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Jury Convicts Schenectady Felon Of Drug Conspiracy

May 18, 2017
… Thomas J. McAvoy.   The evidence at trial showed that, from October 2015 through February 2016, Hilts conspired … Elijah Jones, to distribute crack cocaine and heroin from their shared residence on Paige Street, adjacent to a …
May 18, 2017
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Second Devil’s Den Marijuana Cultivator Pleads Guilty

December 10, 2012
… guilty, Manjarrez acknowledged that he came to California from Mexico to work for his co-defendant, Jonathan Anthony … of medical marijuana for profit. This case stemmed from Operation Mercury, an intensive marijuana eradication …
December 10, 2012
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South Lake Tahoe Dispensary Owner Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Prison And Agrees To Forfeit Drug Proceeds

April 10, 2013
… can have the effect of concealing and disguising the odor from marijuana.  In total, detectives seized approximately 5 … admitted that he possessed the marijuana seized from his residence on August 31, 2012, with an intent to …
April 10, 2013
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Six Indicted For Fresno And Madera County Methamphetamine Distribution Ring

December 22, 2011
… in the case asserts that Solorzano obtained methamphetamine from Mexico and arranged for Reyes, Martinez, and Rosa to … Area (HIDTA), consisting of law enforcement agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Drug …
December 22, 2011
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Five Indicted For Kern County Marijuana Cultivation Operations

August 30, 2012
… Rufino Orozco-Martinez, 32, an undocumented alien from Guerrero, Mexico; Jorge A. Torres, 27, of Michoacán, … aka Osmin Mejia-Mazariegos, 29, an undocumented alien from Guatemala, was charged with a drug conspiracy, …
August 30, 2012
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Fresno County Man Sent To Prison For Mortgage Fraud Scheme

September 04, 2012
… directly involved in growing 856 marijuana plants seized from the Willits property after Lieng and Truong acquired … Administration led the investigation with primary support from the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, Mendocino County …
September 04, 2012
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Livingston Man Sentenced 16 Years In Prison For International Drug Conspiracy

November 13, 2012
… Drug Enforcement Task Force targeted shipments of cocaine from Bakersfield to Toronto, Canada FRESNO, Calif. - Two … large money seizures were made, including $169,910 seized from a truck in Sheldon, Ill., that was driven by Bisla. The …
November 13, 2012
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Stockton Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty To Methamphetamine Manufacturing And Trafficking

June 13, 2011
… and prices, and a security monitor depicting an image from a camera posted on an engine hoist in the front yard. … chemical used in manufacturing methamphetamine, created from crushed Sudafed and Actifed. Agents also found large …
June 13, 2011
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Fresno Man Receives Five Years In Prison For Interstate Marijuana Trafficking

October 21, 2011
… that were posted with medicinal marijuana recommendations from medical doctors. Rather than distributing the marijuana … and the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, California …
October 21, 2011
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San Diego Man Sentenced to 18 Years for Supplying Fentanyl that Resulted in Deaths of Two in North Park

November 17, 2025
… and our unwavering commitment to stopping those who profit from this deadly drug.” San Diego Police officers, along with investigators from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Overdose Response … Sargent’s duffel bag, also recovered from the bedroom, contained 30.4 grams of methamphetamine …
November 17, 2025
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Manchester Man Sentenced to 80 Months in Federal Prison for Operating Counterfeit Pill Lab

November 14, 2025
… of pill manufacturers like Mr. Summers who profit from poisoning the public.”  “The state of New Hampshire is … hundreds of blue fentanyl and orange methamphetamine pills from the defendant during controlled buys in March and … buys. DEA tested some of the pills and powders recovered from the defendant’s office suite, which were found to …
November 14, 2025
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Fairbanks Man Indicted for Distributing Fentanyl Resulting in a Fatal Overdose

August 27, 2025
… District Office is investigating the case, with assistance from the Alaska State Troopers, as part of the Fairbanks … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime and drug trafficking. … Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
August 27, 2025
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DEA El Paso to host Family Summit in Church Rock

August 21, 2025
… on Fentanyl 2024 (No Text).jpg   WHEN: Tuesday Aug. 26 from 6-8 p.m. and Wednesday Aug. 27 from 8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. MST. WHERE: Red Rock Park, Church … DEA El Paso Division and the above agencies want to hear from families in New Mexico and West Texas as they share …
August 21, 2025
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Violent Bridgeport Gang Member Sentenced to 40 Years in Federal Prison

August 12, 2025
… customers, and others, sold narcotics, and stole cars from inside and outside Connecticut, often using the cars to … gangs have been convicted of federal offenses stemming from this investigation, which has solved eight murders and … Forensic Science Laboratory, and the police departments from Norwalk, Stamford, Fairfield, Stratford, Ansonia, …
August 12, 2025
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Three Santa Rosa County Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Their Roles in Drug Trafficking Operation

July 21, 2025
… has been instrumental in removing dangerous drugs from our streets,” said Sheriff Bob Johnson, Santa Rosa … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
July 21, 2025
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Father and Son indicted for Providing Material Support to Mexican Cartel Engaged in Terrorism

May 30, 2025
… complex criminal operation generating millions of dollars from crude oil – the largest funding source for Mexican drug … criminal organizations and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
May 30, 2025
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Narco-Terrorists Charged in Federal Indictment with Exchanging Cocaine for Firearms, Explosives in War with Colombia’s Government

