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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

… by United States Attorney Zane David Memeger and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Gary … concealed three kilograms of heroin inside a car battery for transport from Mexico to Philadelphia; another shipment … judgment to the United States of up to $60 million; most of the remaining drug trafficking defendants face …
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Staten Island Physician’s Assistant And Two Other Individuals Arrested For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone Pills

… Physician’s Assistant And Two Other Individuals Arrested For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone Pills September 03, … in Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney … opioid used to treat severe and chronic pain conditions. Almost seven million Americans abuse controlled-substance …
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Doctor Charged In Illegal Sales Of Prescriptions For Controlled Substances: Medical Practices At JFK International Airport And On Long Island

… Doctor Charged In Illegal Sales Of Prescriptions For Controlled Substances: Medical Practices At JFK … - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Bridget G. … is always disturbing news, but the reality is that most doctors are highly professional and committed to the …
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Nine Defendants Charged With Operating Heroin Trafficking Ring In Brooklyn, Queens And Long Island

… Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA),  New York City Police Commissioner William … a controlled substance and criminal possession of a weapon for operating a lucrative heroin distribution ring in … 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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Fourteen Plead Guilty In White Plains Federal Court To Participating In Massive Oxycodone And Heroin Conspiracy In And Around Rockland County

… Agent in (SAC) 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, Thomas Zugibe, … combined resources to identify and arrest 14 of Rockland’s most treacherous opioid drug traffickers, resulting in …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces $10 Million Civil Penalty Recovery Against New York Pharmaceutical Distributor Kinray, LLC.

… - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the filing … have reported the suspicious orders to the DEA.  But for most of this time period, Kinray did not report a single …
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Nine Defendants Charged With Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin And Oxycodone In Staten Island, New York

… were unsealed today in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging nine … Island and Brooklyn and are scheduled to be arraigned before Magistrate Judge James Orenstein in Brooklyn this … unless and until proven guilty. If convicted of the most serious offense, the defendants face up to 20 years of …
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DEA, DA SINI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service & DA’S East End Drug Task Force announce takedown of alleged Montauk Drug distribution ring

… U.S. Postal Inspection Service & DA’S East End Drug Task Force announce takedown of alleged Montauk Drug distribution … in local bars, restaurants HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Suffolk County District … agencies involved.” “As Postal Inspectors, one of the most important roles we play is protecting our employees, …
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Violent Drug Dealers Who Attempted to Shoot and Kill a Spokane Police Officer Sentenced to Decades in Prison

… Oregon Bend - (541) 385-8798 Eugene - (541) 465-6861 Medford - (541) 776-4260 Portland - (503) 721-6600 Salem - … “The actions of these violent offenders represent the most extreme and calculated threat our officers and …
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Operation Chopping Block: Two Alleged Gang Members Indicted for Selling 33 Firearms to Undercover Officer

… Operation Chopping Block: Two Alleged Gang Members Indicted for Selling 33 Firearms to Undercover Officer March 24, 2022 … 2022. According to the investigation, the defendants sold most of the weapons in the Bronx on Jackson Avenue, East …
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Pharmacy owner charged with illegally distributing oxycodone and operating a health care fraud and kickback scheme

… in charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United … OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, and …
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Spice/K2, Synthetic Marijuana

Spice/ K2, Synthetic Marijuana

January 22, 2025
K2 and Spice are just two of the many trade names or brands for synthetic designer drugs that are intended to mimic THC, the main psychoactive ingredient of marijuana. These designer synthetic drugs are from the synthetic cannabinoid class of drugs that are often marketed and sold under the guise...
January 22, 2025
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Five Indicted for Drug Trafficking in “The Jungle” and Seattle’s International District

… Five Indicted for Drug Trafficking in “The Jungle” and Seattle’s … Oregon Bend - (541) 385-8798 Eugene - (541) 465-6861 Medford - (541) 776-4260 Portland - (503) 721-6600 Salem - … District and homeless encampments. They prey on the most vulnerable and with guns and threats increase the …
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Arkansas Felon Who Possessed Ammunition Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison

… Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … DEA-led initiative to reduce violent crime in areas most deeply affected, like Pine Bluff. Chambers’ status as …
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Six Indicted for Illegal Firearms Possession, Drugs

… Six Indicted for Illegal Firearms Possession, Drugs March 10, 2022 … in collaboration with federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, including the Bureau of Alcohol, … District of Georgia for illegal firearms offenses – most often for possessing a firearm after conviction for a …
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Woman Who Dealt Drugs From Her Lake Stevens Restaurant Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

… Oregon Bend - (541) 385-8798 Eugene - (541) 465-6861 Medford - (541) 776-4260 Portland - (503) 721-6600 Salem - … and thousands of fentanyl pills. But what is most shocking is that she had her teen-age son engaging in …
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40 Alleged Meth Traffickers Charged in Operation Kullvid-20

