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Oxycodone Drug Trafficking Ring Faces Federal And State Operating From Massachusetts, Florida And Puerto Rico

… obtained prescriptions for various controlled substances, mostly oxycodone.  Members of the DTO traveled to Florida …
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Undercover Operation Nabs Two Defendants Charged In Federal Court With Distribution Of Synthetic Drug Known As “Bath Salts”

… Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Chief Egidio Tinti … Preet Bharara stated: “In the case of bath salts, looks are most certainly deceiving - while the label suggests a …
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pills During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… unused, and unwanted prescription drugs, making it the most successful event in DEA history. This brings the total …
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Arrests Of Alleged Corrupt Colombian Government Employee And Criminal Defense Attorney In Obstruction Of Justice Case

… of international criminal law, and contain some of the most sensitive information transmitted between countries. …
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Alleged Mexican Drug Kingpin Extradited To The United States To Face Criminal Enterprise, Drug, And Money-Laundering Charges

… drug kingpins, adding them to the list of the world’s most significant narcotics traffickers and money launderers. …
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Six individuals indicted in $48 million health care fraud conspiracy at drug rehabilitation centers in Northern Ohio

… the sentence will not exceed the statutory maximum and in most cases it will be less than the maximum. An indictment …
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Drug Crew Indicted For Selling Heroin And Fentanyl That Led To The Deaths Of Six Individuals

… for profit, but they did so by preying upon some of the most vulnerable members in our community. That makes them …
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Violent Felon Sentenced To More Than 16 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

… PSN program focuses on prosecuting those individuals who most significantly drive violence in our communities, and …
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Jacksonville Man Sentenced to More Than 21 Years in Federal Prison for Drug and Gun Offenses

… Man Sentenced to More Than 21 Years in Federal Prison for Drug and Gun Offenses June 25, 2026 Miami Contact Info … leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Fort Lauderdale Miles D. Aley Special Agent In Charge View … E. Pratt to 21 years and 10 months in federal prison for distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and for …
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Georgia Man Sentenced To 135 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Methamphetamine

… Georgia Man Sentenced To 135 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Methamphetamine January 12, 2018 Dallas … Bio Division Social Accounts X Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma … Rico, the USVI, and many Caribbean nations is one of the most pressing issues currently facing regional law …
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Pharmacist Convicted Of Illegally Dispensing Prescription Drugs

… his responsibilities to his profession, the DEA, and most importantly to the public he pledged to serve,” said …
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DEA Atlanta Holds Fifth Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29, 2012

… Take-Back Days turned in nearly 1.6 million pounds-almost 774 tons-of prescription drugs, most recently at almost 5,700 sites operated by nearly 4,300 of the DEA’s local …
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DEA South Carolina Holds Fifth Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29, 2012

… Take-Back Days turned in nearly 1.6 million pounds-almost 774 tons-of prescription drugs, most recently at almost 5,700 sites operated by nearly 4,300 of the DEA’s s …
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DEA Tennessee Holds Fifth Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29, 2012

… Take-Back Days turned in nearly 1.6 million pounds-almost 774 tons-of prescription drugs, most recently at almost 5,700 sites operated by nearly 4,300 of the DEA’s s …
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Sweeping 2-day Operation Targets International Organized Crime In Sacramento Area Neighborhoods

… OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking and money laundering …
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Michigan Pharmacist And Kentwood Pharmacy CEO Guilty On Charges Related To The Illegal Restocking And Re-dispensing Of Recycled Controlled Substances

… the felony convictions of six licensed pharmacists. Most recently, in December 2014, Judge Jonker sentenced …
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DEA And Federal, State, And Local Law Enforcement Partners Announce Charges In Largest Narcotics Prosecution In District History

… All of the defendants are residents of Louisiana, with most residing in the Baton Rouge area, with the exception of …
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Another Doctor And Nurse Indicted For Participating In The Operation Of A Montgomery “pill Mill”

… to drug distribution and health care fraud charges.  The most recent indictment in this case charges Chester with …
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Anchorage nurse practitioner and Soldotna doctor arrested on separate federal narcotics charges

… minimum of 20 years to life in federal prison for the most serious charges alleged in the complaint. If convicted, …
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Former Marlborough Resident Sentenced To 5 Years In Federal Prison For Robbing 5 Connecticut Pharmacies

… Vernon on November 9, 2013. Haney has admitted that he used most of the pills to fuel his own addiction to pain …
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Massachusetts Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

… OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money …
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24 defendants charged in joint federal and state investigation of two violent street gangs on the West Side of Chicago

… Fidel.ArroyoJr@dea.gov Division Contacts Illinois Rockford - (815) 987-4494 Springfield - (217) 585-2750 Indiana … an investigation targeting two street gangs responsible for firearms offenses, narcotics trafficking, and violence … who work together to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking organizations. Seven federal …
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DEA And IRS Present Bay Area Law Enforcement Agencies With More Than $1.2 Million In Cash

… asset forfeiture program is one of the federal government's most effective tools against drug trafficking, money …
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Auburn Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

… OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money …
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DEA And Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

… Northwest SEATTLE - DEA reprises this weekend one of its most popular community programs:  National Prescription Drug …
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Leader Of Cincinnati Heroin Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 34 Years In Federal Prison

… trafficking conviction at the time he committed the most recent crime.  “The illegal trade in drugs has done …
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

… United States: Disrupting, dismantling, and destroying the most significant violent drug trafficking organizations …
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Jamaican Drug Lord Christopher Michael Coke Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court

… Charge of the New York Field Division United States Drug Enforcement Administration John P. Gilbride and United States Attorney Preet Bharara for the Southern District of New York announced that … Organization ("CPOTs"). The CPOT list includes the world's most dangerous narcotics traffickers. On the racketeering …
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Connecticut Doctor Charged With Illegally Prescribing Oxycodone, Other Controlled Substances

… DR. Katsetos has practiced medicine for more than 20 years, most recently out of offices located at 90 Morgan Street in …
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Chicago Cell Head Of La Familia Mexican Drug Cartel Sentenced To 40 Years

… Fidel.ArroyoJr@dea.gov Division Contacts Illinois Rockford - (815) 987-4494 Springfield - (217) 585-2750 Indiana … $8 million seized during investigation CHICAGO, IL. - The former head of the Chicago distribution network of a Mexican … kilograms of cocaine and $8 million. The seizures occurred mostly in suburban locales, including Berwyn, Bolingbrook, …