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Joint Operation Targets Drug Distribution Ring in Whatcom, Skagit, and Snohomish Counties

… our collective commitment to safeguard our communities from the dangers of fentanyl poisoning by individuals who … are spreading fentanyl pills throughout our district – from rural areas to urban centers,” said U.S. Attorney Nick … alleges that on November 1, 2022, Witteveen tried to flee from police and tossed a bag of drugs out of his car window …
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Indianapolis area methamphetamine and heroin trafficking organizations dismantled

… will continue to work together to keep the public safe from violent drug traffickers.” Those charged include: … (Fugitive) Federal agents along with local officers from different agencies, served arrest warrants and search … resulting arrests, along with the firearms & drugs removed from the streets, inevitably result in reduced opportunity …
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New York News 2010

July 15, 2021
… 9, 2010 Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Extradition from Colombia of Principal of International Money Laundering … with Links to Mexican and Colombian Cartels Extradited from Mexico to the United States June 11, 2010 17 Charged … Laundering Case April 9, 2010 $1 Million in Heroin Seized from Bronx Mill: Four Members of Drug Trafficking Ring …
July 15, 2021
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West Portsmouth Couple Sentenced For Operating “Pill Mill” In Waverly

… the seriousness of the crime and can help deter others from engaging in this activity.” Following a ten-day trial … illegal distribution, wire fraud to obtain pills directly from distributors, and structuring financial transactions … as the owner of the clinic. Nancy Sadler was prohibited from owning the clinic because of a prior wire fraud …
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Grand Jury Indictment Of 17 Members Of A Multi-state Organization

… Westchester - (914) 682-6256 Smuggling Ring Trafficked from Phoenix to New York on Commercial Flights MINEOLA, N.Y. … the organization transported cocaine on commercial flights from Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona, … the Cambridge, Maryland area and $44,596 cash was recovered from their vehicle. The defendants were arrested by members …
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35 Members And Associates Of Barrio Azteca Gang Charged With Racketeering And Other Offenses, Including 10 Charged In U.S Consulate Murders In Juarez, Mexico

… to kill persons in a foreign country, murder resulting from the use and carrying of a firearm and murder in aid of … heroin, cocaine and marijuana into the United States from Mexico. The indictment points to specific acts in which … Rights and Special Prosecutions Section and prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of …
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Seventeen Members And Associates Of Two Rival Bronx Street Gangs Charged In Federal Court With Racketeering And Narcotics Offenses, Including Two Murders

… operated principally in and around the Bronx, New York, from at least 2012 up to and including 2015.  One of the … non-members, outsiders, and rival narcotics dealers from distributing crack cocaine in the area controlled by … operated principally in and around the Bronx, New York, from at least 2012 up to and including 2015.  One of the …
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Heroin Domestic Monitor Report

October 29, 2018
… street-level in 27 U.S. cities. The data in this report is from 2016. Heroin Domestic Monitor Report DEA-GOV FINAL.pdf …
October 29, 2018
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The Drug Situation in New Jersey (2018)

June 01, 2018
… (AOR). Unless otherwise noted, data and findings are from DEA reporting.  BUL-065-18.pdf On …
June 01, 2018
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DEA Fall 2017 Marijuana Update for South Carolina

April 01, 2017
… law enforcement officials 2015. With preliminary reporting from 2016-17, the ranking of marijuana has slightly …
April 01, 2017
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St. Louis News 2004

July 15, 2021
… Drug Sweep Nets 35 In Town  FEB 6, 2004 Twenty-Four People From The St. Louis Area And Texas Are Charged With Drug …
July 15, 2021
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Vaping and Marijuana Concentrates: What is Vaping?

