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Waterbury Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced to More Than 17 Years in Federal Prison

January 04, 2024
… boxed Bluetooth speakers and shipped through the U.S. mail from Puerto Rico to multiple addresses in Waterbury.  … Santiago-Miranda was a frequent mailer of cocaine parcels from Puerto Rico to Waterbury and was also the recipient of … at the time of his arrest. In total, law enforcement seized from Rodriguez a total of $455,308.83 in cash and from a …
January 04, 2024
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Former Federal Officer Receives More Charges for Alien Smuggling

December 29, 2023
… to be several kilograms of cocaine into the United States from Mexico through the Laredo POE without inspection.  If … Responsibility conducted the investigation with assistance from the Texas Department of Public Safety, Border Patrol, … the rise in prolific and dangerous smuggling emanating from Central America and impacting our border communities. …
December 29, 2023
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Pilot Involved in Cocaine Trafficking Scheme Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison

December 21, 2023
… others to transport approximately 1700 kilograms of cocaine from South America to the U.S.  On August 6, 2016, Sanchez … Casas flew a private jet, which was registered in the U.S., from the Dominican Republic to Venezuela where the cocaine …
December 21, 2023
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San Jose Doctor Convicted of Twelve Counts of Illegally Prescribing Opioids

June 22, 2023
… substance medications in just the one-year period from May 2016 to May 2017.  An investigation ensued in 2017 … as patients.  The undercover agents received prescriptions from Siao despite complaining of only vaguely of pain or … had been lost or stolen, despite Siao receiving an alert from E.J.’s insurer regarding her opioid prescriptions and …
June 22, 2023
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Dallas Woman Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Non-U.S. Citizens Resulting in Migrant’s Death

May 11, 2023
… transport, and harbor undocumented immigrants into the U.S. from Mexico through Hudspeth County from on or about November 2019 through on or about August … based on the rise in prolific and dangerous smuggling from and through Central America and impacting our border …
May 11, 2023
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30 Charged in Ft. Worth Meth Distribution Ring

October 15, 2020
… Wednesday in “Operation Ice Tank.” Five were bonded over from state custody and four remain fugitives. All 30 were … laboratories cannot be tolerated.  The DEA and our partners from Fort Worth, Haltom City, and North Richland Hills, remain committed to neighborhoods free from the scourge of illicit drugs.” During this week’s …
October 15, 2020
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Large-Scale Drug Traffickers Convicted by Federal Jury

November 10, 2022
… ran a large-scale drug trafficking organization, spanning from Mexico to El Paso and on to Atlanta, from 2002 to 2019. In the early 2000s, Sanchez-Morales … form. The liquid methamphetamine would cross the border from Juarez, Mexico into El Paso, and then was transported …
November 10, 2022
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Nationwide Drug Trafficking, Law Enforcement Impersonation, and Fraud Ring Disrupted

June 17, 2022
… of the organization’s unlawful transportation of marijuana from California to Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, and … as a FBI Special Agent, attempted to dissuade a person from buying a property in Placer County, claiming that the … an employee of the U.S. Secret Service, sought information from the Colma Police Department in San Mateo County …
June 17, 2022
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Italian national connected to seizure of over 1,500 kilos of cocaine bound for Europe aboard fishing vessels pleads guilty to cocaine trafficking

May 10, 2019
… States. Biondo is an Italian national who was extradited from Spain and made an initial appearance in federal court … of 400 kilograms. In June 2014, the first sailboat departed from Grenada to the designated coordinates to receive the … intercepted communications regarding a shipment of cocaine from South America to Europe. Biondo identified customers in …
May 10, 2019
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Milton woman arrested for running multimillion-dollar black market marijuana enterprise

April 02, 2019
… marijuana delivery service that operated in Massachusetts from 2015 to 2018. Deana Martin, 51, was charged with one … be for selling more than 10 pounds of marijuana per month. From May 2016 through July 2018, Northern Herb allegedly had …
April 02, 2019
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Sunland Park Woman Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

