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23 Individuals Charged With Trafficking Counterfeit Prescription Pills

… that Mora, Bello and Bryson obtained their drug supply from other sources at times and that Mora and Bryson had … pills containing controlled substances were also seized from inside a furniture hide. "Since taking office 10 months … Last year we lost over 2000 lives. Loved ones taken, stolen from us. And to be clear – counterfeit prescription pills …
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MS-13 Leader Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy and Conspiring to Commit Multiple Murders

… to Life in Federal Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy and Conspiring to Commit Multiple Murders April 01, 2022 New … offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … these violent gang members to keep our communities safe from the violence perpetrated by MS-13,” said U.S. Attorney …
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Key Member of Drug Distribution Ring Linked to Aryan Prison Gangs Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

… along with more than $81,000 in cash proceeds from drug trafficking. Slocumb was a key partner for the … drugs but acting as an enforcer—he took direction from Gill in picking up guns following a trip to get drugs from the stash house, and on another occasion, he conspired …
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Leader of Sophisticated Sinaloa Cartel Money Laundering Organization Sentenced to 120 Months

… Ramirez was one of 12 people indicted on charges ranging from money laundering, narcotics trafficking, and extortion … 2020 the FBI conducted surveillance on a bulk cash delivery from Idsel Valenzuela and Sugey Caro Salazar in Chicago.  … targeted, resulting in the seizure of more than $1 million from U.S.-based bank accounts. Agents also conducted …
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Cartel transportation head sentenced to federal prison

… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta , GA 30341 United States … Jae W. Chung Domestic Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina Additional Division Info Community … can feel safer.”    “Montemayor came to the United States from Mexico and used his skills, hard work, and the …
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Matriarch Sentenced for Role in Violent Multimillion-Dollar Honduran Cocaine Trafficking Organization

… Operation Engage DMV Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … United States WASHINGTON, DC- According to court documents, from 2006 until 2015, Erlinda Ramos-Bobadilla, aka Chinda, … received clandestine maritime and air shipments of cocaine from sources in South America. Individual shipments of …
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National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action

… against 138 defendants, including 42 doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical professionals, in 31 federal … recovery, or a new start. Not only do these schemes profit from desperation, but they often leave their victims even … prosecuted by Health Care Fraud and ARPO Strike Force teams from the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section, in coordination …
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Indictments Announced Following Wisconsin Drug Trafficking And Illegal Gambling Investigation

… On Tuesday, May 24th, over 150 law enforcement officers from the following agencies: Milwaukee High Intensity Drug … and DEA. The Milwaukee HIDTA is comprised of personnel from the MPD, DEA, Wisconsin Department of Justice, FBI, and … of pounds of marijuana have been transported by couriers from Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. to Minnesota, Southeast …
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Forty-One Defendants Charged With Conspiracy To Traffic Heroin And Prescription Opioids To Upper Midwest Indian Reservations

… drugs to the Red Lake and White Earth Indian Reservations from Detroit, Chicago, and Minneapolis ST. PAUL, Minn. - ― … in the arrests of a criminal organization that prospered from poisoning many people on the White Earth Nation. Many … families and communities have been damaged or destroyed from this poison. Now, the hard work of healing and wellness …
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Operation Four Horsemen Results In Millions Going Back To Law Enforcement Agencies

… Division today, millions of dollars in seized assets from the two-year investigation code-named Operation Four … G. Benson. “The seizure of large sums of U.S. currency from this organization severely disrupted its operations. … to combat the traffic and the problems that evolve there from,” said Lawrenceville Police Chief Randy Johnson. “The …
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Former Physician Indicted For Selling Amphetamine Diet Pills To Patients After Losing Medical License

… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County Additional Division Info Community … disease who died while taking amphetamine pills obtained from the former doctor. Bernhard, 66, was arrested at his …
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Colombian Drug Kingpin Charged With Smuggling 35 Pounds Of Heroin Destined For New York In Freight Containers

… centers on a shipment of 16 kilos of (over 35 lbs.) seized from a freighter ship in Miami on January 10, 2012. The load … kingpin statute, which carries a possible life sentence. From October 2011 through January 2012, Special Narcotics, …
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Leader of Drug Trafficking Ring Connected to Aryan Prison Gangs Sentenced to More Than 17 Years in Prison

… Operation Engage Seattle Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … along with more than $81,000 in cash proceeds from drug trafficking. The stash house property also …
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Miami news 2007

July 15, 2021
… 11, 2007 DEA Suspends Lakeland Branch of Drug Company From Distributing Controlled Substances October 5, 2007 1st … April 24, 2007 DEA Suspends Orlando Branch of Drug Company from Distributing Controlled Substances April 18, 2007 …
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The Replay: One Pill Can Kill Message Advances a Fentanyl Free America at Super Bowl LX

February 09, 2026
… in San Francisco, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and NFL Alumni Health (NFLAH) leaned into the power of the … drug use prevention messaging was available near and far.  From dozens of media engagements to a caravan moving through …
February 09, 2026
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Charges filed against leader of Northeast Philadelphia heroin distribution ring and six others

… Force (HIDTA). According to the federal criminal complaint, from February until June 2020, the defendants operated a … Teesdale Street residence. Lee would transport the drugs from Philadelphia in her vehicle to a stash house in …
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Major fentanyl and heroin mill dismantled in Harrison, N.J.