… Bio Division Social Accounts X Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma … North Texas Strike Force’s goal is simple: dismantle the most dangerous and violent criminal drug networks in North …
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Richland Physician Sentenced for Conspiring to Distribute Medically Unnecessary Fentanyl Patches, Opioid Pills and Other Controlled Substances

… Richland Physician Sentenced for Conspiring to Distribute Medically Unnecessary Fentanyl … became the practice’s office manager and one of Arnold’s most trusted associates.  During the conspiracy, Nay and …
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2.5 Tons of Methamphetamine and 100,000 Fentanyl Pills Interdicted

… – Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division, Audrey Strauss, … operations to disrupt and dismantle the most significant drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, …
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Central Florida cocaine trafficking ring dismantled

… leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Fort Lauderdale Miles D. Aley Special Agent In Charge View … conspiracy. During the investigation of this case, law enforcement seized more than seven kilograms of cocaine; nine … OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money …
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Multi-state international drug trafficking organization targeted in 18-month investigation

… Oregon Bend - (541) 385-8798 Eugene - (541) 465-6861 Medford - (541) 776-4260 Portland - (503) 721-6600 Salem - … Seized counterfeit oxycodone.jpg TACOMA, Wash. - A law enforcement operation making arrests and serving search … illicit opioids such as fentanyl and heroin into our most vulnerable communities will be met with a significant …
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Eleven indicted in wide-ranging conspiracy trafficking heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine in multi-state area

… Oregon Bend - (541) 385-8798 Eugene - (541) 465-6861 Medford - (541) 776-4260 Portland - (503) 721-6600 Salem - … a grand jury sitting in the Western District of Washington for a multi-state drug trafficking conspiracy.  One of those … our efforts against these violent criminal organizations most responsible for injecting these dangerous drugs into …
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

… Just Think Twice Domestic Operation intensifies DEA’s efforts to combat drug-related violent crime Drugs and … guns_2.png Project Safeguard_1_0.jpg WASHINGTON – Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Timothy J. … United States: Disrupting, dismantling, and destroying the most significant violent drug trafficking organizations …
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Sixteen indicted for trafficking large amounts of heroin and methamphetamine in Seattle area

… Sixteen indicted for trafficking large amounts of heroin and methamphetamine … Oregon Bend - (541) 385-8798 Eugene - (541) 465-6861 Medford - (541) 776-4260 Portland - (503) 721-6600 Salem - … enforcement against those transnational distribution cells most responsible for opening the floodgates. In the last …
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Indictment Charges 15 With Conspiring In International Drug Ring That Used U.S. Mail To Ship Cocaine From California To New Jersey Jamaican Recording Artist Charged As Leader Of Drug Trafficking Network In "Operation Next Day Air"

… Drug Ring That Used U.S. Mail To Ship Cocaine From California To New Jersey Jamaican Recording Artist Charged As … - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Division, and Acting … in New Jersey, under the direction of the Davis brothers. Most of the purchasers bought kilogram quantities of cocaine …
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Four Pharmacy Technicians Charged With Stealing And Selling Prescription Drugs

… to a Recruiter /events Find Us 40 Middlesex Turnpike Bedford , MA 01730 United States New England Contacts New … to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Lowell Jarod Forget Special Agent In Charge View Jarod Forget Bio Jarod … of government, which allow law enforcement to get the most from the very limited resources available in these …
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27 Defendants Facing State Or Federal Drug Charges For Allegedly Selling Heroin And Crack Cocaine On City’s West Side

… 27 Defendants Facing State Or Federal Drug Charges For Allegedly Selling Heroin And Crack Cocaine On City’s … Fidel.ArroyoJr@dea.gov Division Contacts Illinois Rockford - (815) 987-4494 Springfield - (217) 585-2750 Indiana … and New Breed street gangs. The non-Vice Lord members are mostly “pack workers” or street level drug dealers who have …
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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 … Milwaukee - (414) 336-7300 26 arrested during two-day enforcement operation MILWAUKEE - ―The U.S. Drug Enforcement … insurance programs to fill the fraudulent prescriptions.  Almost all of the fraudulent prescriptions were for Oxycodone, …
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Founder And Owner Of Pharmaceutical Company Insys Arrested And Charged With Racketeering

… to a Recruiter /events Find Us 40 Middlesex Turnpike Bedford , MA 01730 United States New England Contacts New … to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Lowell Jarod Forget Special Agent In Charge View Jarod Forget Bio Jarod … wrote large numbers of prescriptions for the patients, most of whom were not diagnosed with cancer. The indictment …
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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

… Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera Faces Charges In New York For Leading A Continuing Criminal Enterprise And Other … Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg of the Drug Enforcement (DEA); Executive Associate Director Peter T. Edge … in the criminal proceedings that will follow.” “One of the most dangerous and feared drug kingpins will now be held …