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Second Devil’s Den Marijuana Cultivator Pleads Guilty

… guilty, Manjarrez acknowledged that he came to California from Mexico to work for his co-defendant, Jonathan Anthony … of medical marijuana for profit. This case stemmed from Operation Mercury, an intensive marijuana eradication …
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South Lake Tahoe Dispensary Owner Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Prison And Agrees To Forfeit Drug Proceeds

… can have the effect of concealing and disguising the odor from marijuana.  In total, detectives seized approximately 5 … admitted that he possessed the marijuana seized from his residence on August 31, 2012, with an intent to …
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Six Indicted For Fresno And Madera County Methamphetamine Distribution Ring

… in the case asserts that Solorzano obtained methamphetamine from Mexico and arranged for Reyes, Martinez, and Rosa to … Area (HIDTA), consisting of law enforcement agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Drug …
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Five Indicted For Kern County Marijuana Cultivation Operations

… Rufino Orozco-Martinez, 32, an undocumented alien from Guerrero, Mexico; Jorge A. Torres, 27, of Michoacán, … aka Osmin Mejia-Mazariegos, 29, an undocumented alien from Guatemala, was charged with a drug conspiracy, …
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Livingston Man Sentenced 16 Years In Prison For International Drug Conspiracy

… Drug Enforcement Task Force targeted shipments of cocaine from Bakersfield to Toronto, Canada FRESNO, Calif. - Two … large money seizures were made, including $169,910 seized from a truck in Sheldon, Ill., that was driven by Bisla. The …
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Stockton Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty To Methamphetamine Manufacturing And Trafficking

… and prices, and a security monitor depicting an image from a camera posted on an engine hoist in the front yard. … chemical used in manufacturing methamphetamine, created from crushed Sudafed and Actifed. Agents also found large …
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Fresno Man Receives Five Years In Prison For Interstate Marijuana Trafficking

… that were posted with medicinal marijuana recommendations from medical doctors. Rather than distributing the marijuana … and the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, California …
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15-Year Prison Sentence for Deadly Drug Deal that Killed Two People

… Operation Engage DMV Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … X Christopher C. Goumenis Domestic all of Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia Additional Division Info … in investigating, arresting, and confiscating illegal drugs from this individual who was involved in violent …
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Drug Trafficking Indictment Charges 18 Defendants with Meth and Heroin Distribution Conspiracy

… Toombs County area STATESBORO, GA:   Eighteen defendants from the Laurens and Toombs County, Ga., area are in custody … legal proceedings after their initial court appearances from a 55-count drug trafficking indictment in U.S. District … again demonstrates that small communities are not immune from the disastrous consequences of drug trafficking,” said …
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New Jersey Man Indicted After Joint Investigation Uncovers Interstate Fentanyl Mailing Operation

… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … In total, approximately 8,000 fake pills were recovered from packages at mailing facilities on Staten Island … save millions of lives.  Each one of the pills recovered from this major drug seizure was destined to reach areas …
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First Arrests in New York of DEA’s Operation Overdrive

… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … enforcement partners to remove these dangerous criminals from our streets and restore the safety and health of our … a drug trafficking organization that operates principally from a block on 142nd Street between Brook Avenue and St. …
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70 kilograms of cocaine worth over $10 million seized in Hunts Point

… and officers were familiar with the blue Hyundai Santa Fe from previous surveillance operations, during which the car … location and obtained a search warrant with assistance from the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor. At … drug trafficking operation and prevented illegal narcotics from making it into our communities. We will continue this …
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Last member of deadly Elmira opioid trafficking organization sentenced to prison

… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … of furanyl fentanyl, acetyl fentantyl and U-47700 from overseas suppliers in China. They ordered the drugs on … to transport 5,330 blue pills containing furanyl fentanyl from Elmira to North Carolina in October 2016. On Oct. 25, …
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Members of Eastern European organized crime syndicate convicted of racketeering and other violent crimes

… organized crime syndicate convicted of racketeering and other violent crimes August 28, 2018 New York Contact … to work tirelessly to prevent organized crime elements from flourishing in the Eastern District of New York at the … 2017, Gershman and Tsvetkov, together with co-conspirators from states of the former Soviet Union, operated as a …
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Pierce County Woman Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison for Role in Drug Ring Connected to Aryan Prison Gangs

… three kilos of heroin, and more than $330,000 in cash from eighteen locations in Washington and Arizona. Earlier … Administration (DEA) with critical investigative teamwork from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Washington … Department of Corrections and significant local assistance from the Tacoma Police Department, Pierce County Sheriff’s …
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New Jersey Man Arrested in Sales of Eight Guns, Cocaine and “Pink Cocaine” in Manhattan

