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Head Of The Gulf Cartel Appears In Beaumont Federal Court On Drug Trafficking Charges

… 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 BEAUMONT, Texas - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. … from McAllen, Texas to Beaumont where he appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Zack Hawthorn for a detention … OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money …
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Southern District Of Texas Investigation And Personnel Win National Award

… - (254) 297-0300 LAREDO, Texas - The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) investigation known as Operation El … been selected as the recipient of the National OCDETF Award for Outstanding Investigation in the Southwest Region, … Magidson. This award recognizes the investigation that most exemplifies the mission and spirit of the OCDETF …
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Head Of The Gulf Cartel Pleads Guilty To Federal Drug Trafficking Charges

… 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 BEAUMONT, Texas - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, … Saenz-Tamez entered his guilty plea on Jan. 13, 2015, before U.S. District Judge Marcia A. Crone. According to … OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money …
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Wheat Ridge Doctor, Previous Staff Member, And Two Others Indicted For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

… Doctor, Previous Staff Member, And Two Others Indicted For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone May 24, 2011 Rocky … arrested without incident by Special Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration and with Internal Revenue Service - … these illegal activities hits criminals where it hurts the most - it deprives them of their illegal profits.” This case …
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International Narcotics Trafficker Extradited From Honduras To United States Sentenced

… leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Fort Lauderdale Miles D. Aley Special Agent In Charge View … The first Honduran national extradited to the United States for drug trafficking was sentenced yesterday to serve 20 … with our Honduran law enforcement partners, one of the most significant drug traffickers in Central America has …
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New Orleans Man Sentenced For Role In Heroin And Cocaine Conspiracy

… New Orleans Man Sentenced For Role In Heroin And Cocaine Conspiracy July 24, 2013 New … Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … (OCDETF).  OCDETF is an important program which targets the most significant drug trafficking organizations within the …
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Los Zetas Cartel Member Sentenced To Over 33 Years In Prison On Federal Drug Charges

… Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … - (318) 676-4080 Arkansas Fayetteville - (479) 442-2618 Fort Smith - (479) 783-6300 Little Rock - (501) 217-6500 … 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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Northwest Arkansas Man Found Guilty On Four Counts Related To Distribution Of Methamphetamine

… Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … - (318) 676-4080 Arkansas Fayetteville - (479) 442-2618 Fort Smith - (479) 783-6300 Little Rock - (501) 217-6500 … 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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Pair Of Brothers Among Five Charged In Conspiracy To Traffic Guns To New Jersey From South Carolina

… in investigation that intercepted at least 22 weapons bound for South Jersey CAMDEN, N.J. - Five Camden County, N.J. men … this morning, and the confiscation of numerous guns bound for the streets of Camden, Clementon and Lawnside, New …   Gilmore sold handguns, shotguns and a bullet proof vest, mostly from a house on LaPierre Avenue in Lawnside, with …
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McKesson Pays Record $150 Million Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Pharmaceutical Drug Orders Including Opioids

… McKesson Pays Record $150 Million Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Pharmaceutical Drug Orders … drugs, agreed to pay a record $150 million civil penalty for alleged violations of the Controlled Substances (CSA), … for multiple years. The staged suspensions are among the most severe sanctions ever agreed to by a DEA registered …
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Five Plead Guilty To Federal Drug Charges

… Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … - (318) 676-4080 Arkansas Fayetteville - (479) 442-2618 Fort Smith - (479) 783-6300 Little Rock - (501) 217-6500 … Firearms. OCDETF is an important program which targets the most significant drug trafficking organizations within the …
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

… Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … - (318) 676-4080 Arkansas Fayetteville - (479) 442-2618 Fort Smith - (479) 783-6300 Little Rock - (501) 217-6500 … Take-Back Days turned in nearly 1.6 million pounds-almost 774 tons-of prescription drugs, most recently at almost …
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Americans Turn Out In Droves For DEA’s Seventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

… Americans Turn Out In Droves For DEA’s Seventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day … leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Fort Lauderdale Miles D. Aley Special Agent In Charge View … - The American people have again responded in droves to the most recent DEA-led National Prescription Drug Take-Back …
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MGH To Pay $2.3 Million To Resolve Drug Diversion Allegations

… to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Lowell Jarod Forget Special Agent In Charge View Jarod Forget Bio Jarod Forget Domestic Connecticut, Massachusetts, … Altogether, the two nurses stole nearly 16,000 pills, mostly oxycodone, an addictive painkiller.  Both nurses …
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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

… Sentenced In Federal Court To Over Nine Years Imprisonment For Distributing Heroin And Crack Cocaine In Rutland County, … to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Lowell Jarod Forget Special Agent In Charge View Jarod Forget Bio Jarod … Vermont. All but two individuals have pleaded guilty and most all have been sentenced. U.S. Attorney Eric Miller …
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New England Residents Turn In 68,958 Pounds Of Prescription Drugs During Take-Back Event

