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Corrupt Colombian Government Employee And Criminal Defense Attorney Extradited In Obstruction Of Justice Case

May 23, 2013
… arrested in Colombia on provisional arrest warrants issued from the Eastern District of New York. The extradition was … Task Force which is comprised of agents and officers from the DEA, New York Police Department and the New York State Police.  The defendants’ extradition resulted from an investigation which revealed that through his …
May 23, 2013
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Former Governor Of Mexican State Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 131 Months In Prison For Money Laundering In Connection With Narcotics Bribes

June 28, 2013
… of dollars in narcotics bribe payments that he received from the Juarez Cartel - one of Mexico’s most notorious and … and other countries. Villanueva Madrid, 65, was extradited from Mexico in May 2010. He pled guilty on August 2, 2012, …
June 28, 2013
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Leader Of Heroin Crew And 12 Members Arrested In A Two Day Enforcement Operation

August 28, 2013
… poison.  This organization epitomizes the flow of heroin from New York City suppliers to drug gangs throughout the … costs, and overdose deaths. I commend the men and woman from the NYSP, Syracuse Police Department, Onondaga County … Force who worked tirelessly to make our communities safer from these heroin traffickers.”  Over a two day period, …
August 28, 2013
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Three-Day Operation Targets Violent Areas To Find Murder, Violent Crime Suspects

August 08, 2011
… areas of the city for three days to attack violent crime. From August 3 - 5, this year’s violent crime initiative … officers, Clay County Sheriff’s Deputies, as well as agents from the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and six other federal …
August 08, 2011
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Eldon Man Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Meth Conspiracy, Attempted Jail Escape

January 24, 2014
… intent to distribute methamphetamine, conspiracy to escape from custody, and attempted escape from custody. Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine Law … Fulton at speeds up to 163 miles per hour. Atterberry fled from his vehicle and was apprehended after a brief chase on …
January 24, 2014
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Member Of An International Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate Sentenced To 115 Months For Drug Trafficking And Attempting To Assassinate Criminal Associate Over Drug Debt

January 10, 2014
… Bajram Lajqi imported hundreds of pounds of marijuana from Canada and shot a former associate multiple times … guilty plea to trafficking hundreds of pounds of marijuana from Canada and using a firearm in connection with drug … of tens of thousands of kilograms of hydroponic marijuana from Canada and Mexico, substantial quantities of MDMA from …
January 10, 2014
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Canadian Trucker Convicted Of Conspiracy To Distribute Marijuana

November 20, 2012
… his arrest in Idaho when he tried to cross into the U.S. from Canada. The investigation into this international drug … every month.  The marijuana was smuggled into the U.S. from Canada and distributed across the country to … Georgia and New Jersey, among other locations.  Proceeds from the marijuana distribution were used to purchase …
November 20, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Equitable Sharing Program “Takes The Profit Out Of Crime And Benefits Public Safety”

May 19, 2017
… to distributors and retail outlets throughout the U.S. and from his six smoke shops in Fresno, Visalia and Bakersfield. … of crime and benefits public safety. The proceeds seized from this criminal organization and distributed to law … throughout the country and profited tremendously from the illegal sales of these synthetic drugs. Working …
May 19, 2017
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Bakersfield Police Narcotics Detective Charged With Bribery, Drug Trafficking, Obstruction, And Filing False Tax Returns

November 20, 2015
… The indictment charges that Diaz, in exchange for bribes from the dealer, provided the dealer with intelligence on … and attempted to provide the dealer protection from search, seizure, arrest and prosecution. The indictment … Detective Diaz has been on paid administrative leave from the Bakersfield Police Department since this …
November 20, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

DEA And IRS Present Bay Area Law Enforcement Agencies With More Than $1.2 Million In Cash

December 22, 2011
… Police Department today as a result of assets seized from a joint drug and money laundering investigation … is a task force comprised of law enforcement officers from the California Department of Justice Bureau of Narcotic … represent the agencies share of $1,897,458.12, seized from bank accounts related to a case involving Local …
December 22, 2011
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Miami News 2009

July 15, 2021
… Grow House Operation Indicted December 9, 2009 Nineteen From Hallandale Beach Area Charged in Joint Federal-State … for Importing 300 Kilograms of Cocaine into the U.S. from the Bahamas October 30, 2009 19 Sentenced in Operation …
July 15, 2021
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CY 2021 Fentanyl Profiling Program (FPP)

August 22, 2022
Publication
… analyses on fentanyl and fentanyl-related samples obtained from seizures throughout the United States. This report … market share, but is rather a snapshot of samples submitted from the eight DEA regional and sub-regional laboratories. …
August 22, 2022
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 03, 2025
… nearly seven million potentially deadly doses of fentanyl from communities across the Midwest. OMAHA  – The U.S. Drug … removal of nearly seven million potentially deadly doses from communities across the Midwest. DEA intelligence … two dozen pill press machines in October, including two from Minnesota, further highlights this trend. “Fentanyl …
December 03, 2025
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Coronavirus-stamped heroin/fentanyl glassines seized in the Bronx: Six individuals charged

May 08, 2020
… “Antrax” and “95” Close up coronavirus.jpg Items seized from Heroin-Fentanyl Mill_0.jpg Stamps used on branded … livery car.  Surveillance units followed the cab away from the location and stopped it in the vicinity of the … containing loose powder suspected to be heroin/fentanyl from inside the bag. Soon afterwards, Dariel Fermin, Morillo …
May 08, 2020
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Drug Ring Tied to Aryan Prison Gang Indicted With 24 Federal Arrests

