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Crystal Meth Seized From Drug Dealer On The Run

May 11, 2018
… Crystal Meth Seized From Drug Dealer On The Run May 11, 2018 New York Contact … later identified as two pounds of Crystal Methamphetamine from the vehicle. Andrew Herrera’s vehicle was eventually …
May 11, 2018
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Boston Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing 7,000 Pills Containing Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogue

May 11, 2023
… who was cooperating with federal law enforcement. The buy was part of a broader federal investigation into a … 2022. Following Cordero’s arrest, law enforcement seized from him a machine used for manufacturing counterfeit pills …
May 11, 2023
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New Hampshire Man Sentenced for Possessing Fentanyl Intended for Distribution

April 01, 2023
… highway, law enforcement stopped Warner, who admitted to buying 70 grams of fentanyl, an amount consistent with … community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and …
April 01, 2023
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New Hampshire Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Fentanyl Intended for Distribution

December 27, 2022
… Once on the highway, agents stopped Warner, who admitted to buying 70 grams of fentanyl, an amount consistent with … community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and …
December 27, 2022
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Fresno County Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl

February 24, 2025
… 2024, Wakley connected the overdose victim with Kerns to buy fentanyl pills. Over the next 48 hours, the victim bought fentanyl pills multiple times from Kerns and died soon after of a fentanyl overdose. …
February 24, 2025
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Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Meth Trafficking, Gun Crimes

October 08, 2024
… Drug Task Force used informants to make four controlled buys of methamphetamine from Xiong. Agents arrested Xiong and searched his Neenah …
October 08, 2024
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Tenderloin Dealer who Sold Fentanyl that Killed One and Injured Another Sentenced to Six Years in Prison

June 06, 2023
… District.  On May 18, 2020, Doblado-Canaca sold drugs to a buyer that he had sold to before.  He later learned that the buyer then provided the drugs to two other individuals in … to serve three years of supervision following release from federal prison, and to pay restitution.  Assistant U.S. …
June 06, 2023
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8 Defendants in McKinney guilty of trafficking methamphetamines

February 03, 2021
… Depetris’s source of supply. They immediately conducted a “buy-bust” operation on Reyes at Helton’s residence, where … seized an additional two kilograms of pure methamphetamine from him.  Further investigation led to the identification …
February 03, 2021
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Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 11 Years for Meth Trafficking

January 25, 2023
… with the DEA communicated with Goodwin and arranged to buy one pound of methamphetamine. Goodwin arrived at the … in transporting “a daunting amount” of methamphetamine from California to Wisconsin. Judge Peterson also noted it …
January 25, 2023
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Keene woman sentenced to 18 months in prison for role in fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

February 01, 2019
… that on March 7, 2018, an individual intended to travel from New Hampshire to a location in Massachusetts to … had been asked to drive another person to Massachusetts to buy drugs and that they had agreed to do so. Bowers …
February 01, 2019
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Manchester man sentenced to 30 months for participating in fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

December 11, 2018
… that on March 7, 2018, an individual intended to travel from New Hampshire to a location in Massachusetts to … asked him and his girlfriend to drive to Massachusetts to buy drugs and that they had agreed to do so.  The defendant …
December 11, 2018
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Columbus, Ohio Man Pleads Guilty In Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy

August 31, 2015
… transported marijuana to various places in Columbus, Ohio from suppliers in Houston, Texas. The drug shipments were … in another person’s name as his personal credit card, buying air travel, rental vehicles and paying cellular …
August 31, 2015
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Members Of Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced To Over 46 Years Combined In Federal Prison

June 19, 2015
… together to halt those responsible for and profiting from the spread of this vicious drug.  DEA is proud to be a … of the investigation agents made more than ten controlled buys and executed at least five search warrants, which …
June 19, 2015
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Two Men Sentenced In Shreveport For Cocaine And Methamphetamine Charges

July 09, 2015
… to evidence presented at the March 31, 2015, guilty plea, from February 21, 2014, until July 26, 2014, Jackson … on January 21, 2014. Using surveillance and controlled buys, agents recorded the defendants at various times …
July 09, 2015
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Four Defendants Receive A Combined 61 Years For Distribution Of Methamphetamine

November 19, 2012
… August and November of 2011, multiple undercover controlled buys of methamphetamine were made from each suspect. At sentencing, Sheila Hayes received 135 …
November 19, 2012
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Treasury Designates Columbian Narcotics Trafficker

February 19, 2014
… DEA’s commitment, along with our Federal partners from IRS, Homeland Security Investigations, the United … and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Stevan Buys. On …
February 19, 2014
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Four Ruston, La. Residents Sentenced For Conspiracy To Distribute And Possess Cocaine