November 30, 2021
… large quantities of heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico and distributed the drugs in New Mexico, Texas, … large quantities of heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico and distributing the drugs in New Mexico, Texas, … last defendant in custody to be sentenced. Upon her release from prison, De Santiago will be subject to five years of …
November 30, 2021
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Twenty Seven Arrested in the Rio Grande Valley on Drug Charges

October 28, 2021
… MCALLEN, TEXAS – Twenty seven defendants were arrested from the Rio Grande Valley region on state charges related … following defendants were arrested on state charges ranging from Possession with Intent to Distribute, Manufacturing, … Heights, Texas; The state criminal complaints allege that from January 2021 until October 2021, this drug trafficking …
October 28, 2021
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Career Criminal & Leader of Seattle Drug Distribution Network Sentenced

August 26, 2021
… firearms, following a 5-day jury trial.  The case stemmed from a 6-month investigation in 2017 by the Seattle Police … This federal sentence is necessary to protect the public from the defendant’s callous disregard for community … 42 grams of methamphetamine and 180 grams of fentanyl from McKnight’s vehicle in Seattle.  At the time of his …
August 26, 2021
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Sentencing of California-based drug lord

February 14, 2019
… "Heroin, fentanyl and cocaine—trafficked into our state from other regions—have been a scourge to our community. In Kent County alone, the number of overdose deaths from controlled substances increased by over 50 percent from 2016 to 2017, and we lost 156 of our neighbors to …
February 14, 2019
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Record settlement reached in University of Michigan hospital drug diversion civil penalty case

August 30, 2018
… 801-904. The settlement, which is civil in nature, resulted from a years-long Drug Enforcement … and Southeast Michigan, each of which received narcotics from the main hospital’s pharmacy and dispensed them to … rendered unlawful all of the narcotics distributions from the main hospital to the unregistered off-site …
August 30, 2018
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65 people charged in Operation Double Dippin

April 18, 2019
… HIDTA Southern Colorado Task-Force is comprised of members from the Pueblo Police Department, Pueblo County Sheriff’s … investigation was initiated with small street-level buys from narcotics dealers in Pueblo, Colorado. Based on this … Attorney General’s Office.  Further intelligence gathered from this investigation identified three organizational …
April 18, 2019
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Former chief of Honduran National Police charged with drug trafficking and weapons offenses

April 30, 2020
… in Honduras and elsewhere worked together, and with support from certain prominent public and private individuals, … to receive multi-ton loads of cocaine sent to Honduras from, among other places, Colombia and Venezuela via air and … and eventually to the United States .  For protection from law enforcement interference, and in order to …
April 30, 2020
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Members of African criminal enterprise charged with large-scale trafficking of rhinoceros horns and elephant ivory and heroin distribution

June 14, 2019
… networks involved in a wide array of unlawful acts – from drug trafficking to conspiring to commit acts of terror … international treaties implemented by certain U.S. laws.   From December 2012 through May 2019, Kromah, Cherif, Surur …
June 14, 2019
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Hobbs Man Sentenced To Ten Years For Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

February 20, 2018
… imported methamphetamine and cocaine into Lea County from Mexico through Arizona. The investigation, which was … In entering the guilty plea, Gough admitted that from Nov. 2016 through June 2017, he conspired with others … by having methamphetamine delivered to Gough’s residence from his source of supply, which Gough would then deliver to …
February 20, 2018
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Members Of Camden Drug Trafficking Ring Charged With Racketeering

February 14, 2018
… of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and (ATF), with assistance from the DEA Philadelphia Division, West Virginia State … for illegal (2nd degree) for allegedly trafficking guns from April 2016 through July 2017: Leader - Chucky Scott, … Attorney General Grewal. “Each gun that we seize or prevent from reaching the street represents countless lives saved.  …
February 14, 2018
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pills During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

