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St. Louis County dentist sentenced to 18 months after issuing illegal prescriptions for opioid narcotic drugs

… Engage St. Louis Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Safety for the City of Des Peres, Missouri, with assistance from the Bureau of Narcotic and Dangerous Drugs of the … every day to ensure that Missouri citizens are protected from Medicaid fraud and fraudulent actors are held …
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El Pasoan Omar Arellano named SAC of DEA El Paso Division

… will be led by an El Pasoan. Omar Arellano, who graduated from Del Valle High and the University of Texas at El Paso … cartels. Arellano holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from UTEP. He is married to an El Pasoan and has two adult …
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DEA Albuquerque Accepting Applications for Citizen’s Academy

… demand reduction efforts. Six 3-hour sessions will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on May 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, and 23. …
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Fentanyl Distribution Nets West Texas Man 12 Years in Federal Prison

… multiple purchases of blue M30 pills containing fentanyl from Arevalo. While executing a search warrant of Arevalo’s … alarming rate and our West Texas communities are not immune from its devastation,” said Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey …
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Midland Man Sentenced for Illegal Fentanyl and Firearm Possession

… he is no longer peddling this poison.” DEA, with assistance from the Midland Police Department, investigated the case. … community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and …
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Federal jury convicts Albuquerque man on methamphetamine and firearms charges

… indictment, in June 2016, Casanova was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition because he previously … convicted of distributing controlled substances, escape from jail, tampering with evidence, robbery, and receiving …
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Former Chihuahua, Mexico State Police Officer Sentenced to Prison on Federal Racketeering Charge

… Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community … Lopez admitted to participating in the criminal enterprise from 2005 through 2009 by safeguarding and repackaging …
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

… are inextricably linked,” said Acting Administrator Shea.  “From the extreme levels of violence in Mexican cartels, to … that have little regard for human life, and profit from the pain and suffering of our people. Along with our …
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Six Arrested In El Paso/Alpine Portion Of Project Delirium

… Operations Division, comprised of agents and analysts from the DEA, FBI, ICE, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. … Protection, U.S. Marshals Service, as well as attorneys from the Criminal Division’s Narcotic and Dangerous Drug …
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Lonnie Dean Sentenced To Twenty Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Methamphetamine In Valencia County And Assaulting A Federal Officer

… Lunas Police Department. Dean was one of twelve individuals from Valencia and Socorro Counties charged with federal … to arrest him.  One DEA agent, who had blocked Dean’s car from the front, exited his car and was moving on foot to a …
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Federal And State Authorities Arrest 23 Individuals Today In Relation To Cocaine And Methamphetamine Distribution Operations In Permian Basin

… offenses or federal firearms violations stemming from two separate investigations. Two arrested today were … David Counts. These federal charges and arrests resulted from investigations conducted by the Drug Enforcement (DEA), …
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Federal And State Authorities Arrest Eight In El Paso Area Roundup

… Federal And State Authorities Arrest Eight In El Paso Area Roundup … Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … federal grand jury indictment. The indictment alleges that from August 2014 to June 2016, the defendants conspired to …
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Las Cruces Man Sentenced To Ten Years For Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

… drug trafficking organization that obtained methamphetamine from Arizona and Texas and distributed the drugs in Otero … Force/Metro Narcotics Task Force is comprised of officers from the Las Cruces Police Department, the Doña Ana County …
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6 “Cruces Boys” Gang Members Arrested For Cocaine Trafficking

… Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community … cocaine and “crack” cocaine throughout the Las Cruces area from July 2016 until last month. Garcia, whose charge …
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40 Charged, Huge Cash And Drug Seizures Of Organization Tied To Murders

… 40 Charged, Huge Cash And Drug Seizures Of Organization Tied To Murders June 19, … and East Coast states with drug shipments origination from either McAllen through Houston and/or from Southern California.  “This is DEA and our partners at …
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Two Members of Mexico Connected Drug Trafficking Group Sentenced to Prison

… one of the drivers of cars bringing drugs to the northwest from California. Over the course of the investigation, total … about delivering drugs and receiving cash to and from various drug ring members. When search warrants were …
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Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering

… Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi to Take Back America from the drug traffickers who are flooding our streets with … shipment of fentanyl and multiple pounds of methamphetamine from Arizona to individuals in Florida to whom she was … In 2023, Tanner was arrested on outstanding warrants from Citrus County, Florida. In dismantling this conspiracy, …
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Cuban National Sentenced to Over 38 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Other Crimes