January 05, 2016
… possess with intent to distribute cocaine or crack cocaine from June 2012 to July 2014 in the Lincoln Parish area. They were recorded buying cocaine and scheduling to convert cocaine to crack …
January 05, 2016
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New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty To Drug And Firearms Charges

March 09, 2016
… to court records, in June 2015, while DEA agents were buying heroin undercover from an unnamed trafficker, they observed Brown arrive on …
March 09, 2016
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7 Sentenced In DEA Investigation Of Methamphetamine Trafficking In Alabama

April 20, 2017
… Ala. - A federal judge this week sentenced seven people from Jefferson, Walker, Marion, and Franklin counties for … she led the operation by sending couriers to Atlanta to buy multiple kilograms of methamphetamine between January …
April 20, 2017
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Former Police Officer Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 15 Months In Prison For Participating In Drug Robbery Conspiracy

September 12, 2011
… of home invasion robberies of suspected drug dealers from 2001 through 2008. The Pump, which cost nearly $2,000, … 2001 and 2008. Members of the Crew used the money to buy dozens of luxury vehicles, including BMWs, Mercedes …
September 12, 2011
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Ninth Circuit Affirms Convictions Of Two Modesto Men For Growing And Selling Marijuana

January 04, 2011
… of marijuana.” The evidence presented at trial showed that from 2004 until September 2006, the defendants openly ran … investigation, law enforcement officials made 10 controlled buys and seized more than 50 pounds of marijuana, more than …
January 04, 2011
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Selma Meth Dealer Pleads Guilty

November 09, 2011
… initiative, which consists of law enforcement agents from the DEA, Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, Fresno Police … (MAGEC), which led a four-month street-level drug-buy program targeting individuals associated with the Dablan …
November 09, 2011
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Israeli National Indicted And Extradited To Boston On Cocaine Conspiracy And International Money Laundering Charges

February 16, 2017
… with a conspiracy to transfer $2.5 million of cocaine from Colombia to Israel via Boston as well as money … money laundering.  Altarabeen, who was extradited from Poland and arrived at Boston’s Logan Airport this … Altarabeen and his co-conspirator allegedly negotiated to buy 50 kilograms of cocaine from an undercover officer …
February 16, 2017
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20 Year Sentence For Birmingham Man On Drugs, Weapons Charges

July 13, 2017
… of Alabama student, died after purchasing fentanyl from Pearson. Police found her in a house on Jefferson … death. Witnesses said Bailey had been purchasing heroin from Pearson and that he likely substituted the fentanyl, … agents received fentanyl despite having attempted to buy heroin. A third charge of possession with the intent to …
July 13, 2017
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20 defendants charged in drug indictments; One alleged trafficker charged in death of carfentanil user

March 29, 2019
… cocaine, marijuana and ultra-deadly carfentanil from homes in City Heights, College Grove and Imperial … Special Agent in Charge Karen Flowers.  “Purging this gang from our community exemplifies our commitment to fighting … AirBnB and seized over $50,000 from out of state marijuana buyers who traveled from Florida to San Diego to buy …
March 29, 2019
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Federal Jury Convicts Father and Son for Killing a Niagara Falls Man in Furtherance of a Drug Conspiracy

January 02, 2024
… Federal Jury Convicts Father and Son for Killing a Niagara Falls Man in Furtherance of a … was an alleged crack cocaine dealer who had recently moved from Buffalo to Niagara Falls, where the night before the … drugs. The investigation included a series of controlled buys and payments involving defendant Lavon Parks. …
January 02, 2024
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Birmingham Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Fentanyl That Caused 20-Year-Old’s Death

March 20, 2017
… of the two drugs. The fentanyl deaths more than doubled from 49 in 2015. We are committed to our work with DEA and … Bailey, the woman who died after purchasing fentanyl from Pearson was a former University of Alabama student. … agents received fentanyl despite having attempted to buy heroin. A third charge of possession with the intent to …
March 20, 2017
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DEA Makes Three More “Fake Pot” Drugs Temporarily Illegal Today

May 16, 2013
… themselves of their current stocks and to cease making or buying more. Over the past three years, smokable herbal …
May 16, 2013
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Three More Synthetic Drugs Become Illegal For At Least Two Years

November 15, 2013
… themselves of their current stocks and to cease making or buying more.  During the next two years, DEA will work with …
November 15, 2013
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Brooklyn Woman Charged with Trafficking 18 Firearms into Brooklyn

January 11, 2024
… by investigating and prosecuting those who seek to profit from the proliferation of guns and fentanyl which have … commitment to delivering public safety and improving quality of life in every community,” stated NYPD …
January 11, 2024