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Business Owner Who Trafficked Pounds of Meth and Cocaine Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

… age 59, was sentenced to 179 months and a $50,000 fine for his role as the leader of a drug trafficking … ammunition. As part of his guilty plea, Johnson admitted to buying a motorcycle worth approximately $17,000, using drug …
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Michigan Man Sentenced to 96 Months for Drug and Gun Crimes in Burlington

… Michigan Man Sentenced to 96 Months for Drug and Gun Crimes in Burlington March 12, 2024 New … (including some of the bills used in one of the controlled buys), about 20 grams of fentanyl, about 65 grams of …
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Joint Law Enforcement Efforts Result in Lengthy Sentences

… Joint Law Enforcement Efforts Result in Lengthy Sentences May 27, 2021 Atlanta … teams engaged in undercover operations including controlled buys of narcotics and illegal firearms. Over the course of …
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DEA Rocky Mountain Division Announces Record Fentanyl Seizures in 2022

… Thousands of pills in 5 gallon bucket. DENVER –The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Division seized … oversaturated drug market.  Anyone, including our kids, can buy dangerous and deadly drugs at the click of a button. …
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Three Drug Traffickers Convicted of Drug and Money Laundering Conspiracies

… Oregon Bend - (541) 385-8798 Eugene - (541) 465-6861 Medford - (541) 776-4260 Portland - (503) 721-6600 Salem - … at trial revealed that in 2015 and 2016, Woolard began buying fentanyl and furanyl fentanyl powder from China after …
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Former Governor Of State Of Tamaulipas, Mexico, Indicted In The Southern District Of Texas

… Former Governor Of State Of Tamaulipas, Mexico, Indicted In … federal indictment charging Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba, the former governor of the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been … of 2004. Portions of those funds were allegedly used to buy a Sabreliner 60 airplane in January 2005. As part of …
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Operation Shaw-Crank Redemption Results In 11 Defendants Being Sentenced To A Combined Total Of Over 93 Years For Drug-Trafficking

… Being Sentenced To A Combined Total Of Over 93 Years For Drug-Trafficking May 29, 2014 New Orleans Contact Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … and Arkansas River Valley area. Numerous controlled buys, surveillance, search warrants, and monitoring have …
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Australian Man Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Helping Run The “Silk Road” Website

… MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that … Road,” a hidden website designed to enable its users to buy and sell illegal drugs and other unlawful goods and …
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Leader Of International Money Laundering Organization Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Nine Years In Prison

… of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that David … multi-level marketing scheme, through which customers could buy pre-paid debit cards. DMG sold these pre-paid debit …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 13 Members And Associates Of Lower East Side Narcotics Organization With Narcotics And Firearms Offenses

… Agent in Charge, New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and United States Attorney, Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Raymond W. Kelly, … two undercover NYPD officers made approximately 25 buys of cocaine and crack cocaine from various members of …
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DEA Releases 2026 Aggregate Production Quotas

… Twice Domestic WASHINGTON –  This week the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration released the established aggregate production quotas (APQ) for schedule I and II controlled substances and assessment … each year considering a variety of information, including reliable data and information received by the agency, and …
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Orlando Man Pleads Guilty to Methamphetamine Distribution

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Fort Lauderdale Miles D. Aley Special Agent In Charge View … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Hampton Roads heroin trafficker sentenced to over 23 years in prison

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … $130,780 in illegal drug proceeds to a confidential source at a gas station in Norfolk. On Oct. 16, 2024, Green … America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to protect our …
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Kansas City Pharmacy Filled Forged Prescriptions

… Kansas City Pharmacy Filled Forged Prescriptions August 20, 2021 St. Louis Contact Info … Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … a free prescriber registration validity application online, which Spalitto’s could have used to discover that …
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DEA launches WithYouSTL.com website

… Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … increased substance use, experimentation and even relapse for those in treatment and recovery. Two recent reports …
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DEA and FDA shut down 44 websites advertising illegal vaping cartridges

