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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day

… WASHINGTON – DEA is proud to join “Song for Charlie” and many of our valued law enforcement, public health, and … started with 100 photos; over the past year, Americans from across the country have sent DEA more than 5,000 … It reflects the reality that fentanyl is killing Americans from all walks of life, in every state and community in this …
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Tampa Man Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Double Murder, Robbery, and Conspiracy

… Neighbors heard the gun shots and observed blood dripping from the third floor back balcony apartment down to the lower floors. Deputies from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office immediately … presented in court, Grable deleted messages and phone calls from his phone, had family members dispose of the murder …
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Drug Organization Dispatcher Sentenced to Seven Years for Methamphetamine Trafficking

… Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas … November 1, 2022.  In his plea agreement, he admitted that from October 2020 to October 2021 he worked with a drug … acted principally as a dispatcher who took phone orders from the drug trafficking organization’s customers and …
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Bristol Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Meth and Firearms Convictions

… Bristol Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Meth and Firearms Convictions January 12, 2023 Washington, DC … a firearm. According to court documents, the charges stem from a Washington County Virginia Sheriff’s Office traffic stop in January 2020, where Himes fled from police and was later found to be in possession of …
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Idaho Man Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine and Heroin

… drug trafficking conspiracy with others in southeast Idaho from December 2017 to August 2018. Evidence established that … trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine and heroin from a source of supply based in Mexico. Evidence further … attempted to get large quantities of cocaine from the Salt Lake City source of supply. In May 2018, …
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Member of Bristol, Virginia Methamphetamine Drug Ring Sentenced

… woman, who conspired with others to traffic methamphetamine from multiple states into Southwest Virginia, was sentenced … woman, who conspired with others to traffic methamphetamine from multiple states into Southwest Virginia, was sentenced … trafficking more than 10 kilograms of methamphetamine from Houston, Texas, and that her illicit distribution …
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Miami-Area Man Pleads Guilty to Multi-District Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

… Veliz Villeda received shipments of methamphetamine from a co-conspirator in Birmingham, Alabama and … 14, 2022, Veliz Villeda obtained crystal methamphetamine from a co-conspirator in Alabama at his residence in … The following month, Veliz Villeda again travelled from Hialeah to Bradenton and sold more crystal …
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Two California Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison

… trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine and heroin from California to Oregon. Jack Scott Lewis, 36, of Los … According to court documents, in December 2019, detectives from the Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT) began … for transporting large quantities of methamphetamine from California to Oregon for distribution and sale in …
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Indianapolis Meth, Heroin Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison

… Social Accounts X Todd C. Smith Domestic Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin Additional Division Info Community Outreach: … of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary Myers for the Southern District of … organization that operated in the Indianapolis area from the summer of 2019 through March 19, 2020. The …
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DEA Releases 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment

… Operation Engage Glendale Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … we have lost too many lives due to opioid overdoses from fentanyl, prescription pain pills and other illicit … continue to evolve. While fentanyl and fentanyl analogues from China have decreased substantially following the DEA’s …
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Puerto Rico Man Sentenced to Prison For Trafficking Cocaine to Connecticut

… three years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine from Puerto Rico to Connecticut through the U.S. Mail. … was sending USPS parcels containing kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Connecticut and Massachusetts.  Between … The investigation revealed that the cocaine was being sent from Puerto Rico by Muniz and others. On January 9, 2019, …
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Fentanyl Dealer Pleads Guilty to Distributing Narcotics

… 2019, Mitchell sold heroin, fentanyl, and crack cocaine from the Express Inn located in Clearwater. Mitchell used … informants conducted several controlled purchases from room #126 at the Express Inn . The CI’s would go to the Express Inn to purchase heroin from either Mitchell or one of his co-conspirators. In …
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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 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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Mexican Citizen Sentenced to 5 Years for Cocaine Conspiracy

… learned that three people in Wisconsin received cocaine from someone in Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rican … agents obtained a federal search warrant for a parcel sent from Puerto Rico and destined for a residence in Winona, … agent obtained a federal search warrant for a parcel sent from Independence, Wisconsin to a residence in Puerto Rico. …
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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 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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DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on 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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DEA Releases 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment

… appearances of fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances 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 from overdoses.      2020 NDTA findings of note: Mexican …
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DEA Announces Expansion of Operation Crystal Shield

