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Hobbs Woman Sentenced for High-Speed Chase that led to Fentanyl and Meth Bust

… Hobbs Woman Sentenced for High-Speed Chase that led to Fentanyl and Meth Bust … – A Hobbs woman involved in a high-speed chase with law enforcement was sentenced to 19 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms offenses uncovered during …
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Indiana Man Sentenced to 200 Months in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses

… Indiana Man Sentenced to 200 Months in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses July 02, 2025 … Arroyo Jr. (872) 222-0430 Division Contacts Illinois Rockford - (815) 987-4494 Springfield - (217) 585-2750 Indiana … Madison - (608) 210-4300 Milwaukee - (414) 336-7300 FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Alfred Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in …
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Indianapolis Woman Sentenced to 16 Years for Fentanyl Trafficking

… Indianapolis Woman Sentenced to 16 Years for Fentanyl Trafficking July 02, 2025 Chicago Contact Info … Arroyo Jr. (872) 222-0430 Division Contacts Illinois Rockford - (815) 987-4494 Springfield - (217) 585-2750 Indiana … Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and Acting U.S. …
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Illegal Alien Sentenced for Trafficking Over $1 Million in Cocaine

… Illegal Alien Sentenced for Trafficking Over $1 Million in Cocaine June 24, 2025 … illegally in the United States has been ordered to prison for possessing narcotics with the intent to distribute, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Acting Special Agent in …
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Sixteen Charged in East Texas Federal Methamphetamine Conspiracy

… methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Acting Special Agent in … with federal drug and gun violations.  A multi-agency law enforcement action was held on April 16, 2025, resulting in … Since the investigation began in November 2022, law enforcement has seized over 10 kilograms of methamphetamine …
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DEA Rolls Out Operation Engage

… About Drugs Just Think Twice Operation Engage Southern California Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging … and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis …
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Operation Hotline Bling

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Red Ribbon Week Education Reaches Thousands Across the Midwest

… 434-4947 Sioux Falls - (605) 330-4421 IMG_2263.JPG Law enforcement partners across the Omaha Division sported … Nebraska. OMAHA, Neb. --  Investigators with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Division reached …
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Drug Investigation Leads To Racketeering Case And 36 Indictments

… About Drugs Just Think Twice Operation Engage Southern California Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging … to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Southern California Do you know someone who has been affected by the loss … and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis …
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DEA & FBI Host Screening Of Chasing The Dragon For Local Educators To Combat Prescription Opioid And Heroin Epidemic

… DEA & FBI Host Screening Of Chasing The Dragon For Local Educators To Combat Prescription Opioid And Heroin … About Drugs Just Think Twice Operation Engage Southern California Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging … and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis …
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Fentanyl Free America

January 06, 2026
… other drugs?  A: Fentanyl is the drug that is killing the most people today. Our intelligence professionals are …
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DEA Launches Second Year of Operation Engage

… - (570) 496-1020 PHILADELPHIA – The United States Drug Enforcement Administration is launching its second year of … nation at large, DEA’s enforcement mission of targeting the most dangerous drug traffickers and organizations is more …
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DEA to hold 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… overdose deaths increasing during the pandemic, the Drug Enforcement Administration is holding its 20th Take Back Day … out unused medicine is essential. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. has seen an … in a one-year period (Sept. 1, 2019 to Sept. 1, 2020), the most ever recorded in a 12-month period. The increase in …
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Cheryl Ortiz appointed Special Agent in Charge of New Jersey Division

… 431-7160 x2242 SAC Cheryl Ortiz.jpg NEWARK, NJ – Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Anne Milgram … Division. Cheryl Ortiz is a 20-year veteran of the DEA, and most recently served as an Assistant Special Agent in Charge …
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DEA Reminds Parents to Speak to Their Children About the Dangers of Drug Use

… schools returning to full in-person classes, the Drug Enforcement Administration New Jersey Division is asking … such as Oxycodone, Xanax, and Adderall. The user is most likely unaware they are counterfeit and of how lethal …
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Doctor admits soliciting sexual favors from patients in exchange for opioids

… admits soliciting sexual favors from patients in exchange for opioids December 09, 2020 New Jersey Contact Info … x2242 TRENTON, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. … to help people, he took advantage of them when they were most vulnerable for his own selfish needs,” Special Agent in …
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New Jersey residents surrender more than 12,000 pounds of prescription pills during 16th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… x2242 NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Valerie A. … since the program’s inception in 2010. “The results of our most recent Take Back Day clearly demonstrate a need for this initiative as a tool in the fight against America’s …
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Defendant Sentenced to 130 Months in Prison for Providing Deadly Dose of Fentanyl to Imperial County High School Student

