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Miami News 2008

July 15, 2021
… Truck Driver of Transporting $950,000 Worth of Cocaine from Arizona to Central Florida March 11, 2008 Human … Miami Beach Doctor Indicted for Patient Death Resulting from Illegal Dispensing of Controlled Substance January 17, 2008 150 Kilograms of Cocaine Seized from Aircraft in Fort Lauderdale …
July 15, 2021
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New York News 2003/2002

July 15, 2021
… County, NY Dismantled NOV 3, 2003 3 Defendants Extradited From Israel To Stand Trial For Conspiring To Distribute … Leads to Successful Extradition of Ecstasy Kingpin Fugitive from Spain to the United States APR 15, 2003 DEA …
July 15, 2021
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DEA Brings In Record Amount Of Unused Prescription Drugs On National Prescription Take Back Day

… that a majority of abused prescription drugs were obtained from family and friends, often from the home medicine cabinet. The DEA’s Take Back Day … “That's why it was great to see thousands of folks from across the country clean out their medicine cabinets …
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Congress Agrees To Add 26 Synthetic Drugs To Controlled Substances Act

… of time a substance may be temporarily placed in Schedule (from 18 to 36 months). In addition to explicitly naming 26 … harmful chemicals. Newly developed drugs, particularly from the “2C family” (dimethoxyphenethylamines), are … 6,959 calls related to synthetic marijuana in 2011, up from 2,906 in 2010. On …
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DEA Administrator Chuck Rosenberg Statement On Walgreens’ Prescription Drug Take Back Initiative

… older who abused pain relievers in the past year got them from a friend or relative for free, including from the home medicine cabinet.  Those who abuse pain … enhance our efforts to remove unwanted prescription drugs from our communities and reduce drug abuse and accidental …
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DEA Most Wanted Fugitive Arrives in the United States to Face Charges of Laundering Drug Proceeds

… Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Domestic ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Sebastian Enrique Marset Cabrera, 34, an alleged cocaine trafficker from Uruguay, made his initial appearance in federal court … of cocaine, including as many as ten (10) tons at a time, from South America typically to Europe. The Marset Drug …
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DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, … . “Disposing of unneeded medications can help prevent drugs from being misused,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease …
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Communities Across the Country Remove Nearly 664,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications to Prevent Drug Misuse

… came together once again to protect our communities from prescription misuse by safely disposing of 663,725 … more than 17 million pounds of unnecessary medications from communities across the country. DEA’s New Jersey … their homes of unneeded medications to protect loved ones from deadly drugs and drug poisonings,” said DEA …
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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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Doctor Charged With Accepting Bribes in Exchange for Fentanyl

… participation in a scheme to receive bribes and kickbacks from a pharmaceutical company in exchange for unlawfully … and received more than $130,000 in bribes and kickbacks from Insys Therapeutics, a pharmaceutical company based in … pain.” Gazi did not treat patients who were suffering from breakthrough cancer pain and was not in the practice of …
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DEA announces 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Suspicious Pharmaceutical Activities: (973)776-1172 Towanda R. Thorne-James Special Agent In Charge View Towanda R. … 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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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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Multi-Year Investigation Leads to Indictment

… investigation into a drug-trafficking conspiracy extending from Sinaloa, Mexico into the United States. Agents … massive amounts of fentanyl pills and other addictive drugs from being sold to our citizens.”  “This long-term … apprehend, and hold accountable those who seek to profit from it, no matter where they are.” “The criminal …
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DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Prevent Addiction and Reduce Overdose Deaths

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, … . “Disposing of unneeded medications can help prevent drugs from being misused,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease …
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Cocaine laced with fentanyl leads to multiple deaths, overdoses

… Kelly McKay Recruiter Name Kieran Garcia (858) 616-4040 sandiegospecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter … Southern California in the Carlsbad, Imperial County, and San Ysidro areas Additional Division Info Community … Pacific Beach and Ocean Beach and the victims ranged in age from 30 to 47-years old.  A DEA-led task force is …
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Communities Across the Country Remove Nearly 664,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications to Prevent Drug Misuse

… came together once again to protect our communities from prescription misuse by safely disposing of 663,725 … more than 17 million pounds of unnecessary medications from communities across the country. This year, the New … their homes of unneeded medications to protect loved ones from deadly drugs and drug poisonings,” said DEA …
PRESS RELEASE

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 … has ever encountered,” said Administrator Anne Milgram.  “From large cities to rural America, no community is safe …
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Baxley, Ga., Woman Gets Maximum Sentence for Meth-Distribution Conspiracy