March 27, 2023
… of whom are alleged to have operated this drug organization from prison, and also prevented vast quantities of dangerous drugs from being sold on our streets. I'm so proud of how the FBI, … three kilos of heroin, and more than $330,000 in cash from eighteen locations in Washington and Arizona.  These …
March 27, 2023
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Five Related Indictments Target South Bay Drug Distribution Schemes

February 11, 2021
… 571-387-5018 Defendants Allegedly Transported Drug Supply From Southern California And Mexico To The San Jose Area SAN … four simultaneous investigations into the movement of drugs from Mexico to the streets of the San Jose area.   “These …
February 11, 2021
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Joint Local, State And Federal Synthetic Drug Round-Up Leads To The Arrest Of 30 Defendants Charged With Selling “Spice” And “Bath Salts”

July 01, 2013
… Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. “These drugs are made from a variety of dangerous chemical compounds that are not … synthetic cathinones. According to filed court documents, from the Spring of 2012 through the present, the … conspirators stored and distributed the synthetic drugs from two Charlotte-area warehouses. Court records indicate …
July 01, 2013
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Spice In The City: New York DEA Leads Huge Attack Against Synthetic Drug Traffickers

September 16, 2015
… 720-431-8836 Money flow to conflict countries continues from U.S. synthetic drug sales to Yemen, Syria, Lebanon and … several years, DEA has identified over 400 designers drugs from eight different structural classes, the vast majority … synthetic drugs often reveal the movement of drug proceeds from the United States to Middle East countries such as …
September 16, 2015
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DEA Announces 5,456 drug-related overdose deaths in Pennsylvania in 2017

August 21, 2018
… per 100,000 people and a 64% increase in overdose deaths from 2015 to 2017. The DEA Philadelphia Field Division will … opioid misuse data sources. A summary of key findings from the upcoming report indicates that heroin sourced from Mexican transnational criminal organizations presents a …
August 21, 2018
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DEA launches “Secure Your Meds” winter campaign

December 15, 2020
… unused medications. This one action can prevent medications from getting into the hands of children and others who may … “The current pandemic has taken some of the focus away from the ongoing opioid epidemic,” said Special Agent in … of abused and misused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from home medicine …
December 15, 2020
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DEA offers another opportunity to clean out your medicine cabinet

April 24, 2019
… expired prescription medications. This Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Drug Enforcement Administration … or prescription pain killers. Removing those prescriptions from the home or locking them up can keep family and friends … of prescription drug abusers say they get their drugs free from friends and family, including the home medicine …
April 24, 2019
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DEA says: “Time to clean out your medicine cabinets”

October 24, 2018
… (571) 776-3409 NEWARK, N.J. – This Saturday, Oct. 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Drug Enforcement Administration … and Prevention, in 2017 more than 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses, and heroin, fentanyl, and/or … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
October 24, 2018
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Pharmacist Indicted for Tampering with a Controlled Substance

February 16, 2022
… by deception and subterfuge. According to court documents, from July 2020 to October 2020, Benjamin Dandurand, 34, of … at a pharmacy in Lenexa to remove oxycodone hydrochloride from a safe. He allegedly removed the controlled substance from the bottle and replaced it with an alternate liquid …
February 16, 2022
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Judge Sentences St. Louis Drug Dealer Known to Carry a Gun During Drug Deals

April 01, 2021
… Administration investigators received information from two sources that Burns-Jackson was a multi-pound … firearm. One source confirmed buying methamphetamine daily from Burns-Jackson over a six-month period. The other source confirmed buying methamphetamine from Burns-Jackson over a two-month period. Both sources …
April 01, 2021
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Rochester man going to prison for his role in fentanyl delivery service

January 14, 2020
… used a phone provided by a co-conspirator to take calls from drug customers. After receiving orders from the customers, the defendant obtained quantities of fentanyl from a co-conspirator, and then delivered the drugs to the …
January 14, 2020
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Trafficker Ordered to Prison for Putting Meth on Greyhound Bus

March 29, 2023
… additional evidence that the meth had been smuggled in from Mexico before Rocha took possession and moved it … to specific luggage on a Greyhound bus that was traveling from Harlingen to Corpus Christi. Upon opening the bag, they … Surveillance footage revealed Rocha had carried the bag in from the bus station in Harlingen. He also purchased a …
March 29, 2023
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DEA to host free Rx prescriber conference

March 19, 2019
… Redd added.   The one-day conference will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. There is no registration fee; … the start of the conference. Conference check-in will be from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.   Individuals wanting to attend … United States is a growing problem. This diversion stems from various sources. In addition to pharmacy robberies and …
March 19, 2019
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Drug Enforcement Administration Announces the Seizure of Over 379 million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

December 20, 2022
… worked to seize over 379 million deadly doses of fentanyl from communities across the country,” said Administrator … secret factories in Mexico with chemicals sourced largely from China. In 2021, the DEA issued a  Public Safety Alert … a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl. This is an increase from DEA’s announcement in 2021 that four out of ten …
December 20, 2022
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DEA Announces Expansion of Operation Crystal Shield

January 15, 2021
… an ever-evolving initiative to protect the American people from the dangers of methamphetamine. It is imperative we … the trend of increased meth on our streets and deaths from meth use and overdose. This action is an important step to stymie this dangerous drug from flooding our neighborhoods and communities.” In …
January 15, 2021
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DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

April 14, 2022
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, … . “Disposing of unneeded medications can help prevent drugs from being misused,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease …
April 14, 2022