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Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Conspiracy After Officers Seize $1 Million Worth of Cocaine in I-70 Traffic Stop

… Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … his role in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine after law enforcement officers seized more than $1 million worth of … Nieto-Acosta, 37, a citizen of Mexico, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough on Monday, April …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Is This Saturday

… Americans abuse prescription drugs, according to the most recent National Survey on Drug Use and Health, more … fastest growing drug problem and destroys countless lives, most often leading to heroin abuse and/or overdose,” said …
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Federal Authorities Arrest 12 People Involved In Operation Of Nine Illegal Marijuana Storefronts In Orange And Los Angeles Counties

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … as the “San Juan Capistrano Store”) in San Juan Capistrano. Most of the stores previously were the subject of search warrants executed in 2010 and 2011. Most of the nine stores are now closed, but several are …
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DEA’s Family Summits on Fentanyl

January 19, 2025
… These local summits will provide opportunities to share information, build connections, and foster collaboration … invited representatives from over 80 organizations formed mostly by parents who have experienced the profound loss of … advocates for change. Please use the following template and email us at familyoutreach@dea.gov Family Summit Photo …
January 19, 2025
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DEA And Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

… - This weekend DEA will once again conduct one of its most popular community programs:  National Prescription Drug … The service is free of charge, no questions asked and most of these collection sites can be found in the lobby of …
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Father And Son Charged With Running Prescription Drug Trafficking And Forgery Ring

… neighborhood as the Quezadas. The runners were paid at most a few hundred dollars per prescription filled in … the doctors were not involved in the fraudulent activity. Most of the prescriptions bore a phone number that …
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Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma … 214-724-3020 Erin.J.Fischer@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 Tyler - … operations to disrupt and dismantle the most significant drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, …
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Colorado Attorney General Joins Forces With DEA, U.S. Attorney, To Execute Largest Heroin Bust In History Of Rocky Mountain Region

… the U.S. Attorney’s Office today announced the largest and most complex heroin bust in the history of the Rocky … significance of this operation: “The investigation is the most comprehensive heroin investigation ever conducted by …
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Tulsa Man Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy, Illegal Firearm

… Tulsa Man Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy, Illegal Firearm April 23, 2024 St. … Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … A Tulsa, Oklahoma, man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of …
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Doctor And Owner Of Bronx Clinics Involved In Illegal Distribution Of More Than Five Million Oxycodone Pills Is Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison

… MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the … to street-level drug dealers, who can fill prescriptions at most pharmacies and resell the resulting pills at vastly … ailment for which oxycodone would be prescribed.  Instead, most of these individuals were members of “crews” - that is, …
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Slovakian Man Accused of Running Darknet Market Selling Drugs and Personal Information

… of Running Darknet Market Selling Drugs and Personal Information December 21, 2023 St. Louis Contact Info Contact … Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … a darknet market that sold drugs and stolen personal information. Investigators have shut down the market. Alan …
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Meth Distributor Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Prison

… Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … IL, was sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in prison for methamphetamine-related charges on July 6, 2023.  … release from the Illinois Department of Corrections for unlawful use of a weapon by a felon. Officers from the …
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Springfield Man Received Delivery of 30 Pounds of Meth

… Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … - (417) 888-9800 Faces at Least 10 Years in Prison for Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A … of approximately 30 pounds of methamphetamine from California. Saul Fernandez, 29, pleaded guilty before U.S. …
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Selling Fentanyl Capsules Results in 6 Years in Prison

… Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … Shelton admitted selling methamphetamine and fentanyl for $300 on Oct. 27, 2022, to someone working with law … it. They found nearly 700 grams of methamphetamine, almost 2,000 capsules containing fentanyl or an analog of …
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Four Co-defendants Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy

… Four Co-defendants Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy December 19, 2023 St. Louis Contact Info … Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … Mo., residents were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute …
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Member Of Violent Gang Pleads Guilty To Racketeering And Drug Trafficking Offenses

… to a Recruiter /events Find Us 40 Middlesex Turnpike Bedford , MA 01730 United States New England Contacts New … drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Middlesex County Jarod Forget Special Agent In Charge View Jarod Forget Bio Jarod … operations to disrupt and dismantle the most significant drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, …
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Ten charged in Brockton fentanyl and cocaine conspiracy

