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Eugene Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Overdose Death of University of Oregon Student

… in his Eugene apartment. On December 24, 2020, officers from the Eugene Police Department responded to the scene and … friend wherein they discussed purchasing Oxycodone pills from another individual later determined to be Hill. Mr. … friend told investigators that he had been purchasing pills from Hill for nearly a year. Law enforcement soon identified …
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Leader of Mexico’s United Cartels and Others Charged in South Florida Federal Court with Importing Over 1200 Pounds of Crystal Methamphetamine

… Leader of Mexico’s United Cartels and Others Charged in South Florida Federal Court with … Engage Ft. Lauderdale Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … and domestic partners to keep these poisonous substances from reaching our streets.”  “As the threat of …
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Irish man who helped run the “Silk Road” website extradited

… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … today that Gary Davis, a/k/a “Libertas,” was extradited from the Republic of Ireland to the United States.  Davis …
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Virginia Motorcycle Dealership Seized in Methamphetamine Bust

… the Bristol Virginia Area. The methamphetamine is sourced from Mexico, transported through Los Angeles and then … to the LILLY DEALERSHIP in Abingdon, Virginia. Proceeds from these sales are then transported back to the Los …
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Multiple sentences imposed in massive synthetic narcotics distribution network

… Glaspy and U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick. The sentences ranged from 140 months in federal prison for a leader to probation … (Khader Tanous’s brother who collected money for him from synthetic narcotics sales), Ali Tafesh, 37, of Houston, who owned and distributed the drugs from a store named Azell Cell Phones, Hazim Hisham Qadus, …
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Law Enforcement Warns of Increase in Fentanyl Overdoses

… COEUR d'ALENE, Idaho -  Today, law enforcement officials from Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), U.S Attorney’s … deaths involve four males and one female ranging in age from 15 to 60. It appears at this time all five deaths were … died as a result of drug overdose in the United States from November 1, 2019, through October 31, 2020, the largest …
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Three Of Detroit’s Largest Drug Traffickers Of Recent History Flee Before Jury Returns Guilty Verdicts

… Number: (313) 234-4310 MAY (DETROIT) - Three individuals from metro-Detroit were convicted of violating various … would arrange for large amounts of money derived from the sale of drugs to be transported to Phoenix, … marijuana, cocaine and heroin, as well as cash generated from the sale of these drugs. Since 2006, law enforcement …
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New Orleans Field Division Collects Over 29,000 Pounds On Ninth Prescription Drug Take-Back DayNew Disposal Rules Now In Effect Provide For Convenient, Ongoing Disposal Opportunities For Patients’ Unwanted Pharmaceuticals; Law Enforcement Agencies May

… abuse prescription drugs dropped in 2013 to 6.5 million from 6.8 million in 2012, that is still more than double the … Use and Health.  In addition, 22,134 Americans died in 2011 from overdoses of prescription medications, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers, says the Centers for Disease …
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53 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… According to count one of the superseding indictment, from on or about September 2010 through on or about November … L. De Jesús-Gómez and others, as legitimate income derived from the activities of Luquillo Boat Glass, Inc. These three … their co-conspirators would use private vessels and vessels from the Puerto Rico Maritime Transportation Authority to …
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Key Atlanta Drug Distributors Sentenced

… in the distribution chain and stopped key players from continuing to sell cocaine throughout Georgia,” said … enforcement led to the removal of dangerous drugs and guns from our community.” “IRS Criminal Investigation not only … five defendants to be sentenced in this case, which arose from an investigation of regional cocaine distributors in …
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Former Heart Surgeon Convicted Of Unlawfully Prescribing And Dispensing Oxycodone

… 815-4513 ROME, Ga. - James Earl Chapman, Jr., a doctor from Macon, Georgia, has been convicted after a two-week … I am pleased with the hard work that went into this case from the investigation to the successful prosecution. It …
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Mexican Cartel Leaders Edgar Valdez-Villarreal, A.k.a. “La Barbie,” And Carlos Montemayor Gonzalez, Extradited To The U.S.

