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Drug Kingpin Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison: $6.5 Million “Crystal Meth” And Heroin Haul

… “crystal meth,” and five (11 lbs.) of heroin from Mexican suppliers. At the time of the guilty plea, … a two-week wiretap investigation. With authorization from the court, agents were able to record Mota’s calls and … of methamphetamine and heroin as it was being transferred from a tractor trailer to a car. Evidence suggested that …
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Canadian Marijuana Trafficker Receives Life Imprisonment

… by Dinelle, ran a vast international marijuana operation from Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, which operated from at least 2005 until 2008.  During the trial in federal … testified that Woods procured large quantities of marijuana from his sources in Canada, and with Dinelle, arranged for …
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Second Canadian Marijuana Trafficker Receives Life Sentence

… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … Woods in running a vast international marijuana operation from Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, which operated from about 2005 until 2008. During the trial in federal …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take 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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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day

… the public on the serious dangers of fentanyl poisoning from fake pills and other illicit drugs.  DEA supports the … ever encountered,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram.  “From large cities to rural America, no community is safe …
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Anne Milgram Sworn In As DEA Administrator

… safer and healthier,” said Administrator Milgram. From 2007 to 2010, Ms. Milgram served as the Attorney … Award for her work. After graduating summa cum laude from Rutgers University, Ms. Milgram received a master’s …
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DEA Hero Joseph Piersante Honored By U.S. Secretary Of Defense

… to the Department of Defense. Piersante’s recovery from this life-threatening event has been nothing short of … Special Agent Piersante has received numerous awards from a variety of organizations, including the Federal Congressional Badge of Bravery - from the United States Congress, and from his alma mater, …
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Madera County Man Sentenced For Marijuana Cultivation And Being A Felon In Possession Of A Firearm

… were found inside. Officers seized two rifles and a shotgun from a gun safe along with high-capacity magazines and more … for that firearm. The serial numbers had been removed from two of the seized firearms, and one had been reported … had previously been convicted of crimes that prohibited him from possessing firearms. This case was the product of an …
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Twenty-Three indicted in large-scale heroin ring

… contained in the indictment as well as information from detention hearings, defendants Azusena Maribel Sierra and her husband Juan Antonio Amaya-Nunez were at the center … collector who, on a daily basis, received calls and texts from dozens of street-level customers. Sierra took heroin …
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DEA Celebrates 45 Years

July 10, 2018
… seizing tens of billions of dollars of assets from traffickers and strong bonds with our international and … DEA’s work, hundreds of thousands of people have been saved from drug addiction and death and communities have been … far too many people still become addicted - and often die - from drugs today. This includes drugs we were fighting 45 …
July 10, 2018
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DEA Releases annual National Drug Threat Assessment

… continue to evolve. While fentanyl and fentanyl analogues from China have decreased substantially following the DEA’s … period ending in July of 2020, a significant increase from 2019, when more than 70,000 people died of overdoses.  … the first part of 2020. The assessment gathers information from many data sources such as drug investigations and …
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DEA Red Ribbon Rally

February 25, 2022
… Fox Young Marines Color Guard, Eat at Joe’s acapella group from Georgetown Day School in Washington, D.C. and invited guests from other federal agencies, the military, DEA’s prevention partners, and students from H.B. Woodlawn Secondary Program, Arlington, Virginia.  …
February 25, 2022
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DEA Hosts 25th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers an easy, no-cost … medications—those that are old, unwanted, or expired—from their homes.  These medications can be a gateway to … for a nonmedical purpose obtained that medication from a family member or friend.  Removing unnecessary …
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DEA announces 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… to dispose of unwanted, unused prescription drugs during pandemic WASHINGTON – DEA is holding its 19th National … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. Collection sites will adhere …
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Attorney General Barr announces Timothy J. Shea as new Acting Administrator of Drug Enforcement Administration

… Shea served as Associate Deputy Attorney General from 1990 to 1992 and as Counselor to the Attorney General … a crackdown targeting violent crime in seven U.S. cities. From 1992 to 1997, Shea served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney …
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Portland Man Sentenced To Almost Seven Years For Trafficking Bath Salts And Opiates

… the charges on April 1, 2016. According to court records, from February through May 2015, Day was involved in a … heroin, and fentanyl. Heroin and fentanyl were obtained from sources in New Hampshire and Massachusetts and bath salts were obtained through the mail from a source outside the United States.  Day and his …
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Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison

… 11, 2012. According to evidence presented at trial, from early 2011 until his arrest on October 18, 2011, Coronado sold large quantities of methamphetamine from his home in Riverview to lower-level dealers. The … multiple-ounce quantities of high purity methamphetamine from Corona for purposes of distribution. Corona previously …
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DEA’s Third National Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Collects 188.5 Tons

… partners have removed 995,185 (498.5 tons) of medication from circulation in the past 13 months. “The amount of … majority of teens who abuse prescription drugs obtain them from family and friends for free, including from the home medicine cabinet. Many Americans simply do not …
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Six Colombian Nationals Charged With Murder Of DEA Agent

… He was a hero, in every sense of the word, who was taken from us far too suddenly and far too soon," said Attorney … cooperation with Colombian authorities, and with assistance from INTERPOL and the Justice Department’s Office of … Affairs.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael P. Ben’Ary from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of …
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Lawrence Man Sentenced On Federal Drug Charges

… with the intent to distribute. In May 2013, detectives from the Nashua Police Department conducted a controlled purchase of cocaine from the defendant. During a subsequent search of the vehicle from which that transaction occurred, officers located a …
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Coarsegold Cannabis Cultivator Convicted

… Stockton - (571) 387-3956 46th Federal Conviction Stemming from Multi-agency Operation Trident FRESNO, CA - United … Coarsegold, Calif. This is the latest conviction stemming from Operation Trident, a multi-agency marijuana enforcement … of approximately 639,042 marijuana plants, primarily from public lands in the Sierra foothills and mountains, and …
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Dover Man Arrested After Receiving Large Shipment Of Marijuana

… after the occupants refused to answer the door. Recovered from the residence were over four pounds of marijuana from a box that had just been delivered from California. Also recovered were 12 grams of marijuana …
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More Than 13 Tons Prescription Drugs Turned In By Northern California And Central Valley Residents

… drug abusers report in surveys that they get their drugs from friends and family.  Americans understand that cleaning out old prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, kitchen drawers, and bedside tables … drug overdoses-78 a day-in (the most recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).  Eight …
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Public Response To DEA’s 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Remains Robust

… 837-2324 Stockton - (571) 387-3956 SAN FRANCISCO - Results from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s 10th National … on the event.  Approximately 151 tons has been collected from the region during the ten prescription drug take-back … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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Drug Trafficker in Western Washington, Caught Twice with Kilos of Drugs and Firearms, Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

… as Key Cog in Drug Distribution Conspiracy Stretching from Colombia to Mexico and into Washington State SEATTLE – … this investigation, federal and state investigators worked from the streets of Seattle to drug suppliers in Mexico and … methamphetamine, cocaine, and two firearms were seized from his vehicle. When Duarte Garcia’s car was searched on …
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DEA & DA Sini: 15 gang members & associates indicted for alleged drug distribution ring

… Force, we have indicted 15 individuals on charges ranging from drug trafficking to weapons possession. This … to reducing violent crime and reclaiming our communities from menacing drug trafficking networks and gangs." "My … and their continued partnership to keep Long Island safe from gangs." The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, …
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DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

… (307) 778-1500 36 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl Removed from Communities between May and September On September 27, … the results of an enforcement operation that spanned from May to September and resulted in significant fentanyl … is equivalent to more than 36 million lethal doses removed from the illegal drug supply. Additionally, 338 weapons were …
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Leader of Drug Delivery Service Responsible for Three Fentanyl Poisoning Deaths Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison

… was fully aware that a customer had previously overdosed from the deadly fentanyl Ortega laced into his product yet … dangerous drugs in New York City via a crew of workers from at least in or about 2015 to in or about February … any of the three victims – Ortega received a text message from a different customer warning Ortega that his drugs had …
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Alleged “Iron Pipeline” Gun Trafficking Network Shut Down

… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County Additional Division Info Community … A. Pena-Camilo (25) of Washington, D.C., allegedly fled from arresting officers but was later located in Washington, …
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Pharmacy owner charged with illegally distributing oxycodone and operating a health care fraud and kickback scheme

… health care fraud, and providing “kickbacks” to customers from Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements to induce them to obtain substances from his pharmacy.  Paulsen will be presented before U.S. …