May 08, 2018
… - simply by disposing of unwanted prescription medications from their medicine cabinets,” said DEA Acting Administrator … communities by turning in over 43,000 pounds of medications from their homes. DEA thanks the public for their immense … remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and …
May 08, 2018
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Dr. Rogelio Lucas And His Wife Convicted On 30 Counts

May 07, 2018
… at trial, approximately $680,000 in cash was recovered from the Scarsdale residence. Photographs in evidence showed boxes recovered from a bedroom containing cash and handwritten notations by … those who chose to pay in this manner would be restricted from receiving oxycodone. Multiple drug rings received …
May 07, 2018
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Twenty Charged In Drug Conspiracy Distributing Heroin & Meth Throughout King, Pierce, Snohomish And Thurston Counties

March 28, 2018
… the gun was being purchased for someone who is prohibited from possessing firearms.  After being alerted by law … the Puyallup Police Department, with significant assistance from Bonney Lake, Auburn and Kent Police Departments.   The investigation was supported by agents from Homeland Security Investigations, and the Bureau of …
March 28, 2018
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Over 130 Local Sites Join The Nationwide Effort To Take-Back Prescription Drugs On April 30, 2011

April 28, 2011
… prevent pill abuse and theft. The free event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. Government, community, … partners, collected over 3,100 pounds of pharmaceuticals from the community. Also last fall, Congress passed the Safe … that abuse prescription drugs often obtained them from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
April 28, 2011
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El Paso, Texas Man Sentenced To Twenty Years In Federal Prison For Heroin Trafficking Conviction

November 05, 2013
… Burciaga, the officer noticed a strong chemical odor coming from the vehicle and an air freshener hanging from the vehicle’s rear-view mirror, which, together with … of the vehicle.  When the officers removed the back bumper from Burciaga’s vehicle, they found a hidden compartment …
November 05, 2013
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Denver OCDETF Strike Force Takes Down Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Responsible For Distributing Large Quantities Of Cocaine And Methamphetamine

April 20, 2017
… throughout our communities, making themselves rich from the suffering of others,” stated Special Agent in … brought cocaine and methamphetamine into the country from Mexico, transported it through California, into … station, which is how some drug proceeds were distributed from Colorado back to Mexico. Other methods of moving money …
April 20, 2017
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Thirteen Heroin Traffickers Indicted In Northern Ohio

January 14, 2013
… use of a bank safe deposit box to store and conceal profits from the sale of heroin.  Count 3 of the indictment charges … and a 1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass. The indictment alleges that from March 2012 to August 15, 2012, defendant Rayshawn Reed … quantities of heroin to be brought into Northeast Ohio from the Chicago area.  The heroin was then distributed to …
January 14, 2013
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Lorain County Ohio Combines Efforts With Federal Law Enforcement To Combat Drug Trafficking And Violent Crime

November 12, 2015
… convicted of felony offenses which would prohibit him from possessing a firearm and ammunition. Spencer also sold … convicted of felony offenses which would prohibit him from possessing a firearm and ammunition. Calvin L. … convicted of felony offenses which would prohibit him from possessing a firearm or ammunition. Steve J. Hamilton, …
November 12, 2015
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Two Kentucky Men Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Fentanyl Resulting In Death

November 12, 2015
… Marquette, and Traverse City - (571) 362-0443 Charges stem from joint investigation between DEA and the Versailles … the drug they supplied. The indictment also alleges that from June 2015, until October 2015, Aguirre-Jerardo, … used in medical treatment and is occasionally diverted from legitimate sources for illicit use. However, most …
November 12, 2015
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23 Years In Prison For “Dr. Khan”

June 16, 2017
… and two counts of money laundering. The convictions arose from the operation of the defendant’s fraudulent medical … operated Compassionate and related health care corporations from 2006 until 2013.   Ashrafkhan was responsible for … heroin use.   “More people die in America every year from prescription drug overdoses than from overdoses of all …
June 16, 2017