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Fourteen Plead Guilty In White Plains Federal Court To Participating In Massive Oxycodone And Heroin Conspiracy In And Around Rockland County

… combined resources to identify and arrest 14 of Rockland’s most treacherous opioid drug traffickers, resulting in …
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Ballard Man Arrested For Selling Marijuana To Minors

… house in a three hour period beginning just before noon.  Most of the teens appeared to come directly from Ballard …
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Nine Defendants Charged With Operating Heroin Trafficking Ring In Brooklyn, Queens And Long Island

… a record number of overdoses, over 47,000 overdose deaths mostly due to opioid pain relievers and heroin. This case is …
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Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force takedown results in charges against 60 individuals, including 53 medical professionals

… Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force takedown results in charges against 60 individuals, … its part to help end this crisis. One of the Department's most promising new initiatives is the Criminal Division's …
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Leader Of Whatcom County Drug Ring Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison

… prison.  Todd Hamilton, 36, of Bellingham ran the area’s most widespread and prolific drug trafficking organization …
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Southern Oregon Martial Arts Instructor Sentenced To Federal Prison On Marijuana Charges

… as a guise to grow large quantities of marijuana for sale. Most of the “growers” were not involved in the operation, …
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DEA’s Goal Is To Remove A Third Of A Million Pounds Of Expired Prescription Drugs From Circulation On The Sixth Take-Back Day, April 27

… hallucinogens, and heroin combined , according to the most recent National Survey on Drug Use and Health.  The …
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Major Multi-Drug Seizure of Over 250 Pounds of Heroin, Fentanyl, Cocaine, Crystal Meth and Counterfeit Pills in the Bronx

… $24 million worth of drugs seized in NY by OCDETF Strike Force.jpg $24 million worth of drugs seized in NY by OCDETF Strike Force Fake Pills Seized, blue and stamped M-30.jpg Fake … are peddled for profit by criminals who prey on some of the most vulnerable communities in New York City – and as this …
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Doctor Charged In Illegal Sales Of Prescriptions For Controlled Substances: Medical Practices At JFK International Airport And On Long Island

… is always disturbing news, but the reality is that most doctors are highly professional and committed to the …
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Multi-Defendant Indictment Returned For Conspiracy To Distribute Methamphetamine

… OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking and money laundering …
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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To Over 17 Years In Federal Prison

… pose a danger to the community.”           “One of our most solemn responsibilities is to protect the public from …
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New England Residents Turn In 68,958 Pounds Of Prescription Drugs During Take-Back Event

… The service was free of charge, no questions asked and most of the collection sites could be found in the lobby of …
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Rogers Man Found Guilty On Four Counts Of Drug Trafficking

… the statutory maximum for each count in this case, and in most cases will be less than the maximum.  This case was …
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Montgomery Nurse Practitioner receives 10-year sentence

… of the citizens of Alabama and the United States is our most important priority.”   In 2016, Akwuba left Family …
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Alleged Drug Kingpins Charged With Multi-State Operation That Imported 1,000 Kilograms Of Heroin From Mexico Into The United States

… judgment to the United States of up to $60 million; most of the remaining drug trafficking defendants face …
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

… 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 Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

… 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 Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

… 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 Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

… 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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Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera Faces Charges In New York For Leading A Continuing Criminal Enterprise And Other Drug-Related Charges

… in the criminal proceedings that will follow.” “One of the most dangerous and feared drug kingpins will now be held …
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Northwest Arkansas Man Found Guilty On Four Counts Related To Distribution Of Methamphetamine

… the statutory maximum for each count in this case, and in most cases will be less than the maximum.    This case was …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday April 30th

… Americans abuse prescription drugs, according to the most recent National Survey on Drug Use and Health, which is …
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Drug Dealer From Brooklyn, New York Sentenced In Federal Court To Over Nine Years Imprisonment For Distributing Heroin And Crack Cocaine In Rutland County, Vermont

… Vermont. All but two individuals have pleaded guilty and most all have been sentenced. U.S. Attorney Eric Miller …
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Camden Drug Trafficking Organization Charged With Selling Heroin, Methamphetamine And Assault Weapons

… community’s ability to identify and prosecute Camden’s most dangerous criminals. On …
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Racketeering Indictment Charges Multiple Members Of Detroit’s Seven Mile Bloods Street Gang

… involving violent street gangs in the city of Detroit. Most significantly, Detroit has seen a reduction in …
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“Operation Bread, White and Blues” shuts down drug distribution ring in Orange and Rockland Counties

… the blue colored pills which were being trafficked. Most of the defendants were arrested in a series of early …
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DEA’s Ninth And Final Prescription Take-Back Day Being Held Saturday September 27

… it banned pharmacies and hospitals from accepting them.  Most people flushed their unused prescription drugs down the …
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Staten Island Physician’s Assistant And Two Other Individuals Arrested For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone Pills

… opioid used to treat severe and chronic pain conditions. Almost seven million Americans abuse controlled-substance … level drug dealers, who can fill the prescriptions at most pharmacies and resell the resulting pills at vastly …
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Los Zetas Cartel Member Sentenced To Over 33 Years In Prison On Federal Drug Charges

… Polite. “As a member of the Los Zetas cartel, one of the most notorious criminal enterprises in Mexico or the United …
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Captain Of Genovese Crime Family And Associate Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Racketeering

… groups of individuals known as “crews” and “regimes,” most of which are based in New York City. Each “crew” has as …