controlled purchases of methamphetamine were made from the drug trafficking organization—two of which were directly from Alkayisi and one that was negotiated with Alkayisi and … of approximately 100 pounds of 100% pure methamphetamine from Keleman that he allegedly picked up on behalf of …
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Large Scale Fentanyl and Cocaine Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 13 Years in Federal Prison

… Administration investigation, it was determined that from March 2019 to July 2020, Norwood acted as a large-scale … with others to have large quantities of cocaine transported from California to Maryland, where Norwood would further … For example, on November 24, 2019, Co-conspirator 1 flew from San Francisco to Baltimore.  Upon arrival, …
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Two Harford County Cocaine Dealers Convicted by Federal Jury

… investigation revealed that co-defendant Jack Anderson from Tucson, Arizona was the sender of the package.  On January 22, 2020, law enforcement learned from U.S. Postal Inspectors that Durbin sent a parcel from Havre de Grace, Maryland, addressed to Anderson in …
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Narcotics Dealing Couple Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Trafficking Charges and Assault on of a Federal Officer

… Couple Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Trafficking Charges and Assault on of a Federal Officer October 06, 2021 … While asleep, the nine-month-old child obtained narcotics from Wall’s belongings, ingested the narcotics, and …
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Baltimore “Trained To Go” gang members taken down

… while they were detained and being transported to and from the courtroom during their trial. According to his plea … age 28, and Linton Broughton, aka Marty, age 25, both from Baltimore, were sentenced to life in prison and to 30 … As detailed in the plea agreements of Harrison and Tillman, from Sep. 17, 2018, through Oct. 31, 2018, a criminal trial …
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South Georgia Physician Sentenced to Prison after Admitting Conspiracy to Illegally Distribute Drugs

… massive amounts of addictive-controlled substances from pain management and addiction clinics. Dr. Wallace … is committed to stopping unscrupulous medical professionals from harming patients.” “Dr. Anderson betrayed his oath and … is to seek out those responsible for supplying poison, from the street-level dealers to the professional dealers in …
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Nine Defendants Indicted in Burke County Drug Trafficking Investigation

… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta , GA 30341 United States … conspiracy that funneled cocaine and other drugs from Atlanta to the Waynesboro, Ga., area. The indictment in … developed information about cocaine trafficking from Mexico, through California to Atlanta, and then …
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New Britain Man Involved in Coast-to-Coast Drug Trafficking Pleads Guilty

… Drug Trafficking Pleads Guilty January 25, 2024 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … guilty in Hartford federal court to a charge stemming from the large-scale trafficking of fentanyl and cocaine. … search of one package, which had been mailed from California, revealed approximately one kilogram of …
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A Look Back at Fentanyl Prosecutions in 2023

… for fentanyl trafficking offenses with sentences ranging from two to 17 years in prison. Another approximately 29 … Americans at catastrophic rates and devastating families from coast to coast,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge … the product of an investigation by the DEA with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service, the California Highway …
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Northwest Arkansas Fentanyl Distributors Sentenced to Combined 52 Years in Federal Prison in Drug Overdose Death Cases

… , 34, of Farmington, Ark., as a fentanyl distributor. From March 1 and March 25, 2022, DEA agents, utilizing a … made two separate undercover purchases of fentanyl directly from Oliver. On March 25, 2022, DEA agents executed a search …
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Perry Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Drug-Trafficking Charges

… demonstrated that Basha was distributing methamphetamine from his home in Perry, Florida, while Basha was on house … witnesses testified that they had purchased methamphetamine from Basha at his home, citing his then state court … Office made three controlled purchases of methamphetamine from Basha at or outside his residence. On August 25, 2021, …
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Six arrested after DEA Task Force investigation into fentanyl trafficking ring

… kilogram-quantities of narcotics, primarily fentanyl, from a source of supply, and then distributed the drug to … Members of the organization delivered cash generated from the sale of narcotics to Zhang, a money broker in … was arrested on state charges shortly after he drove from the Pratt Street location and was found in possession …
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National healthcare fraud takedown results in charges against over 600 individuals responsible for over $2 billion in fraud losses

… Engage New Orleans Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … OxyContin, or Fentanyl. Three of the defendants are from Selma and the remaining six are from Mobile. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department …
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22 People indicted for their roles in northern Ohio drug conspiracy

… drugs, which they sold in Euclid and Cleveland to customers from across Northeast Ohio. Named in the 42-count indictment … cocaine and powder cocaine. It concentrated on customers from the east side of Cleveland, Euclid and Lake County. The … analogues when he was arrested in Cleveland after fleeing from law enforcement. Gray was charged with possession of a …
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Parker doctor sentenced for illegally distributing controlled substances

… David S. Olesky Domestic Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and Utah Additional Division Info Salt Lake City District … - (970) 385-5147 Glenwood Springs - (970) 945-0744 Grand Junction - (970) 683-3220 Montana Billings - (406) … file for that same patient also included strong warnings from other physicians who had seen the patient, including …