… partners to hold meth merchants accountable and remove them from our streets.” As described in court documents and … with others to pick up large amounts of methamphetamine from a supplier in Atlanta and bring it back to the Waycross area for distribution. After searches resulting from a traffic stop, investigators found nearly 500 grams of …
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Waterbury Man Who Trafficked Cocaine and Fentanyl Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison

… kilogram-quantities of cocaine through the U.S. Mail from Puerto Rico.  In the summer of 2021, investigators also … Rodriguez, to deliver to him five kilograms of cocaine from Florida.  Landdy Rodriguez was also supplied with cocaine from Salvador Crespo, who ran an underground bar in …
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Nashua Man Sentenced to 8 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking

… of Nashua, while carrying a firearm when he was prohibited from doing so, Philip Wetmore has continued to demonstrate … that plague our communities with drugs, guns, and violence from our streets.” On two occasions in February 2022, … firearm, and other items associated with drug trafficking from Wetmore’s car. Wetmore is legally prohibited from …
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Providence Man Sentenced on Federal Drug and Firearm Charges

… magazines of ammunition that he was legally prohibited from possessing, was sentenced today to more than two years … and ammunition. The total amount of cocaine seized from the package and from Arnaut’s residence exceeded 500 grams. Arnaut, …
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New Britain Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl Distribution and Firearm Possession Offenses

… fentanyl for distribution, and he also distributed the drug from his residence on Hayes Street in New Britain. On August … who they observed throwing a white powder substance from the living room window.  A search of the residence … to process and package narcotics, that Martinez had thrown from the window. Martinez’s criminal history includes state …
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Meriden Man Charged with Cocaine Trafficking Offenses

… possession charges.  On that date investigators seized from Acevedo approximately 390 grams of cocaine and $281,000 … investigators made two controlled purchases of cocaine from Acevedo. Acevedo was arrested on a federal criminal … detained. The state charges against Acevedo stemming from his June 2021 arrest are pending.  The cash that was …
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New Britain Man Pleads Guilty To Fentanyl Distribution And Firearm Possession Charges

… fentanyl for distribution, and he also distributed the drug from his residence on Hayes Street in New Britain.  On … who they observed throwing a white powder substance from the living room window.  A search of the residence … to process and package narcotics, that Martinez had thrown from the window. Martinez’s criminal history includes state …
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Meriden Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Distribution Charge

… enforcement made multiple controlled purchases of fentanyl from Nunez-Irizarry.  In November 2021, Nunez-Irizarry … by the DEA’s New Haven Task Force, which includes personnel from the DEA, U.S. Marshals Service, Internal Revenue … Ansonia, and Middletown Police Departments as well as from the Connecticut State Police.  The investigation has …
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Ten Individuals Charged in Northeast Kingdom Drug Conspiracy

… however, would be determined by the Court with guidance from the advisory Federal Sentencing Guidelines and the … in this investigation by the detectives and troopers from the Vermont State Police; members of the Orleans County … Department, and the Orleans Police Department; troopers from the Massachusetts State Police; agents and task force …
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New Haven Cocaine Trafficker Pleads Guilty

… suspicious package that had been sent through the U.S. Mail from New Haven to an address in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.  The … kilogram quantities of cocaine that had been shipped from Puerto Rico, the resale of the cocaine to others, and … of cocaine, that had been sent through the U.S. Mail from Puerto Rico to 365 Poplar Street and 206 Exchange …
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Manchester Man Sentenced to 72 Months for Possession of Powder and “Crack” Cocaine and Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm

… of the Litchfield Police Department received information from a confidential source that the defendant, Mr. Scott, … coming in and out of the apartment, carrying a fanny pack from the apartment into his car.  A traffic stop of Scott’s … cocaine and 5.86 grams of powder cocaine.  Text messages from Mr. Scott’s phone confirmed his involvement in drug …
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Convicted Felon Awaiting Trial in State Court Charged in Federal Court with Trafficking Fentanyl, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm

… pills and fentanyl powder in quantities that ranged from 1.66 grams to 238.5 grams; and on September 8, 2022, he … a drug stash house that he allegedly operated in Pawtucket. From the stash house, law enforcement seized over 500 grams …
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DEA Seattle Field Division Gears Up for National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  This event offers anonymous disposal … has encouraged the public to remove unneeded medications from their homes as a first step in preventing medication misuse and opioid addiction from ever starting.” Opioid misuse remains at epidemic …