… Chihuahua, Mexico. Porvenir is across the Rio Grande River from the defendant’s ranch. During sentencing, the judge … indicated Morales had smuggled undocumented non-citizens from as early as November 2019. Later that same day federal … to investigate a multitude of serious crimes that result from crimes such as these, and we will continue to work with …
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Colombian Drug Kingpin And Cohort Extradited In New York Heroin Trafficking Scheme Millions Of Dollars In Heroin Smuggled In Freight Containers

… Andres, who was arrested on April 9, was transported from Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he had lived as a … Andres run the drug trafficking operation, was extradited from Bogota, Colombia on December 12. Fernando pleaded not … The investigation utilized wiretaps on cellphones and email accounts in both the United States and Colombia. …
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New Britain Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Trafficking Charge

… 6,000 dose bags of fentanyl to an individual who had driven from Vermont to pick up the drugs.  On February 25, 2025, … made a controlled purchase of 3,000 dose bags of fentanyl from Meneses on Franklin Avenue in Hartford. Meneses was … The DEA’s Hartford Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Hartford Resident Office, the Connecticut State …
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Dominican National Arrested for his Unlawful Reentry into the United States and for Distributing Fentanyl and One Pound of Meth

… De Jesus Guerrero was deported to the Dominican Republic from the United States in November 2021. He was encountered … 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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Hartford Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl and Cocaine Trafficking Charge

… distributing fentanyl and crack cocaine.  He was released from federal prison in September 2022. In August 2024, the … made multiple controlled purchases of fentanyl from Flythe.  On December 18, 2024, a court authorized … Police Department.  The task force includes personnel from the DEA Hartford Resident Office, the Connecticut State …
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Carver Man Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Prison for Oxycodone Conspiracy

… 2023 and June 2023, Atwood obtained oxycodone pills from co-defendant John Campbell that he redistributed to … The amount of oxycodone pills that the defendant obtained from Campbell ranged from hundreds to more than a thousand at a time. On July 12, …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day on April 29

… is not immune.  In 2023, more than 105,000 Americans died from drug poisonings with nearly 70 percent of those deaths … to synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl. Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) … (Vicodin ®). The only safe medications are ones that come from licensed and accredited medical professionals. Social …
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Indictment Charges Stamford Men with Trafficking Fentanyl

… the seizure of two parcels that Brown mailed to Charles from California and Arizona, the first containing … 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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Gun-toting Meth Dealers Sentenced

… he purchased a pound of methamphetamine each week from a co-defendant who was working with Keltner, for which … paid $5,000, and a pound of meth every two or three weeks from a separate source of supply. According to court … trips to acquire 14 to 16 kilograms of methamphetamine from Oklahoma per trip, using women to make the trips for …
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Drug Trafficking Organization Member Sentenced for 8 Felony Counts

… heroin and fentanyl to the St. Louis and Kansas City areas from Mexico via Texas and Florida. Green was a lower-level … were charged and arrested , Green continued to obtain drugs from other members of the conspiracy and distributed fentanyl and meth from 2019 to 2023. In 2023, the Drug Enforcement …
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Missouri Residents Indicted in Cocaine Conspiracy

… - (417) 888-9800 Federal Agents Seized 16 Kilos of Cocaine from Texas Defendants SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Three southwest … seized approximately 16 kilograms of cocaine and $145,123 from their residence. Today’s superseding indictment … participated in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine from Dec. 12, 2021, to April 11, 2024. In addition to the …
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Gang Leaders Receive Life Sentences for Racketeering Conspiracy and Murder

… regime. On April 28, 2018, Clemon and Maxwell, on orders from Smith, fatally shot a Gangster Disciples leader and … Griffin sought to remove another Gangster Disciple member from his position as Governor of Missouri. Smith texted … Police Department investigated the case. BOP employees from the National Gang Unit worked in conjunction with …
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KC Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Meth Conspiracy, Illegal Firearms

… methamphetamine and a money-laundering conspiracy from Jan. 1, 2017, to Sept. 30, 2020. Fabulae also pleaded … the Jeep off road and up a hill approximately 100 feet from the roadway. Fabulae, who had a black and white … room. Fabulae shot one of the men multiple times and fled from the scene. When Fabulae was arrested a few days later, …