May 19, 2025
… Nueva Generación (CJNG), and Nueva Familia Michoacana. From March 2023 to March 2024, Idrobo and Palta knowingly … are investigating this matter with substantial assistance from the Colombian National Police, the Czech Republic …
May 19, 2025
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day on April 29

April 28, 2025
… is not immune.  In 2023, more than 105,000 Americans died from drug poisonings with nearly 70 percent of those deaths … to synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl. Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) … (Vicodin ®). The only safe medications are ones that come from licensed and accredited medical professionals. Social …
April 28, 2025
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Sixteen Charged in East Texas Federal Methamphetamine Conspiracy

April 17, 2025
… distribute methamphetamine. If convicted, defendants face from 10 years to life in federal prison. As part of the … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
April 17, 2025
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Drug Trafficking Indictment Charges 18 Defendants with Meth and Heroin Distribution Conspiracy

January 17, 2024
… Toombs County area STATESBORO, GA:   Eighteen defendants from the Laurens and Toombs County, Ga., area are in custody … legal proceedings after their initial court appearances from a 55-count drug trafficking indictment in U.S. District … again demonstrates that small communities are not immune from the disastrous consequences of drug trafficking,” said …
January 17, 2024
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Attorney General William P. Barr announces updates on Operation LeGend at Kansas City press conference

August 19, 2020
… added Garrison, who was joined by U.S. Attorneys from across the United States who have launched Operation … making a material false statement when acquiring a firearm from a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL); and Two cases remain … charged with bank robbery Two defendants charged with theft from an FFL. On …
August 19, 2020
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Cocaine and Fentanyl Trafficking Ring Dismantled in Western New York

November 03, 2022
… Charles Sims, purchased large quantities of cocaine from Musa Ramadan, Tevin Jeter, Eric Richmond, and others. … of counterfeit prescription “M-30” fentanyl pills from Michael Clark Jr., who then supplied the pills for … if convicted.  “Keeping our streets and communities safe from dangerous drugs and violence is a top priority,” said  …
November 03, 2022
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First Arrests in New York of DEA’s Operation Overdrive

February 16, 2022
… enforcement partners to remove these dangerous criminals from our streets and restore the safety and health of our … a drug trafficking organization that operates principally from a block on 142nd Street between Brook Avenue and St. … provided one of those glassines to Rahman. Rahman died from an overdose shortly after ingesting the substances in …
February 16, 2022
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70 kilograms of cocaine worth over $10 million seized in Hunts Point

August 30, 2019
… and officers were familiar with the blue Hyundai Santa Fe from previous surveillance operations, during which the car … location and obtained a search warrant with assistance from the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor. At … drug trafficking operation and prevented illegal narcotics from making it into our communities. We will continue this …
August 30, 2019
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Last member of deadly Elmira opioid trafficking organization sentenced to prison

May 13, 2019
… of furanyl fentanyl, acetyl fentantyl and U-47700 from overseas suppliers in China. They ordered the drugs on … to transport 5,330 blue pills containing furanyl fentanyl from Elmira to North Carolina in October 2016. On Oct. 25, … can with a false bottom containing the 5,330 blue pills from inside Prettyman’s vehicle.   In early 2017, Thatcher …
May 13, 2019
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Members of Eastern European organized crime syndicate convicted of racketeering and other violent crimes

August 28, 2018
… to work tirelessly to prevent organized crime elements from flourishing in the Eastern District of New York at the … 2017, Gershman and Tsvetkov, together with co-conspirators from states of the former Soviet Union, operated as a … an individual they suspected to have stolen marijuana from their stash house, shattering his teeth with the …
August 28, 2018
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Pierce County Woman Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison for Role in Drug Ring Connected to Aryan Prison Gangs

March 24, 2025
… three kilos of heroin, and more than $330,000 in cash from eighteen locations in Washington and Arizona. Earlier … Administration (DEA) with critical investigative teamwork from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Washington … Department of Corrections and significant local assistance from the Tacoma Police Department, Pierce County Sheriff’s …
March 24, 2025
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New Jersey Man Arrested in Sales of Eight Guns, Cocaine and “Pink Cocaine” in Manhattan

September 13, 2024
… in removing these dangerous individuals, like Mr. Zapata, from our streets .”   April 19, 2024: In a WhatsApp call, … to be 100 grams of “pink cocaine” and 100 grams of cocaine from his person. NYPD laboratory analysis of the “pink cocaine” from three sales prior to the date of ZAPATA’s arrest …
September 13, 2024
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Fall River Man Arrested For Selling Drugs And Machine Guns On Telegram App

August 30, 2024
… June 2024, law enforcement made another undercover purchase from Hunt via Telegram, this time of a Glock-type privately … intercepted multiple packages allegedly being sent to or from Hunt, including one package sent by him that contained … with our law enforcement partners to protect the public from the scourge of illegal drugs and violent crime,” said …
August 30, 2024
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South Carolina Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Selling Guns and Drugs

August 18, 2022
… North Carolina. During that meeting, the agent bought from Cureton a rifle and a pistol with an obliterated serial … of the investigation into Cureton, undercover agents bought from the defendant 10 illegal firearms. Cureton has prior … for drug and gun possession and he is prohibited from possessing firearms. On March 4, 2021, Cureton pleaded …
August 18, 2022