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Hobbs-based Drug Trafficking Network Supplied by Mexican Illegal Alien Dismantled

… Martinez, 61, a Mexican national previously deported from the United States, is alleged to have served as a … supply bringing multi pound quantities of methamphetamine from California into Lea County, New Mexico, for … 17, 2025, Chihuahua Martinez was allegedly returning from Los Angeles when a Lea County Sheriff’s deputy stopped …
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More Than Two Dozen Connecticut Residents Charged With Drug Trafficking Offenses

… are the result of two separate investigations that stem from drug trafficking activity on one street in the Fair … our communities safer by removing such drug traffickers from the streets. The arrests in this operation are a … Administration in New Haven received information from the Connecticut State Police that ANTOVANY ACOSTA was …
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Three Indicted in Connection with Seizure of Seven Semi-Automatic Guns, 40 Pounds of Fentanyl, Heroin, and Cocaine

… Special Narcotics Prosecutor Guns, Ammunition, Vest seized from Storage Unit.jpg Guns, Ammunition, Vest seized from Storage Unit T-31 2021 Jan 22 Storage unit seizure.jpg … against Barbour, Perry Funchess and Daya Sanders resulting from a yearlong investigation that continued after the …
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Drug Kingpin Indicted In New York

… to smuggle multi-kilogram quantities of fentanyl and heroin from Mexico for distribution in the New York City area. In … Cabo, Quiroz-Zamora arranged for narcotics to be smuggled from Mexico to Arizona and California via trucks, cars and … During that time period, he received approximately $22,500 from an undercover officer via Western Union and wire …
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Chicago Twins’ Cooperation Against Sinaloa Cartel Yields 14- Year Prison Terms; New Charges Target Cartel’s Top Echelon

… as Chicago’s most significant drug traffickers who rose from street level dealers to the highest echelons of the … brothers to forfeit more than $3.66 million that was seized from them and a sport utility vehicle.  In addition, more … on court supervision for five years when they are released from prison after serving at least 85 percent of their …
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A Year of Impact: DEA Recognizes its Success in Combatting Drug Cartels and Saving Lives

… commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed more … for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a sharp decrease from nearly 80,000 lives in 2023. This is welcome progress … contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76% of pills tested just two years prior in FY 2023. …
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Leader of Major Alabama Drug-Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Life in Prison

… 38, led an extensive drug-trafficking organization (“DTO”) from 2021 to 2024. Thomas’s DTO distributed various drugs, … also seized large amounts of cocaine and methamphetamine from Thomas and his coconspirators. For example, in March … suppliers about coordinating a delivery of bulk cocaine from Houston Texas, to Mobile. On March 10, 2024, agents …
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Nine Men Charged with Roles in Gang-Led Drug and Gun Trafficking Network

… “In addition to bringing illegal weapons into New Jersey from other states, these defendants are charged with … to doing the necessary work to protect our neighborhoods from criminals who jeopardize the public’s safety and lessen …
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15 Defendants Indicted for Meth and Fentanyl Trafficking

… of fentanyl pills hidden in a vehicle being transported from San Bernadino, Cal. to Springfield, Mo. Stevie Delane … in Greene, Jasper, and Newton Counties, and elsewhere, from Jan. 1, 2022, to April 20, 2024. The federal indictment … Drug Enforcement Administration removed the fentanyl pills from the Dodge Magnum and replaced most of the …
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Nine Charged Following Investigation into Manufacturing and Interstate Trafficking of Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills Containing Fentanyl

… (SNP) in Manhattan Supreme Court. The charges stem from narcotics-related activity that allegedly occurred in … by DEA New York Division Group D-24, with assistance from SNP’s Investigators Unit, the New York City Police …
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Over 150 Pounds of Crystal Meth is Seized in Manhattan

… canister.jpg 100 Pounds of Crystal Methamphetamine seized from Air Canisters Meth seized in air canister (2).jpg … Methamphetamine Concealed in Air Canisters Meth recovered from Air Canister.jpg Methamphetamine Concealed in Air … Seized on July 5, 2022 NEW YORK CITY –   Two men from Southern California were arrested in Manhattan over the …
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$7 million worth of “fire” branded heroin/fentanyl seized in Bronx packaging mill: six individuals charged

… 750,000 glassine envelopes of suspected heroin/fentanyl from an apartment at 2559 Sedgwick Avenue during a court … observed a total of eight individuals coming to and from 2559 Sedgwick Avenue, Apt. 6A, the suspected narcotics … mill. Agents and officers recognized multiple suspects from prior surveillance operations entering Apt. 6A. …
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Two heroin and cocaine trafficking rings in Western New York dismantled

… charged with moving significant amounts of drugs from Puerto Rico and NYC into Western New York ERIE COUNTY, … individuals are charged with trafficking heroin and cocaine from New York City and Puerto Rico into Western New York, … Martinez, Jr. aka “Gordo” was mailing kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to two separate groups of narcotics …
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DEA Office of Training

January 19, 2025
… incidents and firearms-related issues is included. History From 1985 to 1999, DEA trained its new Special Agents by … training courses are designed to combine participants from several countries sharing common drug trafficking …
January 19, 2025
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DEA, Along With Manhattan, Brooklyn, And Miami U.S. Attorneys Announce Extradition Of Colombian Narcotics Kingpin

… U.S., and laundered tens of millions of dollars in proceeds from that narcotics trafficking activity.  Barrera arrived … September 18, 2012.  Thereafter, he was sent to Colombia, from where the U.S. sought Barrera’s extradition.  The … and prolific drug traffickers ever to be extradited from Colombia, and his Kingpin status can only be compared …
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Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering

… Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi to Take Back America from the drug traffickers who are flooding our streets with … shipment of fentanyl and multiple pounds of methamphetamine from Arizona to individuals in Florida to whom she was … In 2023, Tanner was arrested on outstanding warrants from Citrus County, Florida. In dismantling this conspiracy, …
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Four Gun Traffickers Charged with Selling Over 50 Firearms in Brooklyn

… tools available to more effectively stop gun traffickers from endangering our community.” DEA Special Agent in Charge … are aggressively taking every step to protect communities from gun violence and drug trafficking in order to save … “This case, initiated in direct response to complaints from the New Yorkers we serve, underscores some disturbing …
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Four Gun Traffickers Charged with Selling over 50 Firearms in Brooklyn

… tools available to more effectively stop gun traffickers from endangering our community.” DEA Special Agent in Charge … are aggressively taking every step to protect communities from gun violence and drug trafficking in order to save … “This case, initiated in direct response to complaints from the New Yorkers we serve, underscores some disturbing …
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U.S. Attorney and Federal Law Enforcement Officials Assemble with State Law Enforcement Officers and Local Dignitaries in Show of Unity Against Fentanyl Trafficking in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco

… the flow of drugs and dealers coming into San Francisco from nearby counties; •    conducting regular joint federal … federal cases so that they take as little as a month from time of arrest to disposition; and •    federal … in San Francisco and to remove fentanyl dealers from San Francisco neighborhoods.  The result, U.S Attorney …
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Cuban National Sentenced to Over 38 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Other Crimes

… Chihuahua, Mexico. Porvenir is across the Rio Grande River from the defendant’s ranch. During sentencing, the judge … indicated Morales had smuggled undocumented non-citizens from as early as November 2019. Later that same day federal … to investigate a multitude of serious crimes that result from crimes such as these, and we will continue to work with …
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Drug Traffickers Used Staten Island Barber Shop To Sell Drugs And Oversee Gun Sales

… However, defendant Paone also sold guns and drugs from his Prince’s Bay home, with Lagala and Ayzenberg often … include: a .45 caliber Kimber firearm purchased for $1,500 from Lagala, Ayzenberg and Paone on June 28, 2013 inside the … firearm and a Taurus 9mm firearm both purchased for $1,650 from Ayzenberg and Paone on July 26, 2013 inside 35 Knox …
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Colombian Drug Kingpin And Cohort Extradited In New York Heroin Trafficking Scheme Millions Of Dollars In Heroin Smuggled In Freight Containers

… Andres, who was arrested on April 9, was transported from Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he had lived as a … Andres run the drug trafficking operation, was extradited from Bogota, Colombia on December 12. Fernando pleaded not … revealed that Andres oversaw an international drug empire from his base in Bogota, Colombia. The organization is …
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game over bio

January 22, 2025
… TV series “Dance Moms”, where she made regular appearances from the third to the seventh seasons.    In the wake of a … of law enforcement, with almost 28 years spent with DEA. From November 2021 to November 2022, Mr. DeLena served as …
January 22, 2025
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FBI, DEA Release Documentary Film Addressing Heroin/Prescription Drug Abuse

… All across this country, it is taking good people from good homes and leading them down a trail that often … through the country.  Statistics show that overdose deaths from heroin abuse have more than doubled since 2010.  More people die each year from drug overdoses than die in car accidents.  Because an …
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Northern California Residents Turn In 16 Tons Of Rx Drugs On Take Back Day

… enforcement and community partners collected 32,965 pounds from 176 Northern California sites on Saturday, April 29, … 2017. Across the nation 900,386 (450 tons) was collected from nearly 5,500 sites. Marking the 13th National … tons) of prescription drugs. “Removing unwanted medication from the home will undoubtedly save lives. It is fantastic …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

… removed close to 745,000 pounds of unneeded prescriptions from medicine cabinets across the country as part of DEA’s … has removed more than 15.2 million pounds of medication from circulation since its inception. On October 23, with … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease …
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Three Springfield Residents Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy

… guilty to their roles in the drug-trafficking conspiracy from Nov. 22, 2016, to Sept. 26, 2018. Ingram also pleaded … they directly received methamphetamine to distribute from co-defendant Cheyenne W. Conn, 45, of Everton, Mo. Conn … 10 pounds of methamphetamine per week by vehicle from California to the Springfield area. He then distributed …
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St. Louis drug trafficking leader pleads guilty

… over one kilogram of heroin, and over 400 grams of fentanyl from March 11, 2018 to March 12, 2019.  Guy R. Goolsby, aka … size can impact many lives and maybe even prevent someone from overdosing.” According to the plea agreement, investigators from of the DEA uncovered a cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl …
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Law Enforcement Arrested Three Defendants and Seized Approximately 120 Kilograms of Cocaine, $1.3 Million in Cash, and a Firearm

… taking six million dollars’ worth of cocaine sales away from alleged drug traffickers while saving lives. Over one … of cocaine and over $1 million in suspected proceeds from illegal narcotics trafficking, disrupting the operation … “Sweet Produce” (the “Warehouse”).  Cocaine was shipped from a company in the Dominican Republic to the Warehouse.  …
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Two SCDC inmates sentenced to decades in federal prison for roles in separate drug trafficking rings

… their roles in separate major drug trafficking rings run from inside prison walls using contraband cell phones. Drug … protect both the general public, and the prison population from the public safety threat caused by contraband … that the dealers were being supplied cocaine and heroin from an organization in Marion County.  The leader of that …