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Miami News 2005

July 15, 2021
… 21, 2005 Cocaine Smugglers Endure Record Losses in 2005 from Persistant Law Enforcement Scrutiny  SEP 30, 2005 … 2005 Putnam and Alachua County Drug Ring Busted in Spin-Off from "Operation Crescent Moon"  MAY 10, 2005 Federal, State …
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Washington DC News 2010

July 15, 2021
… in String of Pharmacy and Bank Robberies Stretching from Western Maryland to Baltimore May 19, 2010 Baltimore … Pleads Guilty and is Sentenced for Taking Medication from Hospital April 28, 2010 Leader of a Violent Baltimore …
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Two Indicted for Drug and Firearm Offenses as Part of Operation PEACE in Vallejo

… of counterfeit MDMA tablets containing methamphetamine from Johnson in Vallejo and Sacramento. On Dec. 9, 2020, … by the Drug Enforcement Administration with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations, the Federal Bureau of …
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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

… CDC provisional data, more than 87,200 people died from an overdose last year, marking the largest number of … along the Southwest border increased more than 89 percent from January 2019 to December 2020.   Project Wave Breaker …
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United States Attorney's Office files suit against San Joaquin County pharmacy for unlawfully dispensing opioids

… Lockeford Drug, unlawfully dispensed controlled substances from 2016 through 2019, in violation of the Controlled … penalties and injunctive relief are sought to prevent Howen from committing further violations. “As a pharmacist who …
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DEA, DOD, DHS and U.S. Coast Guard announce offload of more than 33,000 pounds of seized drugs in Fort Lauderdale

… the nation and around the world.” Numerous U.S. agencies from the Departments of Justice, Defense, and Homeland … combat drug cartels requires unity of effort in all phases from detection, monitoring, and interdictions, to criminal …
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DEA proposes process to expand marijuana research in the United States

… marijuana, marijuana extracts, and marijuana derivatives – from 377 in January 2017 to 595 in March 2020. At present, … the annual production quota for marijuana by 575 percent – from 472 kilograms in 2017 to 3,200 kilograms in 2020. To …
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Sacramento men sentenced to 10 and 15 years in prison for methamphetamine trafficking

… based on reports that Washington was distributing narcotics from his home in Sacramento. In 2017 and 2018, agents with … by the Drug Enforcement Administration with assistance from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and …
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Drug Enforcement Administration announces creation of U.S. Postal Service drug-free stamp

… star with lines of red, light blue, and blue radiating from one side of each of the star’s five points, suggesting … cause of injury-related deaths in the U.S., eclipsing those from motor vehicle crashes or firearms. Raising awareness of …
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DEA and FDA warn website operators illegally offering opioids for sale

… DEA and FDA warn website operators illegally offering opioids … risks to U.S. consumers. Preventing rogue online pharmacies from further flooding our communities with opioids is critical to protecting the American public from harm. “As the FDA works to forcefully tackle the opioid …
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Wasco State Prison correctional officer and a Minnesota resident arrested for conspiring to traffic cocaine and methamphetamine

… 40 pounds of methamphetamine and two kilograms of cocaine from an individual who defendants believed was a narcotics … in Kern County to purchase the methamphetamine and cocaine from the undercover officer. Andrade was driving a vehicle …
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Federal Jury Convicts Two North Texas Men In Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

… wire intercepts in Spanish, video recordings, and testimony from law enforcement that Pasillas and Ballesteros conspired … purchased large amounts of methamphetamine for distribution from a supplier in southeast Fort Worth.  Each was convicted …
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Former Houston Police Officer Indicted

… the intent to distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine from mid-2013 through April 2014.  Carrion, a five-year … Houston Police (HPD) veteran, had recently resigned from his position. If convicted, he faces a minimum of 10 …
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Lakeland Cocaine Dealer Sentenced To 10 Years For Cocaine Trafficking