… to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Lowell Jarod Forget Special Agent In Charge View Jarod Forget Bio Jarod Forget Domestic Connecticut, Massachusetts, … 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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Seventeen Colombians Indicted In Eastern District Of Texas Drug Conspiracy

… Division X Account @DEADallasDiv Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma … DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 Tyler - … OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money …
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DEA Task Force Investigation Dismantles Hartford-Based Heroin And Fentanyl Distribution Ring

… DEA Task Force Investigation Dismantles Hartford-Based Heroin And Fentanyl Distribution Ring June 29, … and seized approximately 20 kilograms of suspected heroin, most of which was packaged for resale in hundreds of …
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Vermont Man Charged With Five Counts Of Sex Trafficking

… to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Lowell Jarod Forget Special Agent In Charge View Jarod Forget Bio Jarod Forget Domestic Connecticut, Massachusetts, … partners to prosecute individuals who prey upon the most vulnerable among us to exploit addiction for financial …
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Two Men Charged With Cocaine Trafficking

… offenses, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. Attorney … in (SAC) of the Atlanta Field (Atlanta FD) of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), of which the DEA Charlotte District is a … hurt the illegal drug traffickers right where it hurts the most: in their pocketbooks,” Tompkins added. “But we won’t …
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Anderson, S.C. Attorney Pleads Guilty To Obstruction

… guilty to obstruction charges in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Michelle Childs in Greenville, S.C., announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Harry S. … of ethics. Anderson's actions were illegal, unethical but most importantly compromised the integrity of our legal …
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DEA Investigations Lead To Largest Treasury Kingpin Designation Against Mexican Cartel

… the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets (OFAC) today identified Mexican national Raul … and the Flores Drug Trafficking (Flores DTO) as Significant Foreign Narcotics Traffickers pursuant to the Foreign … music production company, Noryban Productions, S.A. de C.V. Most of the entities designated today are registered in the …
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DEA Serves A Suspension Order On Walgreens Distribution Center In Jupiter, Florida

… leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Fort Lauderdale Miles D. Aley Special Agent In Charge View … Special Agent in Charge of the Miami Field Division, Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced today the issuance of an … Examiner’s Commission Drug Report, the drug that caused the most deaths in the state of Florida for 2010 was (1,516 …
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Last Member Of A Large Drug Trafficking Organization With Ties To Mexico Sentenced

… leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Fort Lauderdale Miles D. Aley Special Agent In Charge View … Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. … OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money …
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Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Organization Leaders Arrested National President, Vice President And Sergeant At Arms Indicted On Federal RICO And VICAR Charges

… Xavier Portillo and National Sergeant at Arms Justin Cole Forster--based on federal racketeering and drug distribution … age 60 of Conroe, TX; Portillo, age 56 of San Antonio; and, Forster, age 31 of San Antonio, are accused of directing, … between the FBI, DEA and DPS to neutralize one of the most dangerous criminal organizations in Texas,” said FBI …
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Harris County Residents Arrested On East Texas Drug Trafficking Charges

… 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 BEAUMONT, Texas - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, … Districts of Texas. On Feb. 24, 2016, a combined task force of federal, state and local law enforcement executed … OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money …
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Richard Ammar Chichakli Arrested On Money Laundering, Wire Fraud, And Conspiracy Charges

… Arms Dealer Viktor Bout WASHINGTON - U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Administrator Michele Leonhart and Manhattan … alleged, Richard Ammar Chichakli consorted with the world’s most notorious arms trafficker in the purchase of aircraft …
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DEA’s Ninth And Final Prescription Drug Take Back Day Being Held Saturday September 27

… Domestic New disposal rules in effect next month provide for convenient, ongoing disposal opportunities for patients’ unwanted pharmaceuticals WASHINGTON - This … Saturday, September 27, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and almost 4,000 of its national, tribal, and community law …
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DEA And Partners Collect 309 Tons Of Pills On Ninth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

… in four years New disposal rules now in effect provide for convenient, ongoing disposal opportunities for patients’ unwanted pharmaceuticals; law enforcement … it banned pharmacies and hospitals from accepting them.  Most people flushed their unused prescription drugs down the …
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Multi-Defendant Indictment Returned For Conspiracy To Distribute Methamphetamine

… Multi-Defendant Indictment Returned For Conspiracy To Distribute Methamphetamine September 02, … Clint L. Epps, 35, of Knoxville, Tenn.; Randall Logan Crawford, 25, of Jacksboro, Tenn.; Lawrence H. Bond, Jr., 53, of … OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking and money laundering …