… Burlington - (802) 951-2900 BOSTON  – Ten individuals, most of whom are from Brockton, were charged today in … state and local law enforcement partners to take the most violent repeat offenders off the streets and make …
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Kentucky “Black Mafia Family” Member Convicted Of Distribution Of Up To 100 Kilos Of Cocaine

… Toree Sims, Former Fugitive, Was Once Featured on America’s Most Wanted LOUISVILLE, KY - David J. Hale, United States … twice featured on the national television program America’s Most Wanted. Tips from the program led to his arrest on …
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No Stone Left Un-Turned: “Operation Black Stone” Targets Gang That Operated In Castle Hill & Co-Op City

… the El Dorado Task Force) made simultaneous arrests of most of those who are charged.  The most serious charges involve Attempted Murder, Conspiracy to …
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Jury Convicts Denver Man of Fentanyl, Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearm

… Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … Mo. – A Denver, Colorado, man has been convicted at trial for transporting fentanyl and methamphetamine through Kansas City, Mo., aboard a bus and for illegally possessing a firearm. Ahmad Rashad Rhodes, 44, …
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Carlsbad Man Sentenced for Federal Drug and Firearms Offenses

… Carlsbad Man Sentenced for Federal Drug and Firearms Offenses April 12, 2024 El … Pineda Montoya , 44, was arrested during 2023 joint enforcement operation in Carlsbad, New Mexico which resulted … operations to disrupt and dismantle the most significant drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, …
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Man Charged with Transporting 27 Kilos of Meth on Bus

… Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … one-pound bundles) of methamphetamine was seized by law enforcement officers at a Kansas City, Mo., bus station. … of the Missouri Western Interdiction and Narcotics Task Force (MoWIN) were conducting interdiction activities at a …
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Mother of Three Children Sentenced to 23 Years for Meth Trafficking

… Mother of Three Children Sentenced to 23 Years for Meth Trafficking December 05, 2023 St. Louis Contact … Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … – A Dixon, Mo., woman has been sentenced in federal court for possessing methamphetamine to distribute. Connie M. …
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Pharmacy Agrees to Pay $250,000 for Improperly Distributing Prescriptions

… Pharmacy Agrees to Pay $250,000 for Improperly Distributing Prescriptions September 14, 2023 … Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … regulations by dispensing controlled substances before receiving prescriptions, improperly partially filling …
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Mexican National and Alleged Alien Smuggler Indicted in El Paso on First Material Support of Terrorism Charges for Supporting CJNG

Mexican National and Alleged Alien Smuggler Indicted in El Paso on First Material Support of Terrorism Charges for Supporting CJNG May 16, 2025 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us (915) 832-6000 571-324-7093 carlos.a.briano@dea.gov Carlos A. Briano Recruiter …
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Final Federal Defendant from “Operation New Day” Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

… Oregon Bend - (541) 385-8798 Eugene - (541) 465-6861 Medford - (541) 776-4260 Portland - (503) 721-6600 Salem - … Arrested Near 12th and Jackson in Seattle During Law Enforcement Emphasis Caoevidence.jpg Seized firearm, fentanyl, … to the services coordinated by United States Probation, most importantly substance abuse treatment.” The case was …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 14 Years for Meth Conspiracy, Illegally Reentering the United States

… Mexican National Sentenced to 14 Years for Meth Conspiracy, Illegally Reentering the United States … Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … – A Mexican national was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine …
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Ninth Defendant Pleads Guilty in Large-Scale Sacramento Cocaine and Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … 415-999-0613 Akilah.k.Johnson@dea.gov Division Contacts California Bakersfield - (661) 396-3736 Fresno - (559) 487-5402 … operations to disrupt and dismantle the most significant drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, …
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14 Arrested In DEA-led Investigations Of Los Angeles Area Synthetic Drug Rings

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … more than 400 new designer drugs in the United States - most of which are manufactured in rogue labs in China and …
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Federal Racketeering Indictment Targets Mexican Mafia Control Of Inmates And Drug Trafficking Inside Los Angeles County Jail System

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … crime of violence or drug trafficking crime. If convicted, most of the defendants could be sentenced to decades in …