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DEA releases 2019 National Drug Threat Assessment

… even greater decreases – over 13 percent – in overdoses from controlled prescription opioids. Many challenges … and homicide. Approximately 192 people died every day from drug poisoning in 2017. The National Drug Threat … by DEA field division. The assessment factors in data from many sources, including drug seizures, drug purity, …
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Skagit County business owner sentenced to prison for laundering money for drug cartel that trafficked heroin and fentanyl

… pleaded guilty and been sentenced to prison terms ranging from four years to ten years in prison. This investigation … Bremerton Police Department, with significant assistance from the Tahoma Narcotics Enforcement Team with assistance from the Special Operations Division, Chantilly, Virginia …
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Three-day span in December nets 240 pounds of methamphetamine and more than $289,000 for DEA Omaha Division agents

… the five arrests and 225 pounds of the methamphetamine came from Minnesota, while agents in Omaha seized $134,269 in a … seizures along the Southwest Border increased 255 percent from 2012 to 2017 with the majority, 54 percent, seized … incredibly dangerous drug out of our communities and away from our children.” The DEA Omaha Division covers a five …
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DEA to accept electronic vaping devices and cartridges as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to … safer by removing unwanted prescription medications from their homes. This semi-annual event is a chance to do … more being added each day. Collection sites will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. The public can find a …
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Nearly a dozen drug traffickers off the streets and headed to prison

… Pruneda, 60, and her daughter Ruby Pruneda, 34, both also from Laredo, received three years of probation and 18 months … used various U.S. bank accounts to transfer drug proceeds from distribution cities to Laredo. They were able to … and Moreno acted as couriers willing to transport narcotics from Laredo to Austin, Dallas and elsewhere, while Lomeli …
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Sinaloa Cartel associate sentenced to 10 year prison term for drug trafficking

… by a 5-year term of court supervision after he is released from federal prison. Muniz was also ordered to pay a $7,500 … During the investigation, several ledgers were seized from Muniz’s residence and documented monthly narcotic … sentence imposed by the court removes a drug trafficker from our streets and sends a clear message to others who may …
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Bakersfield synthetic marijuana source of supply sentenced to over five years in prison

… also ordered to forfeit over $193,000 in proceeds derived from drug trafficking.   According to court documents, in … negotiated with and obtained the raw chemicals directly from Chinese suppliers. He would then dilute them with a … conspiring to structure several million dollars obtained from his drug trafficking activity. The structuring charge …
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DEA Omaha Division feels effects of Sinaloa Cartel

… in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota from routes that begin in Mexico. “We’ve been able to trace … with the capture of El Chapo and yesterday’s verdict from his 12 week trial, we recognize that there is still a lot of work that needs to be done to curb the drug flow from Mexico into the United States,” Thimmesch said.  “The …
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Sacramento real estate broker and three others indicted for international money laundering conspiracy

… Rosa - (707) 837-2324 Stockton - (571) 387-3956 Money wired from China to be used to buy homes for indoor marijuana … marijuana. This is the third indictment stemming from Operation Lights Out — an operation that has already … Phong conspired with others to arrange for the use of wires from China to purchase residential real estate throughout …
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Anchorage woman, inmate sentenced to over three years for distributing fentanyl in prison

… violation. On Oct. 30, 2017, Lantz was transferred from ACC to Hiland Mountain Correctional Center (HMCC), … DOC personnel were able to recover .38 grams of fentanyl from one of the HMCC inmates who overdosed. The … event” that required a significant sentence to deter others from making the same dangerous decisions that the defendant …
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Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg Meets With Drug Control Officials In China

… China on counter-narcotic issues and the evolving threat from synthetic drugs. On October 1, 2015, China took an … China due to the wave of recent deaths in the United States from these synthetic opioids.  In Hong Kong, Rosenberg met … sharing to combat fentanyl and New Psychoactive Substances from the Far East to the U.S.  Officials also discussed …
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DEA And Partners To Hold Roundtable Discussion

… 21, 2016, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) will join leaders from federal, state and local law enforcement and public … will also have the opportunity to hear perspectives from the DEA, the Oregon Medical Examiner’s Office, the … take place at the Oregon Department of Justice in Portland from 8:00AM to 12:00PM. Members of Oregon’s law enforcement …
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DEA’S 15h Rx Drug Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In The Atlanta Field Division & State Of Tennessee

… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. DEA launched its …
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DEA’s 15th Rx Drug Take Back Day Hailed As Huge Success In Georgia

… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. DEA launched its …
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DEA’s 15th Rx Drug Take Back Day Hailed As Huge Success In North Carolina

… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.             DEA launched its …
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DEA’s 15th Rx Take Back Day Hailed As Huge Success In South Carolina

… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. DEA launched its …
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DEA’s 15th Rx Drug Take Back Day Hailed As Huge Success In Tennessee

… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. DEA launched its …
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Suburban Man Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison For Leading Chicago-area Cell Of International Drug Trafficking Organization

… ran a stash house in Bensenville where heroin and cash from drug sales were stored.  He also sold drugs in the … customers, Jesus Salgado would often pick up the heroin from the stash house, and then drop off the proceeds at the … drug pipeline.  Authorities seized four kilograms of heroin from the Bensenville stash house and shut it down as part of …
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DEA's 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Delivers Positive Numbers Throughout South And Central Texas

… Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 HOUSTON - From Waco to Houston to Laredo, Texas, Texan’s showed their … lives by removing unused painkillers and controlled drugs from homes,” said DEA Acting Administrator Robert W. …
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Lockport Woman Pleads Guilty To Drug Charge

… New York and sold drugs to H.C. H.C. died hours later from a fentanyl overdose. On February 12, 2015, the Niagara … was a passenger. Law enforcement officers seized fentanyl from inside the car. Kimmons and Ventura were arrested. On … source again bought crack cocaine as well as heroin from the defendant. Charges are pending against Oliver …
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Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty In 100 Pound Meth Conspiracy

… that Robert “Bobby” Whitenack, 37, a convicted felon from Westside, Iowa, was convicted on the charges of … involvement in a meth trafficking conspiracy that spanned from January 2014 through May of 2017, distributing at least … of Whitenack’s collecting $10,000 in drug proceeds from customers, to Whitenack’s possession of firearms during …
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Bradenton Man Sentenced To More Than 10 Years For Drug Trafficking

… positive for cocaine. Officers also recovered $237 from a fanny-pack strapped to Johnson’s waistband and another $207 from his front pants pockets. Shortly thereafter, Code … later told law enforcement that Johnson had told him to run from the car and get rid of the objects. He also stated that …
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Two South Florida Men Sentenced For Conspiring To Distribute Hundreds Of Pounds Of High-grade Marijuana

… traffickers had stolen approximately $250,000 of marijuana from the conspirators. In February 2015, during a recorded … meeting, the conspirators discussed recouping their debt from the drug traffickers and continuing their drug … seized more than 1,300 pounds of high-grade marijuana from a storage facility in Orlando and a house linked to …
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El Paso Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Firearms Straw Purchasing And Smuggling Operation

… crime. By pleading guilty, Pesqueira admitted that from July 2010 to May 2013, he purchased firearms, as well … to individuals in order for them to purchase firearms, from El Paso area gun dealers to include a Barrett .50 … conducted by ATF and DEA agents together with investigators from Homeland Security Investigations, United States …
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Sinaloa Cartel Bodyguard Pleads Guilty To Federal Murder Charge In El Paso

… pleaded guilty to one count of murder resulting from the use or carrying of firearms during and in relation … Western District of Texas and the District of New Mexico from 2002 to 2006; and, while in Albuquerque, NM, in July … trafficking operation and to prevent Rodriguez-Gonzalez from providing law enforcement with details of Ruiz’ …
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Sinaloa Cartel Bodyguard Sentenced To Federal Prison For Murder

… pleaded guilty to one count of murder resulting from the use or carrying of firearms during and in relation … Western District of Texas and the District of New Mexico from 2002 to 2006; and, while in Albuquerque, NM, in July … trafficking operation and to prevent Rodriguez-Gonzalez from providing law enforcement with details of Ruiz’ …
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Kentucky Crack Cocaine Trafficking Operation Halted

… large quantities of powder cocaine as well as crack cocaine from the Atlanta, Georgia area, into Henderson and … remaining defendants have been arrested on state charges from Trafficking controlled substance 1st degree cocaine to … damage this major pipeline for cocaine which stretched from Atlanta, Georgia, to Henderson, Kentucky. This case is …
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Christian County Kentucky Crack Cocaine Crew Sentenced

… to be sentenced on April 27th and 28th. Three defendants from Christian County, Kentucky, were previously convicted … two year-long investigation was the DEA with assistance from the Western Kentucky Gun Crime Task Force. The task force includes investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and (ATF), …
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Final Defendant Sentenced In 100 Kilo Crack Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy In Kentucky

… and Traverse City - (571) 362-0443 Sentences range from 60 months to life in prison for the 20 defendants in … the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), with assistance from the Western Kentucky Gun Crime Task Force. The task force includes investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and (ATF), …
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Detroit Pharmacist Indicted For Distribution Of Controlled Substances

… the Indictment charges Madu with using the proceeds from the conspiracy to purchase two Infiniti vehicles and a … McQuade said. "The number of people who die in one year from overdoses of prescription drugs in the United States is six times the number of people who die from overdoses of all other illegal drugs combined." DEA …