…  On multiple occasions in 2013, he received cocaine loads from south Florida and distributed them to other cocaine … of four kilograms delivered by Joly, as well as $68,000 from prior cocaine transactions.  This case was investigated …
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Middlesex County, N.J. Man Admits Role In Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… to traffic approximately four kilograms of ethylone from China to New Jersey. Ethylone is an illegal synthetic … four kilograms of ethylone, which had been ordered from China and shipped to a location in Teaneck, New Jersey. …
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Man Sentenced For Role In New Jersey- Puerto Rico Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

… to traffic approximately two kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to New Jersey. Ramis Esteves, 33, … two kilograms of cocaine which had been sent by mail from Puerto Rico. Esteves admitted that he conspired with …
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Lakeland Man Found Guilty Of Trafficking In Methamphetamine

… DEA purchased two ounces of methamphetamine, for $3,000, from Muoio, at his Lakeland residence on Creekwood Run.  On … also seized approximately $3,500 cash and a digital scale from the bedroom. This investigation was conducted by the …
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Presque Isle Man Sentenced To 73 Months For Bath Salts Distribution Conspiracy

… to distribute it in Aroostook County.  Brewer raised money from other conspirators to place orders large enough to … and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency with assistance from the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Department and the U.S. …
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Woodland Man Pleads Guilty To Bath Salts Distribution Conspiracy

… occasions, Brown ordered bath salts over the internet from China for personal use and to sell to other … and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency with assistance from the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. …
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Former Canaan Man Sentenced To Over Six Years For Cocaine And Oxycodone Distribution

… Curtis, McCray and Waters would obtain the drugs from out of state sources, have them transported to Central … and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency with assistance from the Waterville Police Department. On …
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Presque Isle Man Pleads Guilty To Bath Salts Distribution Conspiracy

… occasions, Grivois ordered bath salts over the Internet from China for personal use and to sell to other … and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency with assistance from the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Department and the …
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Mars Hill Woman Pleads Guilty To Bath Salts Distribution Conspiracy

… occasions, Giggey ordered bath salts over the internet from China for personal use and to sell to other … and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency with assistance from the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Department and the U.S. …
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Stetson Woman Sentenced To 14 Months For Cocaine And Oxycodone Trafficking Conspiracy

… drugs were acquired in Rhode Island and were distributed from her Stetson residence. The case was investigated by the … and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, with assistance from the Dexter Police Department and the Penobscot and …
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Stetson Man Sentenced To Almost 6 Years For Cocaine And Oxycodone Trafficking Conspiracy

… drugs were acquired in Rhode Island and were distributed from his Stetson residence. The case was investigated by the … and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, with assistance from the Dexter Police Department and the Penobscot and …
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Man Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison For Possession Of Methamphetamine

… in a compartment of Charre’s vehicle. Charre was travelling from Texas to Tulsa. The drugs had a value of at least … of conspiring with Juan Charre to bring the methamphetamine from Texas to Tulsa. Sentencing for Alejandro Charre is …
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Limington Man Sentenced To 12 Years For Distributing Methadone

… who consumed some of it and passed away on June 8, 2012 from acute methadone toxicity. This case results from an investigation conducted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement …
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U.S. And Chinese Drug Enforcement Agencies Meet On Synthetic Opioid Efforts

… Administrator Chuck Rosenberg and Director (DG) Hu Minglang from the Narcotics Control (NCB) of the Ministry of Public … over the Internet. They are also sent to the United States from Mexico by cartels that purchase the drugs in bulk and …
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DEA Schedules Deadly Synthetic Drug U-47700

… 46 confirmed deaths linked to dangerous opioid in ’15 and ’16 spark emergency action WASHINGTON - Responding to … fatalities occurred in New York and 10 in North Carolina. From October 2015 to September 2016, DEA received 88 reports …
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Two Kilos Of Pure Meth Lands Couple In Federal Prison

… Waco - (254) 297-0300 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A couple from South Texas was handed significant sentences following … to be designated in the near future. The convictions stem from an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration …
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Trafficking Nearly 10 Kilos Of Meth Lands Man Hefty Prison Sentence

… a service K9 alerted to the presence of contraband coming from the vehicle. After the vehicle was examined, agents … and removed 10 vacuum-sealed bundles of methamphetamine from the door panels. Laboratory analysis determined the …