October 11, 2019
… the act of inhaling and exhaling an aerosol or vapor made from a liquid or dry material that is heated in an …
October 11, 2019
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Fentanyl Free America

January 06, 2026
… DEA’s unwavering commitment to protect the United States from synthetic opioids by disrupting the fentanyl supply … our nation. As long as there are people who seek to profit from suffering there will be attempts to bring fentanyl and …
January 06, 2026
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Three Dominican Men Arrested for Trafficking Cocaine and Crack Cocaine in Nashua

… criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
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DEA to hold 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… indicating a majority of abused prescription drugs come from family and friends, including from home medicine cabinets, clearing out unused medicine is …
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Mercer County Man Sentenced to 130 Months in Prison for Role in Drug Trafficking Organization

… with intent to distribute a detectable amount of heroin. From June 2018 through May 2019, Gbanapolor and others … Gbanapolor obtained regular bulk supplies of heroin from Duane Paulino-Escalera, whom Gbanapolor referred to as …
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Cheryl Ortiz appointed Special Agent in Charge of New Jersey Division

… uniquely well rounded. She also brings leadership skills from her military service and time in local law enforcement. … and women of the DEA remain committed to protecting them from the harmful effects that illegal drugs have on our …
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Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Over 250 Kilograms of Cocaine

… conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. From 2017 through July 2019, Arroyo Perez and his … plane to transport approximately 150 kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to New Jersey on Nov. 18, 2018. Law …
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Dominican Republic Citizen Extradited to the United States on Money Laundering Charges

… role in laundering millions in illegal cash drug proceeds from the United States to the Dominican Republic. … and transferred to the Dominican Republic and elsewhere. From November 2018 through February 2020, Humeau-Hernandez …
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Newark Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Role in Drug Trafficking Organization

… imposed the sentence today in Newark federal court. From 2018 through July 31, 2019, Jackson and others … the direction of Chief Martin McParland, and special agents from the ATF, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge …
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Woman Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

… fentanyl in New York City to buyers they knew had traveled from New Jersey to New York to make the purchases. On Aug. … to sell fentanyl to individuals whom she knew had traveled from New Jersey to New York for the sale. The aggregate …
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Two New Jersey Men Admit Possessing with Intent to Distribute Over One Kilogram of Fentanyl

… kilogram of fentanyl. On March 5, 2021, Agurto travelled from Hoboken to Latre’s residence in Belleville to retrieve … more fentanyl, seizing a total of 1.6 kilograms of fentanyl from the car and residence. The offense to which Agurto and …
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National Leader of Pagan’s Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Sentenced

… in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. While Richter was traveling from the party to his home in Suffolk County, New York, law … recovered a loaded Ruger P345 .45 caliber handgun from a front-seat compartment in the vehicle. As a result, …
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Pagan’s Motorcycle Club Leader Admits to Illegally Possessing a Firearm

… in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. While Richter was traveling from the party to his home in Suffolk County, New York, law … recovered a loaded Ruger P345 .45 caliber handgun from a front-seat compartment in the vehicle. As a result, …
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California Man Convicted for Fentanyl Analogue Pill Mill Operation

… District Judge Michael A. Shipp in Trenton federal court. From at least March 2017 through December 2017, Tablack ran … of his illegal pills per month and made millions of dollars from his illegal operation in digital currency that is …
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DEA and partners announce results of 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… and potential overdose by removing prescription pills from their homes.  Our April event included 4,425 community … who participated. Every prescription bottle removed from the medicine cabinet makes the home and community …
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Essex County Man Indicted for Possessing Firearm, Ammunition, and Heroin

… an Essex County man was indicted today on charges stemming from illegally possessing ammunition in connection with two … shooting in Newark on Aug. 13, 2020, and cartridge casings from the locations of both shootings are a ballistics match. …
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Member of Paterson drug ring charged with conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl

… Judge Cathy L. Waldor and was detained without bail. From May 2020 through Aug. 13, 2020, Williams negotiated … 250 “bricks,” or over 12,000 individual doses of heroin, from Paterson and distributed the heroin in Vermont. On Aug. …
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DEA announces launch of Operation Crystal Shield

… trafficked into and within the United States.  From FY 2017 to FY 2019, DEA domestic seizures o f methamphetamine increased 127 percent from 49,507 pounds to 112,146 pounds . During the same time …
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DEA to accept electronic vaping devices and cartridges at the 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… x2242 NEWARK, N.J. – In 2018, more than 3,100 people died from suspected drug overdoses across New Jersey. On … partners began this program in New Jersey in 2009. It is from this initiative that the national program was born in …