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Springfield Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Meth Conspiracy, Illegal Firearms

… to distribute methamphetamine in Greene and Polk Counties from April 10, 2019, to March 30, 2020. According to court … officers seized more than 500 grams of methamphetamine from members of the conspiracy. During a traffic stop on … to kill the officers. An officer removed two pistols from Robinson’s waistband – an FNH .40-caliber …
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Fentanyl Kingpin Sentenced to Life Sentence

… containing the fentanyl, and his fingerprint was recovered from packaging material. However, Hunter ran from investigators, and made good his escape. The jury found … Hunter’s frequent pattern of travel to St. Louis from Los Angeles.  “The sentence remanded to Gerald Hunter …
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Bates City Man Sentenced for Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearm

… Engage St. Louis Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … officers seized nearly two dozen firearms and illegal drugs from his residence. Daniel Dewayne Gregg, 58, was sentenced … who purchased at least a half-kilogram of methamphetamine from him at a time. One customer, said Gregg, purchased one …
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Mexican National Sentenced for $10 Million Marijuana Growing Operation in Daviess County

… clearing inside a large area of timber. A distinct path led from a building in the wooded area to the area containing … grow site. He told law enforcement that he came to Missouri from California to work as a trimmer at the marijuana grow … marijuana that he trimmed. Medina-Perez has been deported from the United States on seven previous occasions. He was …
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KCK Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute More Than 2,600 Kilos of Cocaine

… Engage St. Louis Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … of coordinating the transportation of loads of cocaine from the El Paso, Texas, area to the Kansas City … Zaragoza-Navarette also transported illicit drug proceeds from the drug-trafficking organization back to Texas and/or …
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St. Louis man sentenced to 25 years for heroin, cocaine distribution

… multiple-kilogram quantities of cocaine and heroin from Mexican sources of supply. During the investigation, … seized hundreds of thousands of dollars in drug proceeds from Hill and his various associates. Specifically, on … check revealed Hill had an active warrant. Hill fled from the officer, who chased him by foot through a Clayton …
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St. Peters man gets 22 years in prison

… controlled purchases in July, August and September, from a co-defendant residing in rural Missouri. DEA … co-defendant intended to meet with Gonzalez to pick up cash from the sales of various controlled substances. On March 8, 2019, deputies from the Phelps County Sheriff’s Department located the …
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DEA launches WithYouSTL.com website

… deaths in 2019. Unfortunately, deaths of Black males from opioid use jumped 47 percent compared to 2018. [Source: … resource website that provides information on everything from substance use prevention, treatment providers, and free … crisis and heard how COVID-19 impacted those who suffer from substance use disorder, in particular the devastating …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day

… the public on the serious dangers of fentanyl poisoning from fake pills and other illicit drugs.  DEA supports the … has ever encountered,” said Administrator Anne Milgram.  “From large cities to rural America, no community is safe …
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Former El Paso Police Officer Sentenced for Drug Conspiracy

… stash house. On November 10, 2020, agents seized $14,405 from Saenz’s residence and 1.2 kilograms of cocaine from a stash house he used. During the investigation … undercover agents bought quantities of cocaine from Saenz at his residence. On July 26, 2021, Fred Saenz …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27

… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to … of prescription drug abusers say they get their drugs free from friends and family, including from the home medicine cabinet. Take Back Day is a unique …
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DEA announces 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. Collection sites will adhere …
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DEA In Springfield, Missouri Achieve Significant Prison Sentences For Two Recent Investigations

… prison sentence in another case. These sentences originated from two different drug investigations that were charged, … began as the officer attempted to retrieve the key fob from Soto-Garcia.  Soto-Garcia threw the fob underneath the … money counter, and approximately five grams of crystal meth from Soto-Garcia’s residence.  Seized from the “stash” …
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Santa Fe Man Sentenced To Seventy-Eight Months For Participating In Crack Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

… the conspiracy count and admitted purchasing crack cocaine from two of his co-defendants and then reselling it to … and the HIDTA Region III Drug Task Force, with assistance from the 1st Judicial District Attorney’s Office, and is … The Region III Drug Task Force is comprised of officers from the New Mexico State Police, Santa Fe Police Department …
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El Paso Man Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

… a cocaine trafficking operation that smuggled cocaine from Mexico into El Paso and then transported the drug to … the conspiracy typically involved transporting the cocaine from locations in El Paso to a warehouse where it was … Chavez and his associates.  Investigators also recovered from the Jeep a duffel bag containing approximately $284,000 …
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DEA And Partners Holding Second Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In April

… DEA And Partners Holding Second Nationwide Prescription Drug … and unwanted prescription drugs. On Saturday, April 30th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, DEA and its counterparts … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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Lebanon Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Meth Conspiracy