… Defendant Sentenced to 130 Months in Prison for Providing Deadly Dose of Fentanyl to Imperial County … another individual, a circumstance that Judge Curiel found “most troubling.” “In the age of fentanyl, it’s critical that …
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Westside Crips gang member pleads guilty to racketeering conspiracy involving drug trafficking

… @DEASanDiegoDiv James M. Nunnallee Domestic Southern California in the Carlsbad, Imperial County, and San Ysidro … Sandoval Divsersion.SAN@dea.gov Division Contacts California Carlsbad - (760) 268-5700 Imperial County - (760) … greed and violence. Utilizing one of the United States' most powerful tools against violent criminal organizations …
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Grand Junction Man Convicted of Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl Resulting in Death

… 261-6200 Cheyenne - (307) 778-1500 DENVER – The Drug Enforcement Administration Denver Field Division alongside the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Bruce Holder, … this case and the prosecutors who presented it.” “Most people know that fentanyl is incredibly dangerous. Many …
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Providence Man Admits to Possessing Cocaine with Intent to Distribute

… to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Lowell Jarod Forget Special Agent In Charge View Jarod Forget Bio Jarod … post office seeking information about the location of the most recently shipped package. The caller was told that he …
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Providence Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Cocaine and Fentanyl

… Providence Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Cocaine and Fentanyl May 23, 2023 New … a charge of possession of a sawed-off shotgun or rifle. The most recent case filed against Pereira was prosecuted in …
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Pawtucket Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Crack Cocaine While on Supervised Release

… Pawtucket Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Crack Cocaine While on Supervised Release … powder into cocaine base. Lobo pleaded guilty to his most recent charges in federal court on October 4, 2022, to …
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Bergen County man admits money laundering

… III, 36, of Edgewater, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Stanley R. Chesler in Newark federal court to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to … OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money …
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Former Bank of America employee pleads guilty for his role in drug conspiracy linked to a Mexican drug cartel

… Former Bank of America employee pleads guilty for his role in drug conspiracy linked to a Mexican drug … composed of approximately 1,092 cash-in deposits, mostly structured between $8,000 and $9,990 and made in 15 …
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Nogales Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Possessing With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine

… Nogales Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Possessing With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine … operations to disrupt and dismantle the most significant drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, …
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Khat

January 22, 2025
Khat is a flowering evergreen shrub that is abused for its stimulant-like effect. Khat has two active ingredients, cathine and cathinone.
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Columbia Man Sentenced for Role in Fatal Fentanyl Overdose Death

… Columbia Man Sentenced for Role in Fatal Fentanyl Overdose Death September 05, 2024 … stated but for the fentanyl in the R.B.’s body, he most likely would not have died.   United States District …
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Drug Trafficking Associated with Street Gang

… Illinois Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Drug Trafficking Associated with Street Gang July 15, … Marshal since his arrest.   The statutory penalties for the most serious charge of conviction – conspiracy to distribute …
Edwin Gabriel Vazquez-Colon
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Edwin Gabriel Vazquez-Colon

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: ROSARIO-CLEMENTE WAS CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO POSSESS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN VIOLATION OF 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 (A)(1 ), 846 AND 860.
21 U.S.C. §§ 841(A)(1) & (B)(1)(A)(I) AND 860 AND TITLE 18 U.S.C. § 2- POSSESSION/DISTRIBUTION OF HEROIN
21 U.S.C. §§ 841(A)(1) & (B)(1)(A)(III) AND 860 AND TITLE 18 U.S.C. § 2- POSSESSION/DISTRIBUTION OF COCAINE BASE 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(A)(1) & (B)(1)(A)(II) AND 860 AND TITLE 18 U.S.C. § 2- POSSESSION/DISTRIBUTION OF COCAINE
21 U.S.C. §§ 841(A)(1) & (B)(1 )(B)(VII) AND 860 AND TITLE 18 U.S.C. § 2- POSSESSION/DISTRIBUTION OF MARIJUANA 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(A)(1) & (B)(1 )(B)(VI) AND 860 AND TITLE 18 U.S.C. § 2- POSSESSION/DISTRIBUTION OF FENTANYL
18 U.S.C. § 924(C)(1 )(A)- POSSESSION OF FIREARMS IN FURTHERANCE OF A DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME

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