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Baltimore Area Cocaine Dealer Sentenced To Over 28 Years In Prison

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … of kilograms of cocaine in hollow computer shells from California to Maryland BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. … Hayes, conspired to obtain large quantities of cocaine from sources of supply in California and ship the cocaine to …
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Bowie Drug Trafficker Convicted For $108 Million Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracies

… Bowie Drug Trafficker Convicted For $108 Million Drug Distribution And Money Laundering … Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … received multiple kilogram shipments of cocaine from a source in California. According to witness testimony and …
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Jose Morales Sentenced To Over 21 Years In Prison For Heroin And Marijuana Distribution Conspiracies

… Jose Morales Sentenced To Over 21 Years In Prison For Heroin And Marijuana Distribution Conspiracies August … Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … woman to have telephone conversations with his marijuana source, who was located in Texas.  Morales intended for the …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Enters 15th Year of Removing Unneeded Medications from Communities

… leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Fort Lauderdale Miles D. Aley Special Agent In Charge View … as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, and morphine, are the most misused prescription pain medications.  DEA and its … 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 Rewards Offered for Capture and Conviction of Leaders of Honduran Drug Trafficking Operation

… Major Rewards Offered for Capture and Conviction of Leaders of Honduran Drug … social messaging applications WhatsApp and Signal, or by email at  Montes.tips@usdoj.gov . If you are located outside …
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Violent drug organizations use human trafficking to expand profits

January 28, 2021
… use human trafficking to expand profits By Jarod Forget Special Agent in Charge, Washington D.C. Division … trafficking, is so much more prevalent in this area than most people think. In 2018, Virginia was ranked 6th in the … women and children) for sex is just another egregious source of profits for these violent criminals. For …
January 28, 2021
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16 Kansas City Metro Area Residents Indicted for Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… 16 Kansas City Metro Area Residents Indicted for Drug Trafficking Conspiracy June 23, 2022 St. Louis … Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov …
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Investigation Of Alleged Chicago-Based Drug Trafficking Ring Results In 38 Defendants Federally Charged

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Fentanyl Free America … Arroyo Jr. (872) 222-0430 Division Contacts Illinois Rockford - (815) 987-4494 Springfield - (217) 585-2750 Indiana … obtained heroin and cocaine from several different sources of supply, including a significant alleged …
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Colombian National sentenced to 60 months for maritime cocaine trafficking

… Colombian National sentenced to 60 months for maritime cocaine trafficking June 22, 2020 New England … were involved in the maritime shipment of cocaine that was sourced in Colombia and shipped via Venezuela to Spain, … wiretaps, the seizure of 1,688 kilograms of cocaine, e-mail messages, and photographs, investigators determined …
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DEA Washington Division Launches Operation Overdrive

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … its law enforcement resources to where they will have the most impact: the communities where criminal drug networks …
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Felon Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for a Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

… Felon Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for a Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy October 14, 2021 … spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and …
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Baltimore drug dealer assaults, robs and shoots man, then rams his car, sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for a conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of … at the Glen Burnie residence the next day and recovered almost five kilos of cocaine, several pounds of marijuana and …
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Henrico Man Sentenced on Drug Trafficking and Firearm Charges

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and …
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EDVA Forfeits Over 164 Illegal Firearms and Prosecutes 250 Illegal Firearms Offenders in 2022

… EDVA Forfeits Over 164 Illegal Firearms and Prosecutes 250 … Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), which seeks to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and …
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Over 164 Illegal Firearms Seized and 250 Firearms Offenders Prosecuted in Eastern Virginia in 2022

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), which seeks to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … Americans abuse prescription drugs, according to the most recent National Survey on Drug Use and Health, more …
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Federal Jury Convicts El Paso Drug Trafficker

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Scam Alert Get Smart About … drug trafficking charges announced El Paso’s Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge, Will R. … source and an undercover officer to transport marijuana for him. Furthermore, in 2010, Lopez was stopped in Clark …
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El Paso Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 293 Months In Federal Prison

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Scam Alert Get Smart About … El Paso man was sentenced to 293 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute thousands of kilograms of … United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will R. …
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Sweeping DEA Operation Targets Pharmacy Burglaries and the Illegal Sale of Addictive Prescription Medications

… Sale of Controlled Substances Remains a Top Priority for DEA WASHINGTON  – The U.S. Drug Enforcement … and promethazine with codeine cough syrup were among the most common controlled substances stolen and transported to …   were arrested on charges of allegedly operating an online telehealth website that distributed Adderall and …
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

… leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Fort Lauderdale Miles D. Aley Special Agent In Charge View … and nearly 12,000 pounds of fentanyl powder. This is the most fentanyl seized by DEA in a single year. It amounts to … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison For Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in U.S. Marine’s Death

… Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison For Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in U.S. Marine’s … and arrange sales of these pills, referring to them as the “most trusted” in San Diego, and in text messages as the “most trusted” and “most potent” in the area. Atta referred …
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DEA launches Operation Engage in Wichita

… Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … on specific drug threats WICHITA, Kans.  – The Drug Enforcement Administration Wichita Resident Office announced …
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California Man Sentenced for ‘Extraordinary Quantity’ of Meth

… California Man Sentenced for ‘Extraordinary Quantity’ of Meth … Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov …
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Two Harford County Narcotics Dealers Plead Guilty to Participating in a Conspiracy to Sell Crack Cocaine

… Two Harford County Narcotics Dealers Plead Guilty to Participating … Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … about the quality of the cocaine.  After meeting with the source, detectives followed Murphy back to Harford County …
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Leader of Southwest Baltimore “NFL” Gang Sentenced

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … Butler admitted that he obtained narcotics from multiple sources of supply and stored the narcotics in stash houses …
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Maryland Man Sentenced To 25 Years For Selling Heroin That Led To 6 Overdoses, 3 Deaths

… Maryland Man Sentenced To 25 Years For Selling Heroin That Led To 6 Overdoses, 3 Deaths April … Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … locations in and around Baltimore, Maryland, was a major source of heroin for lower-level dealers and heroin users in …
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Bowie Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 23 Years In Federal Prison For $108 Million Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracies

… Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 23 Years In Federal Prison For $108 Million Drug Distribution And Money Laundering … Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … received multiple kilogram shipments of cocaine from a source in California.  On August 15, 2012, the Texas …
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Members Of Ghana-Based Heroin Smuggling Ring Charged

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … Used Washington Dulles International Airport as Entry Point for East Coast Distribution of Heroin from West Africa … only overseas. We are committed to disrupting overseas sources of supply before the drugs reach our borders and to …
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Major Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution And Money Laundering

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … - (540) 857-2555 Winchester - (540) 662-5879 Defendant must forfeit cash, jewelry and luxury automobiles; conspiracy … deliveries.  The truck driver would communicate with the source in California and with Ford-Bey.  After Ford-Bey took …
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Philadelphia Attorney Indicted In Maryland For Conspiring To Launder Drug Proceeds Involving A Major Drug Distribution Organization

… Philadelphia Attorney Indicted In Maryland For Conspiring To Launder Drug Proceeds Involving A Major … Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … proceeds of the Nicka Organization in order to conceal the source, location, ownership and control of the drug …