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DEA’s 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day has highest-ever partner participation

… X Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 214-724-3020 Erin.J.Fischer@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … numbers is the Dallas Field Division, which covers North Texas and the state of Oklahoma, by collecting over 46,729 …
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Three charged with turning ocean into international drug trafficking superhighway

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … is the second such prosecution in the Southern District of Texas under a statute that allows any jurisdiction in the …
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Local Residents Arrested In Drug Trafficking And Money Remitting Conspiracy

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 (BROWNSVILLE, Texas)- - A 19-count indictment has been partially unsealed …
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Man heads to prison in multi-state marijuana conspiracy

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A 39-year-old Florida man has been sentenced to …
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McAllen Jury Convicts Major Brownsville Drug Trafficker

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … hou091012_01.jpg MCALLEN, TX - A federal jury in McAllen, Texas, has convicted Edgar Hinojosa, aka EWOK, of …
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$6 Million Worth of Oregon Properties Forfeited in Connection to Interstate Marijuana Trafficking Organization

… organization led by Fayao “Paul” Rong, 53, of Houston, Texas. On July 19, 2023, after previously pleading guilty to …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 27, 2019

… X Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 214-724-3020 Erin.J.Fischer@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications across Texas and Oklahoma.   National Take Back Day has received …
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Leader of San Antonio based heroin trafficking operation sentenced to 15 years in federal prison

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … for jury selection on Dec. 16, 2019. The DEA and the Texas Department of Public Safety investigated this case …
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Drug conspiracy sends women to federal prison

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Two Galveston women have been sentenced to prison in …
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Former couple sentenced in crystal meth conspiracy

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Two Corpus Christi residents have been ordered to …
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Gang member sentenced to 120 months in prison for role in violent narcotics trafficking ring

… Tennessee Judicial Drug Task Force; the City of McAllen, Texas Police Department; HSI Harlingen, Texas; and the FBI offices in Houston, Texas and Jackson, Mississippi. On …
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19 Indicted in Eastern Oklahoma on Federal Charges for Methamphetamine and Weapons

… X Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 214-724-3020 Erin.J.Fischer@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … distributed throughout Northeastern Oklahoma, and parts of Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri.  This investigation has had a …
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Drug dealer with baby who had cocaine in system sent to prison

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 CORPUS CHRISTI , Texas – A 33-year-old Corpus Christi resident and member of …
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DEA issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … pills are being sold in our communities in southeast Texas without any regard for the potentially deadly …
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Dallas Drug Trafficker Convicted On Firearm, Heroin Offenses

… X Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 214-724-3020 Erin.J.Fischer@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Specifically, Johnson was convicted of one count of …
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Owner Of Silver Spring Nightclub Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking

… in Maryland.  Miskiri was arrested in March 2009 in Texas after purchasing 209 pounds of marijuana that he … locations. In 2012, Miskiri obtained marijuana from other Texas sources with whom he met in Prince Georges County, … their work in the investigation, and thanked the Houston, Texas Police Department and the Texas Department of Public …
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28 Arrested in Killeen and Waco on federal drug trafficking charges

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … amounts of methamphetamine throughout the Waco and Central Texas areas. In addition to the arrests, these …
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DEA warns of alarming increase of scam calls

… Castañeda Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) 526-0700 Texas Alpine - (432) 837-6000 Midland - (432) 686-4085 El PASO, Texas – The Drug Enforcement Administration urges its …
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Mexican Citizen Sentenced To 12 Years In Federal Prison For The Possession Of Methamphetamine

… X Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 214-724-3020 Erin.J.Fischer@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Garcia pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to …
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Jury convicts former police officer for involvement in drug trafficking scheme

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 McALLEN, Texas – DEA Houston Division Special Agent in Charge Will R. …
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Moss Bluff Man Warehoused And Sold Large Quantities Of Marijuana

… sales and transport conspiracy that stretched from Texas to Louisiana. Daniel Cantu-Lopez, 42, of Moss Bluff, … from June 2013 to September of 2013 from locations in Texas and Louisiana. During the course of the investigation, … of marijuana were seized on July 13, 2013 in George West, Texas, from conspirator Jamie Garza who was driving a truck …
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Three Arrested in San Antonio and Charged Federally with Meth Trafficking

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … together with the Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Office and the Texas Department of Public Safety.  Assistant U.S. Attorney …
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Trio headed to prison for drug conspiracy

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A Brownsville man and a couple living in Los Fresnos …
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Nearly a dozen drug traffickers off the streets and headed to prison

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 LAREDO, Texas - A total of 12 area drug traffickers and money …
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Two men admit to selling cocaine in a parking lot

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 LAREDO, Texas – A local man and a Mexican national have pleaded …
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Brooks County Marijuana Traffickers Convicted

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … announced today. The men, all residents of Falfurrias, Texas, were part of an organized effort to transport …
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San Juan Resident Sentenced To Prison For Guns And Drugs

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 McALLEN, TX - A San Juan, Texas, resident convicted by a federal jury of conspiring to …
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Federal Jury Convicts El Paso Pharmacist In Drug Distribution Scheme

… Castañeda Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Albuquerque - (505) 452-4500 Las Cruces - (575) 526-0700 Texas Alpine - (432) 837-6000 Midland - (432) 686-4085 EL … U.S. Food and Drug Administration-Office of Criminal (FDA), Texas State Board of (TSBP) and the Texas Attorney General …
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Local man sent to prison for armed drug trafficking in school zone

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 23-year-old Corpus Christi man has been ordered to …
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Austin Portion Of Project Delirium Nets 35 Arrests

… Domestic Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, Galveston, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Austin - (512) 344-4900 Beaumont - (409) 981-7400 … narcotics in Hays, Williamson and Travis counties in Texas as well as in and around Foley, Alabama. The …