… was awarded a $2.8 million grant for this Task Force from the Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented …   “We prevented countless doses of fentanyl and heroin from reaching drug users by taking down this mill, and given … efforts of the detectives, analysts, and forensic experts from the State Police as well as our local and county …
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Second Largest Border Meth Bust in History on Southern Border

… forces – prevent over $7 million worth of deadly drugs from entering our country; thus saving countless lives from addiction and overdose deaths,” said DEA Special Agent … to our mission; they continue to stop dangerous drugs from entering our communities." CBP officers later extracted …
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Pain Management Doctor Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion

… 2015 through 2017, in connection with false deductions from a scheme involving his issuance of hundreds of business … pattern of fabricating false business expenses to conceal from the IRS large portions of his substantial income earned …
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Colombian Narcotrafficker Sentenced for Distributing Over 30,000 Kilos of Cocaine in the U.S.

… those individuals and organizations who seek to profit from selling dangerous controlled substances that tear at … our community.” According to court filings and proceedings, from 2009 through 2014, Ordonez participated in a massive … for trafficking tens of thousands of kilograms of cocaine from laboratories in the Colombian jungle to intermediary …
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Queens Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Health Care Fraud and Narcotics Distribution

… today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Harris Hussnain, 41, from Queens, New York and the owner of a pharmacy in Queens, … DEA stands committed to protecting our healthcare system from fraud, all while keeping our communities safe. I … and dangerously dispensing opioid pills and stealing from Medicare and Medicaid, Hussnain has been brought to …
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Final Defendant Sentenced in Gang-Related South Georgia Meth-Trafficking Conspiracy

… Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Operation Stranded Bandit grew from prior gang investigations Methamphetamine DEA Stock … affiliations, is a vital part of protecting our communities from violent crime.” Sheppard, Sharpe and Hamilton are among … 2020, the indictment describes an investigation that grew from other major gang-related drug trafficking prosecutions …
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Holyoke Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Conspiracy

… pistols and bullet-proof vest, among other things seized from defendant’s residence BOSTON – A Holyoke man associated … into our communities, agents also seized deadly firearms from his home – including a fully automatic AR-15 machinegun … and harm. Stopping the flow of illegal narcotics from entering into our communities remains the most critical …
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Four Gun Traffickers Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Traffic Firearms into Brooklyn

… not be tolerated. These deadly weapons have been removed from circulation, saving lives along the way. I commend our law enforcement teams from the DEA Group D-41, NYPD and the U.S. Attorney’s Office … Houses complex, located in Canarsie, Brooklyn, across from a church, and blocks away from a preschool and grade …
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Fentanyl Trafficker Sentence to 22 Years in Prison

… and destroy communities.  This defendant sought to profit from trafficking significant quantities of this horrific … surrounded by cash.   Bimbow used his massive profits from fentanyl dealing to obtain numerous luxury vehicles, … a club, and show off his earnings.  For example, evidence from Bimbow’s phone showed him taking a video of hundreds of …
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Five Colombian National for International Cocaine Distribution

… Allegedly Exported Hundreds of Kilograms of Cocaine from Colombia to the United States BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Today, … was arrested in Florida on an arrest warrant issued from the Eastern District of New York. On the same day, his … that produced and exported hundreds of kilos of cocaine from Colombia to the United States,” stated United States …
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Schenectady Man Sentenced to 120 Months for Cocaine Conspiracy

… prison. Today’s sentencing will keep the community safe from someone who, near the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, … worked with his own son and experienced drug traffickers from the New York City area to transport large amounts of … an investigation of Civitello Jr. Sinde then drove the Jeep from Schenectady to Fort Lee, and the following evening met …
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Guyanese national extradited to face cocaine importation charge

… - (914) 682-6256 First extradition of a defendant from Guyana facing federal charges in the United States … offenses. Nebblett was extradited to the United States from Guyana on November 6, 2020, the first from Guyana facing federal charges in the United States …
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DEA holds 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, October 26, 2019

… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to … is just one way DEA strives to keep communities safe from drug abuse and addiction.”    “The DEA Prescription …