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Russellville Operation Results In 44 Federal Defendants Charged With Multiple Drug And Gun Crimes

… trafficking crime, and felon in possession of a firearm. Most of the defendants are residents of Pope County.  A …
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97 in Puerto Rico Charged With Drug Trafficking

… - (868) 628-8136 Part of Project Safe Neighborhoods Enforcement Effort San Juan, PR  – On June 22, 2018 a federal grand jury … Department’s renewed focus on targeting each community’s most violent criminals. Attorney General Sessions directed …
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High-Ranking Gulf Cartel Leader Extradited To United States

… of drug proceeds into Mexico. The Gulf Cartel controls most of the cocaine and marijuana trafficking through the …
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Head Of The Quintero Drug Trafficking Enterprise Convicted

… headed up by Quintero-Payan are motivated by greed and in most instances this is what ultimately leads to their …
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Two Men Charged With Cocaine Trafficking

… hurt the illegal drug traffickers right where it hurts the most: in their pocketbooks,” Tompkins added. “But we won’t …
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Eighteen Individuals Charged With Participating In Tri-State Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy

… multi-agency investigation: “Methamphetamine is the drug most often associated with violent crime and property crime …
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Corrupt Federal Officer Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Guns And Drug Money Through The Airport Former Officer And Wife Also Plead Guilty To Marriage Fraud Scheme

… not binding but provide appropriate sentencing ranges for most offenders. The sentencings of SAMUELS and JONES are …
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Alleged Mexican Drug Kingpin Extradited To The United States To Face Drug And Money-Laundering Charges Defendant’s Organization Allegedly Trucked Thousands Of Kilograms Of Cocaine Across The Texas-Mexico Border

… drug kingpins, adding them to the list of the world’s most significant narcotics traffickers and money launderers. …
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Five Plead Guilty To Federal Drug Charges

… Firearms. OCDETF is an important program which targets the most significant drug trafficking organizations within the …
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Doctor Gets 10 Years For Operating “Pill Mill” In Alabama

… “The prescriptions obtained from pill mill clinics are most often sold or diverted on the streets feeding this …
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Former Anchorage Attorney Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Crime

… Former Anchorage Attorney Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking … Oregon Bend - (541) 385-8798 Eugene - (541) 465-6861 Medford - (541) 776-4260 Portland - (503) 721-6600 Salem - … from his Anchorage Residence ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A former member of the Alaska Bar pleaded guilty on Monday to …
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Head Of New Haven-Area Oxycodone Trafficking Ring Sentenced To More Than Five Years In Federal Prison

… of oxycodone to him on a regular basis.  Marchitto sold most of the pills that he and his associates were able to …
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Multi-state international drug trafficking organization targeted in 18-month investigation

… illicit opioids such as fentanyl and heroin into our most vulnerable communities will be met with a significant …
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Task Force Investigation Targets Leadership Of MS-13, Including Former Top ‘Shot-Caller’ Of L.A. Faction, A Dozen ‘Shot-Callers’ Who Supervised Cliques And Three Members Accused Of Murder

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … this region.” “This case has targeted the leadership and most violent actors of the MS-13 street gang in Los Angeles, …
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Operation Pirate Town Targets Over 200 Violent Criminals Linked To Rancho San Pedro Gang

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … operation has dealt a major blow to one of the largest, most dangerous and longest-standing street gangs in the San …
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Drug Law Enforcement Kicking Off The New Year With Record Breaking Heroin Seizures

… Drug Law Enforcement Kicking Off The New Year With Record Breaking … sent the traffickers a message by denying them what they most want - $23 million in illicit profit.  While we … can succeed alone."   “In just the last few weeks almost 80 kilograms of heroin was seized locally, which is a …
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Eleven Indicted For Conspiring To Distribute Controlled Substances In Alaska

… discussed how heroin and methamphetamine were the most profitable drugs to sell in Alaska, as well as the …
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Cartel transportation head sentenced to federal prison

… OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking and money laundering …
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Eight defendants arrested for distributing millions of opioid pills from India

… by identifying and targeting the world’s biggest and most powerful drug traffickers and their …
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Mexican Cartel Leaders Edgar Valdez-Villarreal, A.k.a. “La Barbie,” And Carlos Montemayor Gonzalez, Extradited To The U.S.

… kidnapping or murder.  Costilla-Sanchez was among the FBI’s most wanted until his arrest by Mexican authorities on Sept. …
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CVS To Pay $3.5 Million To Resolve Allegations That Pharmacists Filled Fake Prescriptions

… by filling forged prescriptions for controlled substances - mostly addictive painkillers - more than 500 times between …
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Oregon Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl and Felon in Possession of a Firearm

Oregon Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl and Felon in Possession of a Firearm June 24, 2026 Seattle Contact Info Contact Us (206) 553-5443 (571) 387-3831 (571)-387-3193 …
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Federal Racketeering Indictment Targets Santa Fe Springs-Based Street Gang That Operates Under Control Of Mexican Mafia

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … HSI Los Angeles. “Today’s actions not only took some of the most dangerous members of the Canta Ranas off the streets, …
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Eight Defendants Arrested For Drug Trafficking In Operation Three Amigos

… today, Calvin Williams, age 42 of Camden, Arkansas.  The most serious charges for distribution of more than 50 grams …
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Fourteen Aryan Brotherhood Members And Associates Indicted On Federal Racketeering Charges In Mississippi

… the Aryan Brotherhood of Mississippi, including four of its most senior leaders, have been indicted by a federal grand …
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New Orleans Field Division Collects Over 29,000 Pounds On Ninth Prescription Drug Take-Back DayNew Disposal Rules Now In Effect Provide For Convenient, Ongoing Disposal Opportunities For Patients’ Unwanted Pharmaceuticals; Law Enforcement Agencies May

… it banned pharmacies and hospitals from accepting them.  Most people flushed their unused prescription drugs down the …
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Sixteen individuals charged or arrested for drug trafficking crimes as part of joint law enforcement effort

… to drug overdose death last year, and the County with the most of those deaths was Windham County,” said United States …
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Milwaukee Area Pharmaceutical Controlled Substance Distribution Ring Targeted

… Fidel.ArroyoJr@dea.gov Division Contacts Illinois Rockford - (815) 987-4494 Springfield - (217) 585-2750 Indiana … insurance programs to fill the fraudulent prescriptions.  Almost all of the fraudulent prescriptions were for Oxycodone, … “Prescription drug abuse continues to be one of the most significant drug problems throughout the United States …
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DEA’s Ninth And Final Prescription Drug Take Back Day Being Held Saturday September 27 New Disposal Rules In Effect Next Month Provide For Convenient, Ongoing Disposal Opportunities For Patients’ Unwanted Pharmaceuticals

… Saturday, September 27, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and almost 4,000 of its national, tribal, and community law … it banned pharmacies and hospitals from accepting them.  Most people flushed their unused prescription drugs down the …