… an ever-evolving initiative to protect the American people from the dangers of methamphetamine. It is imperative that … the trend of increased meth on our streets and deaths from meth use and overdose. This action is an important step to stymie this dangerous drug from flooding our neighborhoods and communities.” In …
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Fourteen People Charged with Trafficking Heroin, Fentanyl, and Cocaine in Racine, Wisconsin

… law enforcement partners to keep Wisconsin citizens safe from drug trafficking and the violence that is always … of law enforcement to bring to justice those who profit from the national drug epidemic,” said DEA Milwaukee … free of drugs and violence.” “Drug dealers profit from putting dangerous, addictive, and oftentimes deadly …
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Waterbury Man Sentenced for Role in Heroin and Fentanyl Trafficking Ring

… that received large quantities of heroin and fentanyl from suppliers in Connecticut and New York and distributed … revealed that Aybar-Peguero received fentanyl and heroin from members of the Sosa-Ortiz organization and sold the … drug proceeds. Law enforcement seized approximately $98,000 from Aybar-Peguero’s business bank account. On September 30, …
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Waterbury man sentenced to four years for role in heroin and cocaine trafficking ring

… that received large quantities of heroin and fentanyl from suppliers in Connecticut and New York and distributed … intercepted on calls coordinating the purchase of narcotics from both the Sosa-Ortiz organization and from other individuals who sometimes supplied the Sosa-Ortiz …
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Waterbury man sentenced to 66 months in prison for trafficking heroin

… during Lopez’s trial earlier this year, this matter stems from a joint investigation headed by the DEA New Haven Task … was receiving large quantities of heroin and cocaine from various suppliers and distributing narcotics in and … in December 2018, Lopez ordered 150 grams of heroin from two other members of the conspiracy. Three hundred …
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Waterbury man sentenced 78 months in prison for distributing fentanyl and heroin

… documents and statements made in court, this matter stems from a joint investigation headed by the DEA New Haven Task … that Jordan was receiving large quantities of heroin from various suppliers and selling to drug to other … $120,000 in cash and four vehicles. Investigators seized from Campbell approximately 10 grams of a mixture of …
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Massachusetts man sentenced to 97 months for participating in fentanyl and heroin distribution conspiracy

… According to court documents and statements made in court, from at least January of 2017 through July of 2017, Vasquez … in Lawrence, Massachusetts.  Customers, including customers from New Hampshire, would call a telephone number to order … to identify traffickers, like Mr. Vasquez who come from out of state to distribute this poison to the citizens …
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Waterbury man sentenced to 66 months in prison for trafficking narcotics

… documents and statements made in court, this matter stems from a joint investigation headed by the DEA New Haven Task … that Jordan was receiving large quantities of heroin from various suppliers, including Santos, and selling to … The intercepts revealed that Santos was receiving narcotics from co-conspirators and supplying heroin and cocaine to a …
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Watertown man sentenced to 70 months in prison for role in heroin and fentanyl trafficking ring

… that received large quantities of heroin and fentanyl from suppliers in Connecticut and New York and distributed … Martinez purchased bulk quantities of heroin and fentanyl from a member of the organization who distributed narcotics from the Corner Mini market at 52 East Farm Road in …
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Dominican National involved in drug importation schemes sentenced to 12 years in prison

… others to transport approximately 1600 kilograms of cocaine from South America to the U.S.  On Aug. 6, 2016, a private jet, registered in the U.S., flew from the Dominican Republic to Venezuela where the cocaine …
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Violent Guatemalan Drug Lord Receives Life Sentence in EDTX

… violence against his rivals, used illicit proceeds from his drug sales to acquire weapons and to train his … he continued to run his drug trafficking organization from various local jails.  Fellow inmates helped to … message that international drug traffickers are not safe from prosecution simply because they reside overseas,” said …
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Takedown of Lane County Drug Trafficking Cell

… Operation Engage Seattle Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with assistance from the Springfield Police Department, Eugene Police … its role in trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine from California to Oregon for resale in and around Lane …
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Federal jury convicts Colombian national for international cocaine smuggling conspiracy

… 30 to 40 bales of cocaine onboard a go-fast vessel from Colombia to Honduras following a known smuggling route …   On December 1, 2018, a USCG HC-130J aircraft deployed from Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina spotted and … interdicted and boarded by USCG law enforcement officers from Tactical Law Enforcement Team (TACLET) Pacific. That …