… - (417) 888-9800 Crashed Vehicle, Resisted Arrest and Fled from Officer SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Lebanon, Mo., man who … it to others during the conspiracy, which lasted from May 20 to Sept. 28, 2019. Johnson obtained large amounts of methamphetamine from a source in California and distributed it to others, …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 12 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute More Than 2,600 Kilos of Cocaine

… Engage St. Louis Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … that distributed substantial amounts of cocaine from Mexico in the Kansas City metropolitan area from October 2013 to Nov. 15, 2018. Campoy-Estrada admitted …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

… Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … removed close to 745,000 pounds of unneeded prescriptions from medicine cabinets across the country as part of DEA’s … has removed more than 15.2 million pounds of medication from circulation since its inception. On Oct. 23, with close …
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Las Cruces Man Pleads Guilty To Participating In Dona Ana County Cocaine Trafficking Ring

… in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy that existed from at least March 31, 2016 until Sept. 20, 2016.  The … him with distributing cocaine.  Velazquez admitted that from March 31, 2016 through Sept. 20, 2016, he agreed with … of supply in Mexico for cocaine he previously obtained from the source; ·         On Aug. 25, 2016, Velasquez …
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Characterization of Eleven 2,5-Dimethoxy-N-(2-methoxybenzyl)phenethylamine (NBOMe) Derivatives and Differentiation from their 3- and 4- Methoxybenzyl Analogues - Part II. (Microgram Journal 2014;11(1-4):3-22)

January 01, 2014
… (NBOMe) Derivatives and Differentiation from their 3- and 4- Methoxybenzyl Analogues - Part II. … (NBOMe) Derivatives and Differentiation from their 3- and 4- Methoxybenzyl Analogues - Part II. …
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Leader Of Cocaine Smuggling Organization Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Conspiracy To Use Commercial Airlines To Smuggle Drugs From West Indies To England Through The United States

… For Conspiracy To Use Commercial Airlines To Smuggle Drugs From West Indies To England Through The United States … that smuggled cocaine aboard commercial airlines from the West Indies to England via the United States was …
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Museum
December 10, 2020
December 10, 2020

DEA Museum Lecture Series: The Kingpin Strategy

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM (EST)
Former Administrator Robert C. Bonner joins us in the first installment of the Drug Enforcement Administration Museum & Visitor Center’s fiscal year 2021 lecture series Disrupt, Dismantle, and Destroy. Mr. Bonner will speak about leading DEA as it put the “Kingpin Strategy” into place in the early 1990s to combat...
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HSTF: Operation Mousetrap Leads to Midtown Takedown: Multiple Charged in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Connected to 540-Kilogram Cocaine Seizure in Miami

… tied to an international network moving narcotics from Colombia through the Dominican Republic into South … the prosecution of high-level traffickers and cooperation from more than 90 defendants. As part of those efforts, … of cocaine aboard high-end fishing vessels traveling from the Dominican Republic to Miami. The Miami-based …
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Cedar Rapids Man Sentenced to Federal Prison After Leading Officers on a High-Speed Pursuit

… Gillespie Domestic Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota Additional Division Info Community Outreach:  Amanda Frazier (502) 780-7860 Amanda.M.Frazier@dea.gov … in federal prison. Tony Douglas Westmoreland, Sr., age 46, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a …
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Arizona Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Meth Charge

… he was compensated for transporting methamphetamine from Arizona to the Midwest for distribution. After …
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Sioux City, Iowa Man Sentenced for Fentanyl Possession

… than 12 years in federal prison. Alfredo Soberanes, 31, from Sioux City, Iowa, received the prison term after a …
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DEA Joins with Families Across the Country to Increase Awareness about the Dangers of Fentanyl

… The St. Louis Division invited more than 100 family members from across the division, from southern Illinois, Missouri and Kansas, with 43 … with the hope DEA and groups dedicated to reducing deaths from deadly drugs could help them learn how to build …
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Kansas City Man Sentenced for $1 Million Meth Conspiracy Near Elementary School

… 43, a lawful permanent resident of the United States from Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. … to distribute methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a school from Jan. 1, 2014, to May 18, 2018. Co-defendants Jose … informant purchased one-half pound of methamphetamine from Eubanks for $3,000 in a transaction that involved …
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Four Defendants Plead Guilty to Meth Conspiracy Near Elementary School

… to distribute methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a school from Jan. 1, 2014, to May 18, 2018. Eubanks also pleaded … Missouri, a lawful permanent resident of the United States from Mexico, pleaded guilty to his role in the … informant purchased one-half pound of methamphetamine from Eubanks for $3,000 in a transaction that involved …