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Anchorage Couple Sentenced For Drug, Gun, And Money Laundering Charges

… Anchorage area. He regularly purchased both drugs on credit from his Anchorage-based supplier. After selling the drugs, … other items, which he later took affirmative steps to hide from law enforcement. Mr. Harris returned the remaining cash … he paid his supplier an additional $75,000 in cash earned from selling heroin and methamphetamine. In October 2013, …
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Organizer Of The Most Prolific Cocaine Network In Alaska Sentenced To 16 Years

… Infiltrated - Over 250 kilograms of Cocaine to Alaska from 2010 to 2014 ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Clarence Anthony … in Las Vegas, would obtain large quantities of cocaine from California, where he was from. He then paid employees at Las Vegas McCarran …
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Suitland Drug Ringleader Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison

… and local partners, to stop drug traffickers who profit from the harm they present to our community.” According to … Cox led a drug trafficking ring in Suitland, Maryland. From at least February 2007 to February 2009, Cox regularly …
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Former Philadelphia Police Officer Sentenced To 16 Years For Drug Conspiracy

… a phony arrest was orchestrated in order to steal drugs from a drug dealer. At the time of the crime, Williams was a … launderer, but who was actually an undercover Special Agent from the Drug Enforcement Administration. Williams went to … by greed and who turn a blind eye to tragedies that stem from illicit drug use," said John J. Bryfonski, Special …
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DEA Pennsylvania And Delaware Holding Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In September

… unused, and unwanted medications on Saturday September 29 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The DEA will have more than 300 … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, and often come from the home medicine cabinet. The many convenient …
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Guilty Verdict In Cocaine Conspiracy And A Conspiracy To Launder Drug Money

… recipient and trafficker of multiple kilograms of cocaine from California. AUSA Lenhardt indicated in court filings … revealed that Spence was initially obtaining cocaine from California by use of common couriers such as DHL, … changed the mechanism of transportation multiple times from tractor trailers and other vehicles, to flights from …
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Waldorf Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Over 20 Years In Prison

…    According to evidence presented at the six-day trial, from at least August 2010 through June 6, 2013, White … During this time period, White sent shipments from the East Coast to California via FedEx and private … sealed packaging.  The evidence further established that from August 2010 through May 2013, White sent 25 shipments, …
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Hyattsville Man Sentenced For Selling Misbranded Prescription And Non-Prescription Drugs

… Washington Field Office. According to his plea agreement, from 2007 to March 27, 2012, Jimenez purchased misbranded prescription and nonprescription drugs from conspirators who brought the drugs into the United States from El Salvador and elsewhere, and then sold the drugs from …
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Allan Peters Guilty Of Conspiracy To Distribute More Than 1,000 Kilograms Of Marijuana

… trial. During trial, the government offered evidence that from at least 2005 until 2011, Peters, Alan Forget, Cheryl … Border Patrol seized approximately 250 pounds of marijuana from Cheryl Lobdell in North Hudson, New York. On September … State Police seized approximately 240 pounds of marijuana from a vehicle operated by Alan Forget, after Forget led law …
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Leader Of Maritime International Drug Transportation Organization Arraigned In Brooklyn

… on October 14, 2013, on a provisional arrest warrant issued from the Eastern District of New York. The arraignment was … responsible for transporting shipments of cocaine from Colombia to locations in Central America and Mexico for … arranging boats and submarines that transported the cocaine from Colombia to other members of his organization in …
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Three-Time Felon Arrested While On Parole

… Division, the Albany DEA District Office with assistance from the Oneonta Police Department and New York State parole officers from the Utica office. In the fall of 2013, Sheriff’s Office … and December 2013, quantities of heroin were purchased from Collins by confidential sources during the narcotics …
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Fresno Man Pleads Guilty In Interstate Marijuana Trafficking Ring And Money Laundering

… in a drug and money laundering ring that extended from Fresno to Alabama and Georgia, Acting Special Agent in … the guilty plea, Kelley structured $65,298 in cash derived from an interstate marijuana-trafficking organization led by … Gable admitted to structuring $693,905 of drug proceeds from the distribution of marijuana in Birmingham. He is …
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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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Little River Woman Pleads Guilty to Concealing the Laundering of Drug Proceeds

… assets purchased with funds that she knew were derived from drug trafficking.  Evidence presented during her change … in assets that were illegally obtained using the proceeds from the drug trafficking business.  She did so by … instructed Tisdale to hide certain assets to conceal them from authorities. Rather than notify authorities of the …
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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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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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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 …