… Just Think Twice Domestic WASHINGTON – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Food and Drug … to advertise the sale of illicit THC vaping cartridges online, and by seizing these websites today, we are able to focus on other online and in-person sources of illegal and potentially dangerous vaping …
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DEA and federal, state and local law enforcement announce one of the largest takedowns of MS-13 gang members and associates in nation's history

… DEA and federal, state and local law enforcement announce one of the largest takedowns of MS-13 … Timothy D. Sini today announced the results of an almost two-year-long investigation that resulted in one of the … presence on Long Island. Additionally, as a result of reliable intelligence developed by this investigation, law …
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Leader Of Mexican Drug Organization Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine into the U.S. from sources of supply in Mexico. Rio-Corrales, one of the …
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Wife of Sinaloa Cartel Kingpin Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

… @DEASanDiegoDiv James M. Nunnallee Domestic Southern California in the Carlsbad, Imperial County, and San Ysidro … importers of cocaine into the United States. The TCO sourced cocaine and other controlled substances (including … are held accountable.” “Following the money is one of the most effective ways to bring down criminal organizations’” …
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Drug Ring Leader Sentenced to 21+ years in Prison

… Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A U.S. District judge sentenced a California man to 21 year and 10 months in prison after he …
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Large Scale “Dark Net” Heroin, Cocaine Traffickers Sentenced

… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … agents were also able to determine that the encrypted email address used by “Area51” and “DarkApollo” was … payments to be made only in the form of digital currency, most commonly Bitcoin. While not inherently illegal, digital …
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Money Launderer and Wholesale Supplier of Narcotics to East Baltimore Monument Street Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison and Ordered to Forfeit $472,000

… Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison and Ordered to Forfeit $472,000 September 14, 2021 Washington, DC Contact … street-level drug trafficking “shops,” with the two most prominent located in the 400 block of North Montford … These undercover purchases also identified the drugs shops’ sources of supply of narcotics, including Anton Williams. As …
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DEA Washington Chief Issues Public Safety Alert: Dangerous Increase in Fake Rx Pills Containing Fentanyl

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … danger is too many. Only ONE pill from illegitimate sources can kill, and has. And we’re dedicated to educating … the United States last year. Fentanyl, the synthetic opioid most commonly found in counterfeit pills, is the primary …
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Winter Haven Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing P-Fluorofentanyl and Methamphetamine

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Fort Lauderdale Miles D. Aley Special Agent In Charge View … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Major Black Tar Heroin Supplier Sentenced To Over 24 Years In Prison

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … - (540) 662-5879 Huntington Overdose Deaths Linked To Drug Source HUNTINGTON, WV. - As a result of a long term … black tar heroin from an individual known only as ‘Carlos’. Most of those people obtained the heroin either from …
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Four Arrested in Alleged Montauk Drug Ring

… Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today, along with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division Special Agent … Force. During the investigation, a series of undercover buys were allegedly secured from Garces-Diaz and the three …
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Prison Sentence for Final Defendant Wraps up Prosecution of Middle Georgia Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… Prison Sentence for Final Defendant Wraps up Prosecution of Middle Georgia … Edmonds was a mid-level drug dealer in the organization, buying “crack” cocaine and “ice”-grade methamphetamine from …
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Fentanyl Pill Press Operator Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison

… Division X Account @DEADallasDiv Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma … pills containing other medications, meaning many users are buying and ingesting these counterfeit pills off the street …
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Han Gil Hotel demolished, was a "safe haven" for drug distributors

… Han Gil Hotel demolished, was a "safe haven" for drug distributors June 03, 2020 Dallas Contact Info … Division X Account @DEADallasDiv Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma … Attorney’s Office included a condition that the developer buy the property “as is,” and demolish the building within …
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Leader of Prolific Fentanyl Trafficking Ring Sentenced

… Oregon Bend - (541) 385-8798 Eugene - (541) 465-6861 Medford - (541) 776-4260 Portland - (503) 721-6600 Salem - … at trial revealed that in 2015 and 2016, Woolard began buying fentanyl and furanyl fentanyl powder from China after …