… New Jersey Man Arrested in Sales of Eight Guns, Cocaine and “Pink Cocaine” in Manhattan September 13, 2024 New York … offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … in removing these dangerous individuals, like Mr. Zapata, from our streets .”   April 19, 2024: In a WhatsApp call, …
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Fall River Man Arrested For Selling Drugs And Machine Guns On Telegram App

… June 2024, law enforcement made another undercover purchase from Hunt via Telegram, this time of a Glock-type privately … intercepted multiple packages allegedly being sent to or from Hunt, including one package sent by him that contained … with our law enforcement partners to protect the public from the scourge of illegal drugs and violent crime,” said …
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South Carolina Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Selling Guns and Drugs

… North Carolina. During that meeting, the agent bought from Cureton a rifle and a pistol with an obliterated serial … of the investigation into Cureton, undercover agents bought from the defendant 10 illegal firearms. Cureton has prior … for drug and gun possession and he is prohibited from possessing firearms. On March 4, 2021, Cureton pleaded …
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11 Sentenced in Nationwide Drug and Money Laundering Conspiracy

… business relied on complicated logistics to obtain drugs from suppliers, transport them across the country, and … HSI was assisted in this investigation by agents from IRS-Criminal Investigation, the Federal Bureau of … Explosives, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, troopers from the Vermont State Police Drug Task Force, the …
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Indictment Charges Eight Men in an Interstate Fentanyl and Cocaine Conspiracy

… Indictment Charges Eight Men in an Interstate Fentanyl and Cocaine Conspiracy December 13, 2023 Washington, DC … WASHINGTON, D.C.– A 19-count indictment charges eight men from the metropolitan Washington D.C. area with … conspiracy and the cocaine distribution conspiracy ran from at least July 2021 and August 2022, respectively, until …
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DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

… 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 … In 2021, a record number of Americans – 107,622 – died from a drug poisoning or overdose. Sixty-six percent of …
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Maryland MS-13 program leader pleads guilty

… primarily of immigrants or descendants of immigrants from El Salvador, with members operating in the state of … are expected to use any means necessary to force respect from those who show disrespect, including acts of … steal, rape, control.” According to his plea agreement, from at least January 2015 through September 2016, …
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New York News 2006

July 15, 2021
… Slayings JUL 11, 2006 First Heroin Kingpin Ever Extradicted From Afghanistan Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Heroin Into … Night JUN 2, 2006 DEA Dismantles 150 Mile Drug Pipeline from New York City to Albany, NY MAY 31, 2006 Violent …
July 15, 2021
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Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force takedown results in charges against 60 individuals, including 53 medical professionals

… over 350,000 prescriptions for controlled substances and over 32M pills; ARPO Strike Force grows to 10 districts, … since June 2018, it has excluded over 2,000 individuals from participation in Medicare, Medicaid and all other … million pills. These cases were brought with assistance from the FBI, DEA and HHS-OIG, as well as the Ohio Attorney …
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Two Interrelated Drug Rings in Seattle Area Taken Down in Series of Arrests Following Wiretap Investigation

… Operation Engage Seattle Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … trafficking cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine from California into the Western District of Washington.  In … these poisons—and the violence that accompanies them—from reaching our communities.” On May 29, 2025, law …
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DEA Highlights 2021

December 31, 2024
… a year that brought a heightened sense of service, resolve, and dedication to our mission to keep Americans safe and healthy.  We experienced challenges, sought … impersonate DEA agents in an attempt to extort money from Americans.  Providing education and awareness is the …
December 31, 2024
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March 24, 2026

University of New Hampshire Career & Internship Fair

11:00 AM - 3:00 PM (EDT)
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Administrator Anne Milgram Remarks on ONDCP Press Call Addressing the Overdose Epidemic

November 17, 2021
… reached a devastating new height. 265 people die every day from drug overdoses. Countless more [people] overdose and …
November 17, 2021
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Remarks by DEA Acting Assistant Administrator Timothy McDermott at the National Healthcare Fraud Takedown Press Conference

September 30, 2020
… 30, 2020 Due to the efforts of DEA and our partners, from January 2017 through August 2020, we have seen the …
September 30, 2020
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Seventeen charged in Passaic County drug trafficking conspiracy

… court. See chart below. “The removal of these gang members from the streets of Paterson have made the city a safer … Attorney Carpenito. “The charges announced today result from the combined work of our federal, state, and local … call detail records, law enforcement determined that from September 2018 through October 1, 2019, the defendants …