… and money laundering, are among 13 defendants extradited from Mexico this afternoon to face pending charges in the … high-level discussions among law enforcement officials from the start of the tenures of Attorney General Loretta E. … accused of supplying tractor trailer trucks full of cocaine from Mexico to the Eastern United States on behalf of the …
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Second Of Cape Cod Brothers Sentenced To 25 Years For Oxycodone Trafficking Scheme

… a significant drug organization in a community suffering from opiate abuse.”  “This investigation resulted in the … of a drug trafficking conspiracy.  The charges stemmed from a three-year conspiracy involving hundreds of thousands … multi-thousand-pill loads of 30-milligram oxycodone pills from South Florida to New England by plane and by car.  The …
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Perryville Pharmacist Sent To Prison For 10 Years, To Pay $850,000 For Role In Pill Scheme

… Engage New Orleans Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … to unlawfully distribute prescription opioid pills from his drug store, his participation in a scheme to … in the amount of $850,000 representing unlawful proceeds from the offense, which includes $54,000 in restitution to …
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DEA Probe Leads To Discovery Of Cross-Border Drug Tunnel In San Luis, AZ

… the Length of 2 Football Fields SAN LUIS, AZ - Agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) along with the U.S. … in a storage room hidden beneath a large water tank. From the floor, the tunnel plunged more than 55 feet into …
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Former Top Leaders Of Venezuela’s Anti-Narcotics Agency Indicted For Trafficking Drugs To The United States

… La Oficina Nacional Antidrogas allegedly received payments from narcotics traffickers BROOKLYN, N.Y. - An indictment … and relates to Reverol’s and Molina’s alleged activities from January 2008 to December 2010, when they served as the … Security (HSI), New York. According to court documents, from January 2008 to December 2010, in their then official …
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New York Doctor Sentenced To More Than 13 Years In Prison For Unlawfully Dispensing Nearly 1 Million Oxycodone Pills

… also ordered to forfeit $2,046,600 in cash fees collected from “patients” during the period of the conspiracy, … including more than $1.75 million in cash recovered from Mirilashvili’s home at the time of his arrest.  …
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Canadian Drug Kingpin With Ties To The Rizutto And Bonanno Crime Families, The Hells Angels And The Mexican Sinaloa Cartel Pleads Guilty To Narcotics Trafficking Crimes Carrying Sentence Of 20 Years To Life And $1 Billion In Forfeiture

… in narcotics proceeds that federal agents seized from multiple locations in New York, California, … transported tens of thousands of pounds of marijuana from outdoor growers in British Colombia to Montreal, … run by the Hells Angels and Native American co-conspirators from the Akwesasne Mohawk Reservation along the …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Owners Of Three Pharmacies, Pharmacists, And Others For Illegal Distribution Of Millions Of Dollars Worth Of Oxycodone And Other Painkillers

… distribution of oxycodone and other controlled substances from three pharmacies in New York and New Jersey to … the Indictment unsealed today in Manhattan federal court:   From at least November 2011 up to and including October …
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Jose Morales Sentenced To Over 21 Years In Prison For Heroin And Marijuana Distribution Conspiracies

… smuggle heroin into prison and run a marijuana conspiracy from prison GREENBELT, Md. - - U.S. District Judge Roger W. … Morales contacted the women, providing them with a contact from whom they could obtain the heroin.  He described to … exchange the heroin by kissing, transferring the heroin from the woman’s mouth to Morales’.  For example, beginning …
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Wide Ranging Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Dismantled

… distributed large amounts of methamphetamine and heroin from Mexico to Washington state was dismantled today with … spanned a large area of the state with operations ranging from Everett to Vancouver, Washington and from Aberdeen on the coast to the Tri-Cities in Eastern …
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Drug Enforcement Task Force Uncovers Heroin Stash In The Bronx, NY: $30 Million Worth Of Heroin Seized

… of 46 kilograms of (141 lbs.). On September 26, 2015 a team from the DEA’s New York Drug Enforcement Task Force - … Today's seizure will keep millions of packages of heroin from hitting the streets. I thank our law enforcement … said, “This seizure prevented a staggering amount of heroin from flooding our neighborhoods with this highly addictive …
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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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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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DEA New York and NYC’s Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor Seize Record Amounts of Fentanyl-Laced, Fake Prescription Pills and Fentanyl Powder During 2022

… DEA New York and NYC’s Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor Seize … Record Amounts of Fentanyl-Laced, Fake Prescription Pills and Fentanyl Powder During 2022 January 05, 2023 New York … fentanyl-laced, fake prescription pills (a 152% increase from 2021) and 1,958 pounds of fentanyl which is the …
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More than $1.2 million worth of heroin seized; 15 indicted during operation tied to 15 overdoses, three fatal

… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … a drug operation that allegedly sold heroin to customers from Nassau, Suffolk and New York City. The drugs were allegedly sold from the parking lot of the Gateway Shopping Center in East …
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DEA New York Division and NY Attorney General Announce Takedown of Major Gun Trafficking Operation in Queens

… DEA New York Division and NY Attorney General Announce Takedown of Major Gun … offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … Office of the Attorney General (OAG) recovered 184 firearms from the operation, which transported weapons from …
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… Kelly McKay Recruiter Name Kieran Garcia (858) 616-4040 sandiegospecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter … 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 …